Materials & Manufacturing
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Thursday, 22 June 2023Sri Lanka welcomes support for embattled garment industry
COLOMBO – The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), Sri Lanka’s garment manufacturing body, has praised German textile firms for the continuing support offered to its troubled garment industry. Over the last year, the country's garment… -
Thursday, 22 June 2023Material Exchange launches Deadstock Depot
STOCKHOLM – Swedish marketplace provider Material Exchange has launched a 'Deadstock Depot' service to enable brands to make use of excess materials in the supply chain to reduce the amount which goes to landfill or incineration. Material Exchange… -
Thursday, 22 June 2023Bloom Labs targets fibres from feathers
NEW YORK – Material science firm Bloom Labs is attempting to harness the value of natural, agricultural and industrial waste by-products to create new high-performance clothing and plastic materials. Targeting proteins found in biomass waste… -
Thursday, 22 June 2023New partnership to drive shift to regenerative farming
UTRECHT — Solidaridad, Control Union and Regenagri have established a new partnership to drive the transition to regenerative farming of both food and non-food crops. Under the terms of the partnership, the three organisations will work with… -
Wednesday, 21 June 2023LCA: wool fibre length influences climate impact
TURIN / MONTEMURLO – A new life cycle assessment (LCA) into the environmental impacts of wool claims to be the first to highlight and measure the significantly different climate impacts between longer wool fibres (worsted system) and shorter fibres… -
Wednesday, 21 June 2023New backpack claims zero waste recyclability
ZURICH – Accessories brand Freitag has developed a new backpack, which, produced entirely from a single type of nylon fibre, can be recycled in its entirety. -
Monday, 19 June 2023Vaude to produce wood-based polyester jacket
TETTNANG – Outdoor apparel brand Vaude has linked up with wood-based chemicals specialist UPM Biochemicals to produce what they claim is the first ever fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester. The two German companies say the process replaces… -
Monday, 19 June 2023EU backs Lenzing, Södra recycling project
LENZING/VAXJO – Austrian cellulosic fibre specialist Lenzing and Swedish wood pulp supplier Södra have been awarded a €10 million (US$10.9m) grant from the European Union (EU) to develop the recycling of textile waste on an industrial scale. The… -
Thursday, 15 June 2023Legal wrangle over denim dyeing machine
OBERTSHAUSEN – German textile machinery giant Karl Mayer which supplies warp knitting and dyeing technology to textile suppliers worldwide is involved in a legal spat with Jupiter Comtex over a new indigo rope dyeing machine the Indian firm was… -
Thursday, 15 June 2023Planet Textiles: SAC links up with Aii
MILAN - The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced a new strategic partnership with the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) at the Planet Textiles sustainability conference. SAC chief executive officer Amina Razvi and Aii chief impact officer… -
Wednesday, 14 June 2023A uniform response to a linear problem?
LONDON – When the doors reopen to London’s National Portrait Gallery later this month, visitors may notice more than just the exhibition halls have changed. During a three-year closure to facilitate a £35 million redevelopment, the institution's… -
Wednesday, 14 June 2023Consumers would buy next gen materials, survey
NAPA – Nine out of ten US consumers would buy garments and other products made from next-gen materials, instead of animal- or fossil-based products, according to a new survey. The poll of more than 1,000 people was part of a new consumer research… -
Wednesday, 14 June 2023UK launches automated textile waste project
LONDON - The UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) has linked up with key stakeholders to launch a £4 million (US$5m) project to develop and pilot an automated sorting and pre-processing system for textile waste. Partners include Marks &… -
Wednesday, 14 June 2023Textile chemicals duo seek sustainability push
LITTLETON – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by testing and verification specialist TÜV Rheinland and apparel supply chain service provider BluWin, with the stated goal of helping to raise sustainability standards throughout the… -
Wednesday, 14 June 2023Deforestation group ‘practical’ over leather sourcing
LONDON – Apparel sector non-profits Textile Exchange and Leather Working Group have joined forces to issue the Deforestation-Free Call to Action for Leather, urging brands and retailers to adopt responsible leather sourcing by 2030. A number of… -
Tuesday, 13 June 2023Partnership doubles recycled fibres in cotton yarns
MILAN – Recycled cotton fibre supplier Recover has teamed up with textile machine builder Rieter and Portuguese textile mill Polopiqué to double the amount of recycled fibre content normally found in recycled cotton yarns. The move, unveiled at the… -
Tuesday, 13 June 2023Brands ‘falling short’ on cotton sourcing
UTRECHT – The 2023 Cotton Ranking and a complementary research paper concerning corporate responsibility paint a bleak picture for cotton sourcing practices among large-scale companies, with a lack of progress and widespread avoidance of data… -
