China’s Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) market remained firmly bearish through late August 2025, marking the twelfth consecutive week of decline. Despite steady volume demand from key downstream sectors—including detergent pods, agrochemical sachets, healthcare packaging, and textile sizing—the market continues to face downward pressure from persistent oversupply and falling feedstock costs. Domestic producers operated without constraints, maintaining high output levels and ensuring sufficient inventories. Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) prices continued to fall, further reducing production costs and intensifying selling pressure. With no feedstock disruptions and limited import competition, the market outlook remains negative. Unless supply tightens or feedstock costs rebound, further price declines are expected in the near term.
Selenis has effectively manufactured recycled PET chips using terephthalic acid sourced from Circ®, a textile-to-textile recycler based in Virginia. The chip production took place through a series of batches at Selenis' pilot plant in San-Giorgio, Italy. By utilizing inputs recovered from polycotton textile waste, Selenis has created high-quality PET chip, which has been further processed into DTY yarn. This yarn will play a crucial role in product development as Circ prepares for additional capsule launches. Selenis is leveraging the success of this initial collaboration phase and is committed to advancing towards an offtake partnership to support Circ's inaugural industrial facility.
Eduardo Santos, Head of Corporate Strategy at Selenis, remarked that the monomer synthesis showed a performance comparable to virgin terephthalic acid. He expressed optimism about the consistent quality of Circ's monomer output and anticipated future commercial success. Santos pointed out that the Circ partnership complements Selenis's existing mission and goals for a more sustainable textile industry. He further stated their anticipation of expanding upon this collaboration and providing support for Circ's forthcoming commercial production trials.
