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Dallas’ Celanese and Under Armour team up for an Earth-friendly spandex alternative
Dallas-based chemical and material manufacturing company Celanese is teaming up with athletic apparel brand Under Armour to create a new, recycling-friendly, spandex-like fiber.
Celanese plans on making the material, which it calls Neolast, available to the wider clothing industry.
The partnership represents continued pivots in both firms: Celanese back into fabrics and Under Armour towards sustainability-centered business. But the recycling methods needed for Neolast’s impact to be felt are still in development.
Spandex, the material traditionally used for stretchy clothing, has several long-known environmental issues. The fabric never biodegrades and its production exposes workers to potentially hazardous materials.
Neolast, according to Celanese, does not require hazardous chemicals in its production process, thanks to the manufacturer’s new and proprietary “solvent-free melt extrusion process.”
This updated chemical composition also allows for recyclability.
“If you’re doing chemical recycling, and you throw some spandex in there, nothing in that batch will be able to be broken down and reproduced,” said Brian Bianco, president of the Celanese Foundation and director of external communication. “[Neolast] is made differently. It does have that capability.”
Bianco said the company has been careful in its description of the product as sustainability-enabling, and not itself a fully recyclable product.
“The people who take the product from us and create the end-use apparel can then figure out, ‘Okay, you’ve taken this huge obstacle out of the path. How do we keep accelerating this and make something that is fully recyclable?’” Bianco said.
Under Armour is trying to answer just that through circular economies, systems in which consumers pass on their goods to the next user in line rather than discarding them.
“NEOLAST will help support our sustainability goal of eliminating spandex from 75% of our products by 2030,” said Anna Harry, global communication lead at Under Armour.
Celanese’s current foray into fabric began with a November 2022 acquisition. Bianco explained that Celanese acquired a large piece of DuPont’s mobility and materials business, where Neolast was already under development.
“We just picked it up and got behind it,” said Bianco.
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Published On 29 May 2026
Lauren Drewes Daniels
Arguments about the best doughnut shops can get heated. We have our own personal top 10 favorites. And we have issues with DoorDash’s list below. So, let’s dive right into this sweet, round confection with a hole in the middle.
For National Donut Day, which is Friday, June 5, for all those who celebrate, DoorDash has a roundup of the top 100-rated small and medium-sized donut shops on DoorDash. The list includes local businesses across 86 cities and 25 states.
To be considered for the Donut Day Dozens list, the bakery must be small or medium-sized, have fewer than 10 stores, and have at least 1,000 reviews. The shops with the highest average consumer ratings from April 2025 to April 2026 were chosen.
Of the 21 donut shops chosen across Texas, 13 are located in North Texas.
North Texas bakeries named best doughnuts
- Morning Donuts – Dallas, TX
- Baker’s Dozen Donuts – Cross Roads, TX
- Busy B’s Bakery – North Richland Hills, TX
- Donut House Plano – Plano, TX
- Donut King #3 – Fort Worth, TX
- Eagle Donuts – Crowley, TX
- Earnest Donuts – Lewisville, TX
- Four Seasons Donuts – Irving, TX
- Jin’s Donuts – Farmers Branch, TX
- Master Donut – The Colony, TX
- Stacy Donuts – McKinney, TX
- TWISTY DONUTS MANSFIELD – Mansfield, TX
A few misses
There are some obvious big misses here. Like La Rue in Trinity Groves, which apparently was left off because it has fewer than 1,000 reviews. We awarded this chef-driven shop Best Doughnuts in 2025 for pushing out top-tier confections every morning and a seasonal menu that will both win you over and break your heart. They’re also using only beef tallow in the fryers now.
And no Jarams? The shop on Preston Road has a 4.7 average rating on DoorDash, and it appears 4.8 was the cutoff. The family-owned Jarams is one of the best shops in Dallas.
As is Detour Donuts in Frisco. This is run by an ambitious young baker who draws long lines for themed doughnuts and a rotating menu.
Beyond North Texas …
The rest of the awarded donut shops were mostly located in Houston, with a sprinkle in San Antonio. Shops were listed in alphabetical order, and not with any sort of numbered ranking system.
- Best Donuts – Humble, TX
- Southern Maid Donuts – Humble, TX
- DAWN DONUTS – League City, TX
- Max Donuts – Houston, TX
- Nom Donuts – Houston, TX
- Snowflake donuts – Houston, TX
- ST Donuts – San Antonio, TX
- Mom’s Donut Shop – Gainesville, TX
- The Donut Palace – Lufkin, TX
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