Italy, Feb. 12 -- MAIRE (MAIRE.MI) announces that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary CONSER, the technology licensor for high-value chemical derivatives and biodegradable plastics, is reinforcing its portfolio with the introduction of the new NX CONSER PolyFlexTM technology to produce polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG), the key polymer composing the spandex fiber.This technology is part of the newly created NXPandTM suite, that is marking NEXTCHEM's strategic entry into sustainable solutions for the textile industry. NX CONSER PolyFlexTM encompasses versatile solutions to produce PTMEG from both conventional and biological feedstock (i.e. bio-based tetrahydrofuran or THF). PTMEG is then used to manufacture a variety of elastomeric produc...