Tuesday, 13 June 2023Satellite monitoring security claims ‘false’
STUTTGART – Claims made about potential national security implications of a project exploring the use of artificial intelligence and satellite imagery to monitor cotton crops have been labelled as “false” by Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS),… -
Monday, 12 June 2023Planet Textiles gets underway in Milan
MILAN - The Planet Textiles sustainability conference is now underway at the ITMA trade event, the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition, in Italy. The two-day conference was opened by Amina Razvi, CEO of the… -
Sunday, 11 June 2023Accelerating Circularity unveils recycled t-shirt
NEW YORK – The Accelerating Circularity project (ACP) has unveiled a 100% cotton t-shirt made through textile-to-textile recycling as part of its mission to turn textile waste into new materials. Accelerating Circularity is running commercial-scale… -
Sunday, 11 June 2023Circ and Acegreen link up on recycled fibre
DANVILLE - Textile recycling company Circ has partnered up with textiles manufacturer Acegreen to manufacture filament lyocell partly from cotton pulp reclaimed from polycotton textile waste. Circ's patented 'hydrothermal' process uses water as a… -
Saturday, 10 June 2023Digital printing textiles – unplugged
MILAN – Visitors to ITMA were surprised that digital printer supplier SPG Prints had not plugged in any of its machines at the ongoing textile machinery show here in Milan. Instead of spewing out hundreds of metres of newly printed fabric – like… -
Saturday, 10 June 2023Better Cotton launches roadmap in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT – The Better Cotton initiative has developed and signed a sustainability roadmap with key stakeholders in Uzbekistan to drive further improvements in the country’s cotton sector. A global boycott of cotton from Uzbekistan – the world’s… -
Saturday, 10 June 2023Unspun raises $14m in Series A funding
SAN FRANCISCO - Textile innovator Unspun has raised US$14 million in a Series A funding round to scale its 3D weaving technology which it says can help brands set up zero-inventory micro-factories. Unspun claims the technology, called Vega, can… -
Friday, 09 June 2023Bid to tackle microfibres in textile effluent
MILAN – The ZDHC and the Microfibre Consortium have joined forces to focus on how to quantify the unintended release of microfibres in wastewater from textile mills. Speaking at the on-going ITMA here in Milan, Sophie Mather, co-founder of The… -
Friday, 09 June 2023Pay up or else - fashion retailers warned
SYDNEY - Leading Australian fashion retailers have been warned that they will face a mandatory levy on garment sales if they continue to fail to back a new voluntary scheme to tackle textile waste. The Australian Fashion Council (AFC) has just… -
Thursday, 08 June 2023Inditex, Jeanologia team up on microfibres
MILAN - Zara owner Inditex and denim technology firm Jeanologia have teamed up to develop a new industrial pretreatment aimed at reducing microfibre shedding from textiles. The 'Air Fiber Washer' claims to be the first industrial air system to… -
Wednesday, 07 June 2023More funds for Ecovative mycelium-based tech
GREEN ISLAND – Textile innovator Ecovative has raised over US$30 million after closing a series E round of funding to scale its mycelium-based technology that’s used to make textile and leather alternatives. The fundraising round was led by Viking… -
Wednesday, 07 June 2023Recycled polyester produced from used garments
BERGAMO – A new pilot project claims to have successfully produced new garments from recycled polyester recovered from post-consumer textile waste. Italian synthetic fibre producer Radici Group teamed up with Austrian textile recycling machinery… -
Wednesday, 07 June 2023Partners aim to scale regenerated polyester
LOS ANGELES – Ambercycle, the US company that separates polyester-blended materials and chemically recycles them to yield virgin-grade product, has formed a new strategic partnership with Taiwan-based Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation. The two… -
Tuesday, 06 June 2023Brand launches microalgae wicking finish
SALT LAKE CITY / ALAMEDA - Outdoor brand WNDR Alpine has launched a new range of activewear featuring microalgae-based moisture-wicking which claims to offer an 80% lower carbon footprint. WNDR Alpine, which was launched by the biotechnology company… -
Tuesday, 06 June 2023Bangladesh's garment industry 'must transform'
DHAKA - Bangladesh's garment industry needs to transform itself with a focus on reducing negative impacts on the environment and its workers if it is to survive, according to a new report from PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC). The country is the world's… -
Tuesday, 06 June 2023GOTS to monitor organic cotton from space
STUTTGART – The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) has launched a 'world-first' initiative with the European Space Agency (ESA) and artificial intelligence (AI) company Marple to use remote satellite monitoring in organic cotton certification.… -
Monday, 05 June 2023Armani launches regenerative cotton project
