Shahriare Mahmood © Spinnova.
Finland headquartered Spinnova, a fibre innovation company, is preparing to scale its sustainable fibre production and has recently recruited two niche textile experts to help commercialise its sustainable wood-based fibre. Spinnova has also appointed four other members to its team.
Shahriare Mahmood has been appointed Spinnova’s Sustainability Director, joining the company from the renowned Finnish children’s wear brand Reima. Mahmood has both an academic and a technical textiles industry background, graduating as a chemical engineer in Bangladesh and Master of Engineering in Finland. Mahmood has also worked in textile mills in Asia and Europe.
In the course of his extensive career, he has specialized in for example, circularity, material R&D and quality and supply chain management. He has also recently earned a PhD in sustainability management. With Spinnova, Mahmood focuses on supporting the company’s sustainability efforts of partnering brands and related pre-commercial and commercial phase supply chains.
“Shahriare has experience of many different phases of textile manufacturing. In our team, he gets to personally close the loop. We are excited to have access to his hands-on technology skills and in-depth sustainability knowledge,” says Spinnova’s CEO and co-founder Janne Poranen.
Eun (Enja) Young Kim. © Spinnova
Spinnova’s other textile expert appointment is Eun (Enja) Young Kim, who started as Senior Fibre Application Specialist in Spinnova’s R&D team. An engineer by background, Kim previously worked for fibre technology company Lenzing in Austria, where she worked in technical customer services for technical applications. She will be focusing on developing Spinnova fibre’s quality and finishings.
