Tete-A-Tete

Efficiency, Sustainability & Innovation Drives Trützschler’s Vision, Says Dr. Bettina Temath

June 11, 2024

Trützschler Group, a market leader in spinning technology, continues to push the boundaries of innovation to meet the evolving needs of the textile industry. In an exclusive chat with Textile Insights, Dr. Bettina Temath, Head of Global Marketing at Trützschler Group SE, sheds light on the

Corporates

MAS Holdings And Ambercycle Partner To Advance Apparel Sustainability

June 6, 2024

MAS Holdings, a global apparel manufacturing and tech conglomerate headquartered in Sri Lanka, has joined forces with Los Angeles-based materials science company Ambercycle to scale up textile-to-textile regeneration in the apparel industry. The partnership, which centers around a three-year offtake agreement, reflects demand among large brands and manufacturers for new

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Eastman Partners With Debrand To Recycle Apparel Waste From Top Brands

April 21, 2024

Eastman, a specialty materials company renowned for its Naia cellulosic fibres, has initiated a strategic collaboration with Debrand, a leading next-life logistics company specializing in sustainable solutions for apparel waste, serving some of the world’s top apparel and footwear brands. In partnership with Debrand, Eastman is utilizing its cutting-edge molecular

Sustainability

Redress To Help Textile Businesses Comply With EPR Regulations

Textile Insights April 19, 2024

Reconomy, a global circular economy specialist, has launched a tech-enabled, international service to help businesses comply with textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations. The service called ReDress will help businesses understand and manage their global obligations under textile EPR laws, including timelines, financial impacts, and reporting

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

M&S Marches Towards Achieving Net Zero Emission 2040 Target

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

Global apparel retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced several new investments in pioneering projects, funded through its Plan A Accelerator Fund, to help achieve its net zero target by 2040 goals. “M&S’s industry-leading, fully integrated sustainability plan ‘Plan A’ was launched in 2007, well before most mainstream businesses were thinking about

Industry

Ghana Identifying Opportunities In Circular Textiles Business

Textile Insights April 5, 2024

The Ghana government has commenced a feasibility study of the textiles and apparel value chain to identify circular business opportunities. The project is being undertaken in collaboration with the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI), which specialises in providing solutions to environmental problems. “One of the goals includes helping to revamp

Machinery

Redwave Tex Identifies & Sorts Apparels For Recycling

Textile Insights April 3, 2024

Redwave will showcase its latest sorting technology Redwave Tex, a new sorting solution designed to identify and sort textiles at IFAT 2024. “Redwave Tex sort’s materials on predefined parameters and can handle sorting whole garments for reuse and sorting shredded textiles for recycling,” a press release from the Austrian company said. Redwave Tex’s sensor technology

Machinery

Trützschler Offers All Machines For Preparation Of Textile Waste

Textile Insights March 29, 2024

Trützschler has taken a bold step to tackle the global problem of textile waste and has expanded its portfolio and now offers all technologies for preparation of textile waste. “These include from mechanical recycling to the spinning preparation of torn secondary fibres,” the German company said in a press release. Tearing and spinning preparation are […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Swedish Apparel Retailer H&M Moves Towards Textile Circularity

Textile Insights March 7, 2024

H&M Group and Vargas Holding launched Syre, a new initiative to manufacture textile-to-textile recycled polyester fibre. Syre is also backed by TPG Rise Climate and aims to rapidly scale textile-to-textile recycling of polyester and contribute to a more sustainable textile industry. H&M Group has signed an agreement with Syre to purchase US $600 million worth […]

Machinery

Epson To Shred Hard-To-Recycle Fabrics With New Technology

Textile Insights March 1, 2024

Epson plans to use its proprietary Dry Fiber Technology to establish technology for defibrating hard-to-recycle fabrics and expand real-world fibre recycling. ‘To this end, Epson entered into a joint development agreement with The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited (HKRITA),” Seiko Epson said in a press release. HKRITA is a Hong Kong-based […]