Sustainability

DVF Teams Up With Lenzing For Sustainable Fashion Revolution

Textile Insights June 21, 2024

Lenzing Group has teamed up with Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) to introduce TENCEL™ and LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded fibers into mainstream fashion. These fibers, sourced from sustainably managed wood, are featured prominently in DVF’s latest collections of everyday fashion and accessories,

Fibre

AMSilk To Debut Biofabricated Yarns At Pitti Immagine Filati 2024

Textile Insights June 20, 2024

AMSilk GmbH, a leader in advanced biomaterials made from spider silk-based proteins, has announced its participation in Pitti Immagine Filati in Florence, Italy, from Tuesday, June 25th, to Thursday, June 27th, 2024, where it will showcase its innovative biofabricated yarns. AMSilk is rapidly advancing towards becoming a commercial supplier of spider silk protein and

Sustainability

Carbios And Tomra Textiles Drive Circular Economy For Polyester

Textile Insights June 19, 2024

Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and Tomra Textiles, a tech venture set up by sorting technology leader Tomra, announce the signing of an agreement to collaborate on establishing an efficient stream in Northern Europe from textile waste collection, sorting and […]

Corporates

Hyosung TNC Collaborates With Ambercycle To Introduce Circular Polyester In South Korea

Textile Insights June 13, 2024

Hyosung TNC, a global leader in sustainable textile solutions, has teamed up with Ambercycle, a prominent material science company, to pioneer the integration of textile-to-textile circular polyester into South Korea’s supply chains. This partnership underscores both companies’ commitment to fostering a circular textile ecosystem by repurposing end-of-life

Cotton

BCI Grants Eco-Cotton Status To Uzbek Cotton Clusters

Textile Insights June 13, 2024

The non-profit organization Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced the certification of several cotton clusters in Uzbekistan, according to reports from the Uztuqimachiliksanoat press service. Rachel Beckett, BCI Startup Support Program Manager, visited Uzbekistan to discuss cotton certification with industry representatives and explore BCI’s official presence

Sustainability

TechnoSport First Indian Apparel Brand To Partner Bluesign

Textile Insights May 20, 2024

Tiruppur based online sportswear brand TechnoSport has joined sustainable solutions supplier Bluesign as its first India-based garment brand partner. “The partnership will enable TechnoSport to pursue sustainability in textile manufacturing,” Bluesign said in a press release. TechnoSport product categories include men’s t-shirt, gym vests and jackets, to women’s tights and

Cotton

Türkiye To Host Better Cotton Conference 2024

Textile Insights May 19, 2024

The Better Cotton Conference 2024 will be held in Türkiye, the seventh-largest cotton producer globally and a hub for the textile industry. The Better Cotton Conference serves as an annual gathering for global cotton stakeholders to collaborate on sustainable solutions. Taking place on June 26 & 27 at the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference […]

Machinery

Alchemie Secures Grant To Tackle Pollution In Textile Finishing

Textile Insights May 15, 2024

UK based Alchemie Technology has secured a major grant to tackle pollution in the global textile finishing industry as part of a collaboration between UK and Taiwan. The grant totaling $934,048 will enable Alchemie and JSRTEX Group, a Taiwan-based textile manufacturing innovator, to drive transformation of Taiwan’s textile industry. Objectives include eradicating textile

Machinery

Karl Mayer Group Launching Energy Efficiency Solution

Textile Insights May 7, 2024

The Karl Mayer Group is launching an Energy Efficiency Solution, which takes a different, efficient and economical path to enable customers to achieve energy transparency that meets their requirements. The Energy Efficiency Solution from Karl Mayer is a cloud-based solution that combines the latest sensor technology with a specifically developed analysis software. “The

Dyes & Chemicals

BASF’s Sustainable Polyamides For Textiles Now RCS Certified

Textile Insights April 25, 2024

BASF’s sustainable polyamide PA6 and PA6.6 product range, Ultramid Ccycled is now also certified as Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) for textile applications. “This label enables manufacturers to market certified textiles that have been produced using recycled raw materials,” the German company said in a press release. The production of Ultramid Ccycled is based on the