Australian activewear brand LSKD has signed a 10-year partnership with Samsara Eco to integrate the circular material company’s enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 into its product range.
Under the partnership, LSKD will transition key product lines from nylon 6 to Samsara Eco’s recycled nylon 6,6 from 2028. It will mark LSKD's first use of regenerated fibres sourced from end-of-life textiles.
“At LSKD, there’s always a better way to do things – it’s one of our core values,” founder Jason Daniel said.
“Partnering with Samsara Eco is a big step in our mission to be 1% better every day, allowing us to make the high-quality technical products our community knows and loves, while also supporting our long-term sustainability goals."
According to Samsara Eco, the move to recycled nylon 6,6 reflects a growing global trend of performance fashion brands prioritising circularity.
“We’re at a tipping point for circular fashion,” Samsara Eco founder and CEO Paul Riley said. “This 10-year partnership with LSKD shows that circular materials have shifted from early-stage innovation to mainstream reality – and brands are in this for the long haul.
“The technology is here, ready for adoption and with zero constraints on product design or performance. And that’s how we speed up the transition – by making circularity the easy choice.”
Samsara Eco's proprietary enzymatic recycling technology uses AI-designed enzymes to break down end-of-life textiles – including mixed fibres and blended materials – into their original molecular building blocks. These materials are then repolymerised into virgin-identical materials with a substantially lower carbon impact. According to Samsara, these materials can be endlessly recycled with no compromise on quality.
"Performance and sustainability used to be positioned as a trade-off,” LSKD raw materials and supply chain manager Logan McNally said
“Nylon 6,6 is a phenomenal fiber; softer, stronger, more durable. The fact that it can now be made infinitely from end-of-life textiles without compromising those properties is what made this decision easy.”
LSKD is not the first activewear brand Samsara has worked with. Global retailer Lululemon signed a similar ten-year deal with the circular materials business, with Samsara also teaming up with the European Outdoor Group (EOG) late last year to help supply high-performance, virgin-identical recycled nylon to outdoor brands in the European region.
Samsara also opened its new plant in regional Australia. Samsara Eco’s first dedicated circular nylon 6,6 plant in Asia will be operational from 2028.