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2025-11-11
Syre announces partnership with Nike to scale circular Polyester
Syre, the textile impact company hyperscaling textile-to-textile recycling, today announces a multi-year agreement with leading sports brand NIKE, Inc., marking a milestone towards a circular materials future for the global apparel industry and beyond.
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2025-11-06
Toray develops recycling technology that retains carbon fiber strength and surface quality
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has developed a recycling technology that can decompose diverse carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) made from thermosetting resins while retaining the strength and surface quality of those fibers. The company drew on this technology to create a nonwoven fabric employing recycled carbon fibers.
...moreResearch & Development
2025-11-06
Panty liners prevent bacterial vaginosis
Worldwide, almost one third of women of childbearing age suffer from bacterial vaginosis. This is when the sensitive microbiome of the vagina becomes unbalanced. Such a disorder of the vaginal flora can cause urogenital infections, abscesses on the ovaries or fallopian tubes or premature births. This significantly increases the risk of infertility in women and of contracting a sexually transmitted disease or HIV.
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2025-11-06
Soft interfaces: Textile-integrated light switches, made possible by printable Liquid Metal Ink
A gentle tap on the knitted lampshade is enough to switch on the light. The lamp developed by Fraunhofer IZM in cooperation with WINT Design Lab works with a revolutionary conductive ink. Visitors can find out more and try the lamp themselves at the Berlin Science Week on November 1st and 2nd.
...moreFunctional Fabrics
2025-11-06
PERFORMANCE DAYS sets benchmarks with record attendance & strong industry presence
With around 4,500 professional visitors and 515 exhibitors, PERFORMANCE DAYS closed its doors on October 30, 2025, after two highly successful days in Munich. Expanded show areas, an international audience, a top-class Expert Talks program, and an inspiring DAY 0 Conference with an innovative concept underlined one thing clearly: PERFORMANCE DAYS has become the leading business platform for the functional textile industry.
...moreTextiles & Apparel / Garment
2025-11-06
ISPO 2025: Dynamism, innovation, and strong impulses through close industry dialogue
Sports are becoming increasingly diverse and blending with many new areas. As a result, the sports industry is growing larger, customer demand is changing, and its fields of application are becoming more varied. New technologies, data-driven business models, sustainability, and international networking are shaping the market. In this dynamic environment, ISPO exhibitors demonstrate how change can be actively shaped.
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Europe
EU aims to advance global clean transition and implementation of the Paris Agreement at UN's COP30
Recycling / Circular Economy
EURATEX calls for a competitive and harmonised Circular Economy Act For Textiles
Nonwoven machines
ANDRITZ collaborates with Tandem Repeat on solutions to produce novel sustainable fiber
Textiles & Apparel / Garment
A+A 2025: innovations and know-how for tomorrow’s world of work
Man-Made Fibers
Indorama Ventures and Indovinya Global Leaders represent the Group at the Climate Action Innovation Zone in São Paulo
Functional Fabrics
Getzner Textil launches new getzspace® three-dimensional weaving at Functional Fabric Fair
Associations
Mr. Juan Parès (Spain) elected as new ITMF President
Textiles & Apparel / Garment
MUNICH FABRIC START: Strategic repositioning of the show’s summer term to late July 2026
Textiles & Apparel / Garment
New Retviews study by Lectra: the luxury market in 2025, between margin protection strategies and new iconic pieces
Man-Made Fibers
CORDURA® Advanced Fabrics forges ahead with launch of next-gen flame resistant fabric solution at A+A
Recycling / Circular Economy
RE&UP debuts at Ecomondo 2025 to showcase circular fashion innovation
Natural Fibers
Bangladesh becomes World's largest importer in 2024/25 after China cuts imports by 65% to 1.1 million tonnes
Textile chemistry
TEXTILCOLOR AG launches strategic collaboration with Alpex, Majocchi, and Trans-Textil in the field of Pyroshell™ flame protection
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
T-CAN – Revolutionizing can transport
Nonwovens
Francois Guetat joins Suominen as COO
Techtextil 2026
From concept to stage: Submit presentations for the Techtextil Forum and Texprocess Forum 2026 now
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Kornit Digital launches breakthrough footwear solution at ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Research & Development
Aachen Summer School: Strengthening German-Korean cooperation in 4D and robotics
Digital Printing
Flying Colours meets Kornit: A new era for garment printing
Recycling / Circular Economy
textile.4U publishes special edition “Top 100 Textile Recycling Companies 2025”
Recycling / Circular Economy
Recover™ secures multi-year recycled cotton agreement with H&M
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
EFI Reggiani showcases next-generation digital textile printing solutions at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025
Natural Fibers
World Cotton Trade declined 4.1% in 2024/25, according to ICAC's 2025 World Cotton Trade Report
