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Ananas Anam Ltd

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Piñatex® is an innovative sustainable textile made from waste pineapple leaf fibres. Visit our website to find out more about the story of Piñatex!
www.ananas-anam.com

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Location: United Kingdom, England, London

Employees: 11-50

Founded date: 2013

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23.04.2024	Dole Partners With Rais Case and Ananas Anam to Transform Agricultural Waste Into Sustainable Fashion	Dole Packaged Foods, one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables, has joined forces with Rais Case, a circular design brand from Southern California, and Ananas Anam, the creator of plant-based material Piñatex. This collab...
03.04.2024	Global Bio-based Leather Market Report 2024, Featuring Ananas Anam, Bioleather, Bolt Threads, Desserto, Hzcork, Modern Meadow, Mycoworks, Natural Fiber Welding, Oleago and Vegea	DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Global Bio-based Leather Market” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Global Bio-based Leather Market is expected to grow from USD 668.6 million in 2023 to USD 902.4 million by the end ...
26.01.2024	Meet the founder: Modern Synthesis’ Jen Keane on biomaterials, bacteria, and designer bags…	[Disclosure: AgFunder—the parent company of AgFunderNews—is an investor in Modern Synthesis] Designer bags… made by bacteria? Founded by ex-Adidas designer Jen Keane (CEO) and synthetic biologist Dr. Ben Reeve (CTO), London-based Modern Syn...
20.06.2023	Футболка из молока, шуба из кукурузы и сумка из яблока — как новые технологии развивают устойчивую моду	Почему экологичные альтернативы важны В период с 1994 по 2014 годы производство одежды в мире выросло на 400% и, по последним данным, достигло примерно 150 млрд единиц одежды в год. Кроме того, fashion-индустрия не так безопасна, как кажетс...
25.04.2022	Ananas Anam Announces Saucony Partnership for Vegan Pineapple Footwear	Ananas Anam, the producer of vegan pineapple leather alternative Piñatex, has announced a new collaboration with US footwear brand Saucony. The partnership sees the launch of Saucony’s classic Jazz Court RFG made with Piñatex and available ...
11.03.2022	A Complete Guide To Natural Vegan Leather: From Mushroom to Cactus	57 3 60 Shares 4 Mins Read As consumers become increasingly conscious of their fashion choices, the industry is scrambling to switch to more animal-free and vegan leather to retain their share in the quickly shifting market. According to a ...
26.10.2021	Piñatex by Ananas Anam: “We Are Not Only Developing New Materials For a New World, But Also Building a New Plant-Based Ecosystem”	London-based B-Corp Ananas Anam has just celebrated the fifth anniversary of the commercialization of Piñatex – the innovative natural textile that has taken the fashion world by storm. Made from waste pineapple leaf fiber, the brand claims...
23.07.2021	Dole Sunshine Company, World’s Largest Producer of Fruit & Veg, Partners With Ananas Anam to Upcycle Pineapple Waste	The Dole Sunshine Company – the world’s largest producer of fruit and vegetables – this week announced its partnership with Ananas Anam, the London-based creators of Piñatex, a vegan leather made from sustainably sourced pineapple leaf fibr...
06.07.2021	Iconic UK Department Store Selfridges to Home Mārīcī Vegan Bags Made from Piñatex	Starting on July 8, exclusive UK department store Selfridges will host plant-based accessory brand Mārīcī. The London-based fashion house Mārīcī crafts luxury bags from revolutionary leather alternative Piñatex – the ground-breaking vegan m...
28.06.2021	Starfunding: 10 European startups funded by celebrities	Bono. Ashton Kutcher. Leonardo di Caprio. Madonna. Snoop Dog. What do they have in common aside from being mega-celebrities and Hollywood A-listers? These celebrities are also investors in startups, and not only that, but they also invested...
23.06.2021	Nike Reveals Happy Pineapple Collection Made from Piñatex Pineapple Leather	Nike has unveiled its latest range of sustainable footwear with its Happy Pineapple Collection. Featuring seven new editions, the range is made with the latest generation Piñatex, a sustainable plant-based alternative to leather made using ...