MILAN – The Armani Group has launched a new project on regenerative cotton in southern Italy to improve landscape diversity, save water, improve soils and encourage biodiversity. The luxury fashion house will work with King Charles III’s Sustainable… -
Monday, 05 June 2023Collaboration aims to support African cotton
ABIDJAN – A new joint initiative from Cotton made in Africa and the African Cotton Foundation was founded at a recent meeting in the Ivory Coast that hosted over 40 agricultural advisors from Africa. The new ‘Innovations Club’ aims to find the most… -
Monday, 05 June 2023New figure put on fashion's carbon footprint
SAN FRANCISCO – New analysis from the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) initiative has put a new figure on the size of the fashion industry's carbon footprint which claims to be the most accurate produced to date. Climate change consultant Michael… -
Saturday, 03 June 2023Polyester bio-recycling secures funding boost
CLERMONT-FERRAND – Biotech company, Carbios, has secured over €150 million (US$160M) towards the building of the ‘world’s first’ polyester (PET) bio-recycling plant, through French government support and its partnership with global synthetic fibre… -
Friday, 02 June 2023UNEP sets out roadmap for textile industry
NEW YORK - A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to set out a roadmap for sustainability and circularity in the global textile value chain. It focuses on three priority areas which it says are key to driving forward… -
Thursday, 01 June 2023Policy Hub circularity report focuses on EPR
BRUSSELS - The Policy Hub industry initiative has launched a new report in a bid to support the transition towards a more circular textiles industry in the European Union (EU). Written by consultants Eunomia, it focuses on the role of extended… -
Thursday, 01 June 2023Accelerating Circularity to launch playbook
NEW YORK – The Accelerating Circularity initiative is to launch a textile-to-textile recycling playbook at this month's Circularity 23 conference in Seattle. It says the playbook is designed as an introductory guide to implement circular systems to… -
Wednesday, 31 May 2023CottonConnect, Haelixa link on traceability
LONDON / Zurich – CottonConnect has linked up with DNA-marking specialist Haelixa for a partnership which combines their digital and physical traceability solutions. The partnership, launched with yarn from a Cotton Connect pilot project in… -
Wednesday, 31 May 2023Project to reduce Cambodia's textile waste
PHNOM PENH - A new initiative has been launched to reduce the 140,000 tonnes of textile waste produced by the Cambodian garment industry every year. The Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) initiative and the German development agency GIZ are recuiting… -
Tuesday, 30 May 2023Firm spins spider silk–cotton composite yarn
ANN ARBOR – US research firm Kraig Labs has spun its first composite bio-engineered spider silk and Pima cotton yarn as it looks to advance the genetics and robustness of its technology for future textile manufacture. The production of these… -
Friday, 26 May 2023Blocktexx teams up with social enterprise
LOGANHOLME – Australian textile recycler, BlockTexx, has teamed up with the HELP Enterprises social initiative as it looks to convert 50,000 tonnes of textiles into new raw materials over the next four years. The partnership has already seen HELP… -
Thursday, 25 May 2023Bio-based synthetic fibres 'did not degrade'
SAN DIEGO - Bio-based synthetic textiles and blended fibres containing synthetics do not degrade in the ocean as quickly as has been claimed, according to a new scientific study. Researchers at the University of California San Diego's Scripps… -
Thursday, 25 May 2023H&M, Kering, LVMH back new nature targets
GLOBAL - The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has launched the world’s first science-based targets for nature, with Swedish fashion giant H&M and French luxury groups Kering and LVMH among the first signatories. SBTN, a coalition of nearly 50… -
Wednesday, 24 May 2023Soex partners with DBL-Böge to recycle workwear
AHRENSBURG – Textile recycling specialist Soex will take back used workwear from Germany-based rental service DBL-Böge to save some 25 tonnes of clothing from being incinerated per year. Old and discarded workwear from DBL Böge is grouped by colour… -
Wednesday, 24 May 2023Patagonia zips dyed with waste vegetable oil
BERGAMO – Italian chemical supplier Erca has teamed up with Patagonia and zip supplier YKK to use its textile auxiliaries derived from waste vegetable oil to aid in polyester dyeing. The Italian company’s ‘Revecol’ branded chemical range – used as… -
Wednesday, 24 May 2023RGE refutes deforestation allegations
SINGAPORE - Viscose giant Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) has "categorically refuted" claims in a new report linking it to deforestation in its supply chain and to a huge new pulp plant in Indonesia which environmentalists say could threaten tropical… -
Tuesday, 23 May 2023Good Fashion Fund signs MoU in India
COIMBATORE - The Good Fashion Fund - an investment programme set up by Fashion for Good and the Laudes Foundation - has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help textile factories become more sustainable in India. It focuses on the city of…
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