Natural Waste Feedstocks
Safe Solvents
High Strength
Designed for Circularity
Our Technology
World’s first climate positive continuous cellulose filament yarn
HeiQ AeoniQ™ is manufactured through an innovative proprietary process. Water is recycled more than 99% and the choice of raw materials prioritize those that help to decarbonize the atmosphere. HeiQ AeoniQ™ can be manufactured from different cellulosic raw materials which can be locally sourced depending on regional availability.
Our Technology
World’s first climate positive continuous cellulose filament yarn
HeiQ AeoniQ™ is manufactured through an innovative proprietary process. Water is recycled more than 99% and the choice of raw materials prioritize those that help to decarbonize the atmosphere. HeiQ AeoniQ™ can be manufactured from different cellulosic raw materials which can be locally sourced depending on regional availability.
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Brand Story
Aeon: striving for eternal circularity
Enhancing the lives of billions through sustainable innovative and disruptive technologies has been HeiQ’s declared mission since its inception.
Clothing a potential 8 billion people is a daunting challenge.
Doing so with climate-positive textiles is even more challenging in a synthetic fiber dominated industry. Going beyond sustainability into the realms of circularity has always been the holy grail of textiles.
The development of HeiQ AeoniQ™ - the world’s first climate-positive cellulose yarn – is the ultimate example of HeiQ’s core philosophy of developing novel technologies to address significant global challenges. It also underlines the company’s potential to identify opportunities, develop relevant products, as well as manufacture and commercialize them.
Our mission is to make textiles sustainable and eternally circular, and protect our oceans by stopping microfiber pollution generated by synthetic fibers.
HeiQ is of the expert opinion that currently there is no viable alternative to polyester within or outside the textile industry and has positioned HeiQ AeoniQ™ as the first zero environmental impact, sustainable textile possessing all the qualities and properties to directly replace polyester. Moreover, HeiQ AeoniQ™ can be processed similarly to polyester (e.g., dyed or texturized) and be made in already existing equipment (e.g., looms and knitting machines).
Factory
Path to Mass Production
A pilot plant with 100 tons per year capacity is operational since Q2, 2022. A Giga-Factory commercial asset is scheduled for 2025. HeiQ has called for early adoption commitments from key industry players and leading brands with the promise of exclusive lead time. After the completion of the first Giga-Factory with a partner (Joint Venture) in Europe, HeiQ will license its technology to ensure the worldwide production and cover the required capacities.
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HeiQ AeoniQ™ Strengths
Uncompromising Performance
Versatile
- Can be texturized
- Spin dyed (dope dyed)
- Shaped to functional cross sections
- Utilized in standard textile processes
Performant
- Yarn count: 50-1000 dtex
- Filament count: 1.5-6 dtex
- Tenacity: 25 to 45 cN/tex
- High elongation: 12 to 18%
- Low shrinkage: < 3%
Comfortable
- Matches Polyester & Nylon: quick dry & stretchable
- Matches Viscose: smooth & cool
- Matches Cotton: full & cozy
And for Weavers, Knitters and Dyers it is 'Business as Usual'
Use existing equipment
Use standard dyes
Use standard prints
Use existing functional finishes
Use combinations with other fibers
People Who Make It Possible
Julien Born
CEO
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Robert van de Kerkhof
Chairman of the Board of Directors
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Carlo Centoze
Co-Founder HeiQ & Group CEO
Board of Directors
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Carmen Danner
Director Business Development
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Martin Gebert-Germ
COO
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Enrique Herrero Acero
CTO
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Dominic Renggli
Project Director – CAPEX
Execution
HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG
Frequently Asked Questions
HeiQ’s first pilot production plant in Herzogenburg, near Vienna (Austria), is set up and running since Q2/22. The capacity of filament production is always depending on the yarn count. The first machine will produce ca. 100t/year on the max yarn count. More machines will be added soon.
HeiQ AeoniQ™ aims to replace polyester and nylon. Every ton of polyester causes 4 tons of CO2 emission. Cellulose is a biopolymer that binds CO2 from the atmosphere during its growth. It acts as a sink and various sources of cellulose have different sink potential. By replacing polyester and using for example non valorized agricultural cellulosic waste, 5 tons of CO2 emission are prevented.
If compared to the HIGG Index, HeiQ AeoniQ™ has the potential for the lowest ever environmental footprint for fibers. An LCA, also validated by a third party, is in place.
HeiQ is seeking to associate with 20 partners on the brand and operational side (mill partners). Any partnership on the brand side must be seen as a first commercial adoption, which will drive product shipments to the mills and markets.
HeiQ is eager to team up with globally selected mills bringing a strategic advantage to facilitate the supply chain and securing a fast scale-up of the technology. See Business Partner opportunities in the Become a Business Partner area of this website.
The first fabrics have been made with yarn from our pilot plant and designated R&D partners in Europe (Italy and Portugal) in knits and wovens. The fabrics have shown the desired performance parameters and we will be able to supply sufficient yarn for the development of capsule collections and salesman samples as of Q4/2022.