08.03.2021	The start-ups driving Circular Fashion in Europe	Paris-based sustainable fashion company Vestiaire Collective just announced to have reached unicorn status in its new €178 million round, making it the latest European start-up to join the exclusive club. The second-hand fashion marketplace...
04.02.2021	Bohema Clothing Uses Pineapple, Cactus and Apple Leather For New Dystopian Collection	Streetwear brand Bohema Clothing uses vegan materials such as ecological silicone, and makes sweatshirts made of organic cotton and wallets made of apple leather. Bohema states to vegconomist that it was the first brand in the world to offe...
05.08.2020	UK’s Fastest Growing Free-From Treats Brand Sells 7 Million Treats to Date, Launches Seedr Round Thursday	UK startup Livia’s already has a following of 200,000 and is backed by a plethora of respected investors in the industry including Jaap Korteweg (founder of Vegetarian Butcher), Michiel van Deursen (entrepreneur and investor focussing on pl...
18.05.2020	New MII Initative To Fast-Track Sustainable Vegan Textile & Material Innovation	1 1 Share 3 Mins Read A newly launched nonprofit organisation, Material Innovation Initiative (MII), aims to accelerate innovation in the sustainable and vegan material space. From plant-based ingredients to lab-grown technology, the MII ho...
22.04.2020	Vegan Business Solidarity: Ten Plant-Based Leaders Reveal Their Favourite Vegan Companies	In these uncertain times when many businesses are suffering hardship or even facing closure, we at vegconomist reached out to plantbased leaders across the globe and asked them to nominate their most-loved vegan business, which they feel is...
21.02.2020	London Brand Luxtra To Launch Vegan Mango Leather Handbags	35 1 36 Shares 3 Mins Read Mango-based leather will be used in Luxtra’s new collection of cruelty-free and vegan-friendly handbags. Created in collaboration with Dutch company FruitLeather Rotterdam, the leather-like material is derived fro...
08.07.2019	10 Sustainable Textile Startups Changing the Fabric of Fashion	144 shares Share Tweet Pin LinkedIn According to the Enviro Audit Committee, the UK has Europe’s worst fast-fashion habit: we buy 26.7kg of new clothing per person every year. The problem with fast fashion is that it doesn’t only exis...
25.08.2017	The Future of Fashion: The Eco Fabrics You Will Be Wearing In 10 Years	75 3 78 Shares 5 Mins Read When actress Emma Watson launched her Instagram account, The Press Tour, for the sole purpose of highlighting ethical, sustainable fashion while promoting Beauty and the Beast, it was wonderful seeing someone with...
28.04.2017	Ananas Anam Completes New Round of Financing	Ananas Anam, a London, UK-based maker of a patent-protected natural and sustainable alternative to leather, completed a new round of financing of undisclosed amount. Following this fundraising, Spark China Limited Director William Lu will j...
28.04.2017	Ananas Anam secures a new financing round to accelerate sales, marketing and supply chain of Piñatex™, a proprietary natural and sustainable alternative to leather	LONDON, United Kingdom — Ananas Anam, the creator and maker of Piñatex™, a patent-protected natural and sustainable alternative to leather, today announced it has completed a new round of financing which will enable the group to ramp up its...
24.11.2016	QUT reveals how you can make your own leather at home	Conventional leather is one of fashion’s most ubiquitous materials – but it is fraught with ethical and environmental issues. We have been growing vegan leather from kombucha tea since 2014 – and the results are promising. Kombucha is a fer...
-	Pineapple leaf leather and carbon-capture clothing: Fashion is looking for sustainable alternatives	The production of clothing and footwear is responsible for 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. A recent analysis by the U.K.’s RSA, found that nearly half of the recently listed items on the biggest “fast fashion” sites were made from n...

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