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Textile technology bellwethers headline ITMA ASIA + CITME, Singapore 2025 exhibition
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Compact, powerful, cost-efficient – KARL MAYER launches its HKS 2-SE TWO
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
VDMA members at ITMA ASIA + CITME in Singapore
Chemical industry
Archroma demonstrates sustainable performance without compromise at Performance Days 2025
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Marzoli unveals its new textile ecosystem at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025 at Singapore
Chemical industry
Archroma wins 2025 ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award for distressed denim breakthrough
Sustainability
Eastman Naia™ awarded top Canopy rating at Textile Exchange Conference 2025, advancing its sustainability 2025–2030 goals
Recycling / Circular Economy
Recover™ joins T2T Alliance
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
KARL MAYER is launching two machines that set new standards in performance and cost-effectiveness
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Uster presents novelties at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025
Textiles & Apparel / Garment
Nike unites innovation, design and product teams to accelerate athlete-centered innovation
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
DORNIER celebrates its anniversary at ITMA Asia + CITME
Sustainability
Pioneering open-source framework shows how early innovation drives a just and net-zero fashion future
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
All systems go for Sweden’s imogo in Singapore
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Groz-Beckert showcases textile innovation at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 in Singapore
Technical Textiles
Technical textiles for more and new business
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
KARL MAYER puts textiles centre stage
Sustainability
Key takeaways from the 2025 Textile Exchange conference
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matterr at K – Where innovation meets industry
Recycling / Circular Economy
ASTRI becomes Friends of Recycling Europe sponsor to boost textile circularity
Natural Fibers
ICAC releases 2025 edition of the Specialty Cotton Report
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Biancalani presents AQUARIA® advanced water management drive system
Fabrics
Pioneering functional excellence and trusted innovation for the evolving sports apparel industry
Associations
Winners of the ITMF Start-up Award 2025
Knitting & Hosiery
STOLL in focus:
Recycling / Circular Economy
RECOVER™ Central America wins Textile Exchange’s Climate and Nature Impact Award for Textile-To-Textile Partnership
Heimtextil 2026
Heimtextil 2026 strengthens the global home textile industry with trends, designs and AI technologies
Recycling / Circular Economy
A circular European value chain turns post-consumer textile waste into new garments for Dutch retailer Zeeman
Research & Development
The Textile Institute marks 100 years with a global expansion drive
Nonwovens
Freudenberg accelerates local production for apparel market by expanding its site in India
Industry 4.0 / Digitalization
Reifenhäuser wins German Design Award for new user interface
Recycling / Circular Economy
Closing the Loop in the Textile Industry: Value Creation in the State of Brandenburg
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Solutions from KARL MAYER's Warp Preparation Business Unit at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025
Knitting & Hosiery
KARL MAYER develops seersucker WARP KNITS with even more character and style
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
BRÜCKNER will be demonstrating what modern textile finishing looks like today at ITMA ASIA
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
VDMA companies outline major benefits in finishing – and now dyeing too
Natural Fibers
Special Issue: A research review on the Cotton Jassid
Recycling / Circular Economy
DynaShape® boosts productivity by ten percent
Dyeing, Drying, Finishing
BW Converting’s Baldwin brand validated by Fashion for Good and Apparel Impact Institute
Digital Printing
Leading UK-based digital textile print provider expands on-demand textile production with additional Kornit MAX PLUS Systems
Recycling / Circular Economy
The new European Circular Textile Coalition calls for a circular textile economy: "a world without waste is possible"
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Circ announces its first sourcing partnership with H&M Group
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Toyota Industries to present latest spinning and weaving technologies at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Stäubli showcases advanced weaving technologies at ITMA Asia Singapore 2025
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Zschimmer & Schwarz at ITMA Asia in Singapore
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
Benninger’s must-see dyeing and finishing solutions at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025
ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore 2025
The KARL MAYER Warp Knitting Business Unit at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025
Recycling / Circular Economy
Niccolò Pasqualetti debuts Circ’s recycled materials at Paris Fashion Week
Recycling / Circular Economy
