Product Launch & Innovation

Recover Launches Recover Yarns To Boost Scalable Adoption Of Recycled Cotton

Textile Insights June 10, 2026

Recover, a leading materials science company and one of the world’s largest producers of recycled cotton fibre, has announced the launch of Recover Yarns, a curated portfolio of ready-to-use yarn solutions aimed at accelerating the adoption of recycled cotton across the global apparel supply

Corporates

SANKO Textile Earns TRUECYCLED Certification For Post-Consumer Textile Recycling

Textile Insights June 10, 2026

Trützschler has awarded its TRUECYCLED certification to SANKO Textile, recognizing the Turkish textile manufacturer’s efforts in transforming post-consumer textile waste into high-quality recycled yarns and advancing circular textile production at industrial scale. The certificate was officially presented during ITM 2026 in Istanbul by Stephan Witt, CEO of the Trützschler

Technology

Uster Unveils New Tool For Recycled Fiber Processing

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

Uster Technologies has introduced a new Recycling Opening Index (ROI) within its AFIS 6 R Recycling Module, providing spinners with a data-driven tool to evaluate and optimize the processing of recycled cotton fibers. The innovation is being officially launched at ITM 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye. As the textile industry accelerates its transition toward circularity, recycled

Corporates

ReFiber Launches Mumbai’s First Large-Scale Textile Waste Collection Initiative

Textile Insights June 8, 2026

ReFiber, powered by OterRi, has launched what it calls Mumbai’s first large-scale post-consumer textile waste collection and circular recovery initiative, aiming to divert discarded garments from landfills and bring them back into the value chain. Launched on World Environment Day at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai, the initiative brings together industry and

Financial Results

Unifi Reports Improved Q3 FY26 Performance Despite Lower Sales

Textile Insights May 11, 2026

Unifi Inc., the maker of Repreve recycled fibres, reported improved profitability and cash flow for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, despite continued pressure on sales due to global trade and market uncertainty. For the quarter ended March 29, 2026, net sales declined 11.3% year-on-year to US$ 130 million from US$ 146.6 million, primarily due […]

Sustainability

Fashion for Good Launches Project FAE To Scale-Up Textile Recycling In Europe

Textile Insights May 10, 2026

As the textile industry accelerates its transition toward circularity, one critical bottleneck continues to hold back progress feedstock. Addressing this challenge head-on, Fashion for Good has launched Project FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe), a collaborative initiative aimed at building the sorting and pre-processing infrastructure needed to unlock post-consumer textile

Economy

Tipping The Scale: How Mass Balance Is Rewiring Textile Recycling

Textile Insights May 10, 2026

The textile industry is standing at a turning point. Built on speed, scale and global integration, it has delivered growth which few sectors can claim, but at a cost that is now impossible to ignore. Every year, an estimated 90 to 110 million tonnes of textile waste is either landfilled or incinerated, exposing a system […]

Sustainability

Philippine Textiles Poised To Carve EU Market Niche Through Sustainability

Textile Insights October 23, 2025

The Philippine textile industry could establish a strong foothold in the European Union (EU) market by embracing sustainability and complying with emerging environmental regulations, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DoST). “We noticed that in some countries, their textile processing uses more chemicals and is therefore harmful to the environment,”

Corporates

Arvind, H&M Group And Deven Supercriticals Launch India’s First Supercritical CO₂ Dyeing Machine

Textile Insights September 16, 2025

Arvind Ltd, in collaboration with H&M Group and Indian innovation start-up Deven Supercriticals Pvt. Ltd., inaugurated India’s first supercritical CO₂ dyeing machine at Arvind’s Ahmedabad facility today. The cutting-edge technology, patented globally under the SUPRAUNO® brand, uses supercritical carbon dioxide to dye fabrics, eliminating the need for traditional

Sustainability

Textiles Secretary Leads ESG Meet, Calls For Cluster-Led Sustainability

Textile Insights June 5, 2025

The Ministry of Textiles convened the fourth meeting of its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Task Force on June 3rd in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Neelam Shami Rao and brought together key stakeholders from across the textile value chain. Senior officials present included Rohit Kansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry