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Lenzing Group Bags Platinum Status In EcoVadis CSR Rating

Textile Insights August 8, 2023

Producer of specialty fibres for the textile and nonwoven industries, Lenzing Group has bagged the platinum status in the EcoVadis CSR rating and puts Lenzing in the top one percent of global companies rated by EcoVadis. The rating comprehensively covers the four most important practices in the

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Recycled Fibre Produced From Ocean-Bound Plastic Bottles

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

German company Advansa and Indonesia headquartered Asia Pacific Fibers have launched Remotion Blue, a premium fibre for sports and activewear, made from recycled ocean-bound plastic bottles with full end-to-end traceability from Prevented Ocean Plastic. Remotion Blue is a specially engineered polyester fibre made from ocean-bound plastic as a premium raw material with a

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Teijin’s Tenax & PAN Bag ISCC PLUS Certificate

Textile Insights July 1, 2023

Teijin Limited’s Tenax Carbon Fibre and the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor fibre produced at Teijin’s Mishima plant in Japan have received ISCC PLUS certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system. “This is the world’s first instance that Carbon fibre and PAN have simultaneously earned this certification, which is a globally

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BGMEA President Invites Indian Investments In MMF Sector

Textile Insights June 26, 2023

President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Faruque Hassan invited investors from India and other Asian countries to explore opportunities in the manmade fibre industry. Faruque Hassan said the Bangladesh textile industry does not produce enough manmade fibres like spandex, rayon, viscose, etc and there is also a shortfall of 60

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Protein-Based Fibres To Boost Circular Economy

Textile Insights June 24, 2023

US based material science company, Bloom Labs has developed a next generation alternative to synthetic and natural textile fibres, which will help for a faster transition towards a circular economy. Bloom Labs is pioneering breakthroughs in material science by harnessing the value of natural waste by-products, a protein-rich and globally abundant raw material. “Using

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Partnership Hikes Proportion Of Recycled Fibres In Yarn

Textile Insights June 20, 2023

Recover, Rieter and Polopiqué, three key players in different stages of the textile supply chain have partnered, to respond and meet the challenge of an increased demand in high quality and fine ring spun cotton yarns with a higher proportion of recycled fibres. By combining Recover’s mastery of the latest recycling technology, Rieter’s expertise in […]

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Diesel To Launch Recycled Fibres Denim Jeans Range

Textile Insights June 17, 2023

Denim and garment brand Diesel, will launch a new line of denim jeans, made using a minimum 20% of recycled fibres. These recycled fibres are derived from cutting waste, sourced from its Tunisian garment factories supply chain. Around 7,500 kilograms of cutting waste from Diesel’s denim production in Tunisia were collected and sent to recycling […]