Cotton

Türkiye To Host Better Cotton Conference 2024

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

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

Product Launch & Innovation

SA-Dynamics Develops Bio-Based & Degradable Insulation Textile

Textile Insights April 23, 2024

SA-Dynamics has developed bio-based and bio-degradable, a recyclable insulation textile to sustainably insulate heat and reduce energy consumption and which can replace synthetic insulation materials. The bio-based recyclable insulation textiles consist of 100 percent bio-based aerogel-fibres, which are sustainably sourced and contain up to 90 percent air, trapped in the

Industry

Wazir Advisors Teams Up With Swedish School Of Textiles And IIT Delhi For White Paper On Textile Recycling

April 7, 2024

Wazir Advisors, The Swedish School of Textiles – University of Borås, and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, have forged strategic partnership for groundbreaking white paper on Indian textile recycling The strategic collaboration between Wazir Advisors, The Swedish School of Textiles – University of Borås, and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has

Sustainability

Fashion For Good Picks Ten New Innovators For 2024 Programme

Textile Insights March 26, 2024

Building on a renewed five-year strategy, Fashion for Good has selected ten new innovators for its 2024 programme to receive tailored support validating their technologies. “These innovators represent an increased focus on novel footwear material and recycling technologies, man-made cellulosics, and nylon recycling,” Fashion for Good said in a press release. The 2024

Tete-A-Tete

The Global Trend Towards Sustainability Has Been A Significant Driver Of Our Business Decisions: Akhil Malhotra

March 4, 2024

In an exclusive interview with Textile Insights, Akhil Malhotra, CMD of Rudra Ecovation, shares Rudra’s journey from recycling PET bottles to producing sustainable textiles, influenced by global sustainability trends. Malhotra outlines Rudra’s strategies to overcome textile industry challenges while prioritizing sustainability.  Can you share the journey of how

Sustainability

CITI Presents Sustainability Awards At Bharat Tex 2024

Textile Insights February 28, 2024

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) hosted the prestigious CITI Sustainability Awards 2024, recognising and applauding outstanding achievements in sustainability within the Indian textile industry. Union Minister for Textiles, Piyush Goyal, and Darshana Jardosh, Union Minister of State for Textiles presented the awards to the deserving winners. The CITI

Sustainability

Aussie Environment Minister Warns On Turn Back From Fast Fashion

Textile Insights February 26, 2024

Australian environment minister Tanya Plibersek is mulling regulating fashion clothing from going into landfills by levying a tax. According to the Australian Fashion Council, Australians on average now purchase 56 items of garments annually, and more than 200,000 tons of apparels go to Australian landfills yearly. Nearly all discarded clothing ends up in landfill, and