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Indorama Ventures Unveils Recycled Trevira CS Eco Fibers

Textile Insights January 24, 2026

Indorama Ventures, a global sustainable chemical company, has taken a significant step toward advancing circularity in textiles for home and public interiors. To enable fabric manufacturers to develop more sustainable versions of the well-known flame-retardant Trevira® CS fabrics, the company

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Merino Wool Sees Global Demand Surge As Consumers Shift From Synthetics

Textile Insights November 11, 2025

Merino wool is experiencing a major resurgence as consumers worldwide move away from synthetic, fossil-fuel-based textiles and return to natural fibres that combine comfort, performance and sustainability. The fibre’s renewed popularity is mirrored in the Australian wool market, which has just recorded its biggest price rise in 30 years, driven by genuine consumer demand

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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Says Spider Silk Production Unaffected By Southeast Asia Typhoons

Textile Insights November 11, 2025

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. has confirmed that its spider silk production operations in Vietnam remain fully secure and uninterrupted, despite recent typhoons that caused widespread flooding in parts of Southeast Asia. The company attributed the operational continuity to its strategic relocation of production facilities to highland regions over the past two years.

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Spinnova And Rieter Publish Industrial Yarn Spinning Guideline For Spinnova Fibre

Textile Insights October 9, 2025

Spinnova and Rieter have released a comprehensive yarn spinning guideline for industrial partners, detailing the production of compact yarn from Spinnova fibre using Rieter’s advanced machinery. The step-by-step guide highlights key considerations at every stage of the spinning process and is available upon request to industrial users. The collaboration between Spinnova

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A Story About Fibre Links

Textile Insights October 9, 2025

“Ring Spinning-pur!” The name of the island sounded peculiar: Ring Spinning-pur. I glanced at my tour guide, who anticipated my curiosity and said, “This is the land of legendary Yarn Academies.” “Yarn Academy? Never heard of it. Tell me more!” I asked, intrigued. “Here, textile fibres are stretched, trained and twisted through sacred rituals to […]

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Genutrace, Refiberd Partner To Launch AI-Driven Forensic Traceability For Textiles

Textile Insights October 9, 2025

Forensic supply chain verifier GenuTrace and AI-driven textile sorting startup Refiberd have entered into a strategic collaboration to launch a dual-layer validation system for the textile industry. The system combines AI-enabled hyperspectral imaging from Refiberd with GenuTrace’s stable isotope analysis, enabling brands to verify both fibre composition and geographic

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Evonik And AMSilk Expand Partnership To Scale Sustainable Silk Proteins

Textile Insights September 29, 2025

Evonik and AMSilk have extended their collaboration with a long-term agreement to produce sustainable silk proteins at industrial scale. Building on their 2023 partnership, the companies have commissioned a dedicated manufacturing line at Evonik’s biotech hub in Slovakia. The facility, powered by renewable energy and equipped with advanced fermentation infrastructure, will

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Hercules Twist Number

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The Hercules twist number is a fascinating concept that helps quantify the optimal twist in cotton yarns-beyond which the yarn’s strength actually begins to decline. I always like to embrace new challenges, because they help us develop resilience, courage and perseverance.  Additionally, we can develop new skills and gain valuable experiences. However, this time the […]

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Lenzing Expands Renewable Energy Portfolio With New Photovoltaic Plant

Textile Insights September 9, 2025

The Lenzing Group, a leading global producer of regenerated cellulose fibres for the textile and nonwoven industries, has expanded its renewable energy portfolio with the commissioning of a new 1.3 MWp photovoltaic (PV) plant at its Lenzing site, developed in partnership with Verbund. This addition increases the company’s total PV capacity to 8.3 MWp, strengthening […]

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The Anatomy Of An End Break: How Yarn Fails In Spinning

Textile Insights August 10, 2025

The deeper I delved into the mechanics of end breakage, the more I realized how much was yet to be understood. This wasn’t the end—it was just the beginning of a fascinating unravelling, writes Murugan Santhanam During a spinning technology workshop, our technical trainer threw a deceptively simple question at the group: “What is an […]