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
The Cotton Council International (CCI) has launched an essential new benchmarking tool – the COTTON USA Mill Performance Index for spinning mills, which allows mills to evaluate their performance vis-à-vis others and definitively show the positive impact of US cotton. The COTTON USA Mill Performance Index anonymously collects data from participating spinning mills and
Textilveredlung Drechsel which bought the first Stenter from Bruckner in 1952, has again invested in a state-of-the-art new Bruckner coating line Textilveredlung, a German contract finisher and coater, was founded as a Dyehouse and initially dealt in dyeing of yarns as well as re-dyeing used clothing. According to Bruckner, the heart of the new coating […]
Germany based Trevira GmbH which was acquired in 2011 by Thailand headquartered Indorama Ventures, has now been renamed as Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany GmbH. In the last few years, Indorama Ventures has made several acquisitions and now has 147 locations in 35 countries and employs more than 26,000 people in three business segments. “To strengthen […]
Karl Mayer and Lenzing Group are collaborating to create a more environmentally friendly textile value chain. This cooperation intends to increase the proportion of botanic and biodegradable as well as fossil-free materials used in the production of textiles on both warp knitting and flat knitting machines. The collaboration has targeted use of up to 100% […]
CHT Germany has unveiled the most modern reactive dye range Bezaktiv One, which covers a broad colour spectrum with tinctorial very strong dyes and which enables a cost-efficient dye process with significantly less dye and salt. “The excellent wash-off behaviour allows short rinse cycles at lower temperatures and therefore offers further ecological and economic advantages
German nonwovens technology manufacturer Andritz will supply a complete spunlace line to Colombian wipes producer Quimicolor. According to Andritz, this will be the first spunlace line in South America outside of Brazil, and will include the 130th TT card sold by Andritz. “The line will process viscose and polyester fibers to produce over 10,000 tons […]
Japanese company Kyocera Corporation has recently launched Forearth, a new inkjet textile printer that aims to virtually remove use of all water from textile fabric printing. In conventional inkjet printers, general, textile printing uses and requires a large amount of water for the pre and post-treatment processes, such as steaming and washing. While, Forearth is […]
Italian headquartered SEI Laser exhibited the X-Wave Conveyor, which it calls the most effective laser solution for cutting rolls of technical and organic fabrics. According to SEI, the X-Wave Conveyor offers the most accurate digital cutting performances ever, by combining high speed, precision, and quality. The X-Wave Conveyor also has a linear scanner that allows […]
UK based Cygnet Texkimp, showed its compact Robot-AGV, which is an automated loading vehicle and also its full range of fibre unwinding and tensioning creels for traditional as well as advanced textile markets at ITMA. The Robot-AGV can load and unload fibre or yarn packages weighing up to 100 kg, on and off cabling and […]





















