Recycling / Circular Economy
Indorama Ventures launches RECO Collective 2025
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, announced the launch of its RECO Collective 2025 initiative. This innovative platform aims to educate on recycling and upcycling practices while encouraging SMEs in sectors like fashion and furniture to adopt recycled materials. The program highlights the use of rPET fibers from recycled PET bottles to create sustainable products. Additionally, Indorama Ventures is collaborating with leading partners along the value chain who share this vision for sustainable business.
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DORNIER introduces contactless chain wear detection for clip chains
DORNIER has unveiled a groundbreaking innovation in chain wear detection technology, offering enhanced efficiency and reliability for clip chains. The new contactless measurement system enables easy recognition of maintenance intervals and reduces the wear and tear on parts.
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ITMA Asia + CITME 2024
Innovations for warp preparation at the cutting edge
At ITMA ASIA + CITME in October, KARL MAYER presented solutions for lower production costs and environmental impact and greater efficiency in the warp preparation sector. After the trade fair, the company can draw a positive conclusion, both in terms of the number of visitors and the quality of the discussions.
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Recycling / Circular Economy
Infinited Fiber and Norbite collaborate in EU-funded TEX-INSECT project
Infinited Fiber Company is pleased to announce its collaboration on the EU funded TEX-INSECT project, which aims to develop and optimize Norbite’s technology that converts synthetics originating from textile waste into sustainable bioproducts. Infinited Fiber’s process takes in cotton-rich textile waste otherwise destinated into landfills or incinerators.
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Recycling / Circular Economy
Project Re:Claim wins Plastics Industry Award 2024
The joint venture between the Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) and Project Plan B, known as Project Re:Claim, uses an ISEC evo system from PURE LOOP to process used garments and textiles. The project, supported by the EREMA Group, represents Europe’s first commercial scale polyester textile recycling system.
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Reifenhäuser opens new Head Office Asia-Pacific in Bangkok
Reifenhäuser, leading global supplier of plastics extrusion technology, has opened its new Head Office Asia-Pacific in Bangkok (Thailand). In future, all sales, service and after-market activities for the Southeast Asian region will be managed centrally from Bangkok.
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Textile chemistry
PIGMENTURA by CHT is awarded with the German Ecodesign Award
On December 2nd, 2024 the pigment-based dyeing process PIGMENTURA was awarded with the German Ecodesign Award in the Product category.
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Raw Materials
Textile Exchange’s latest report aims to drive a shift away from unchecked resource extraction in fashion, apparel, and textile
The Reimagining Growth Landscape Analysis is a comprehensive report examining the prevailing linear “take-make-waste” business model. The report highlights that the industry’s current trajectory is incompatible with achieving key climate, nature, and human rights goals, with impacts only increasing while growth remains a business imperative. It calls on existing scientific and academic literature to provide a set of pathways to reimagine value creation beyond exponential increases in the extraction and production of new raw materials to create new products.
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Better Cotton joins Make the Label Count Coalition
Better Cotton is joining more than 50 natural fibre organisations and environmental groups in supporting calls for an urgent revision of the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology.
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Yarn & Fiber
The LYCRA Company previews bio-derived LYCRA® EcoMade Fiber at ISPO
The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative and sustainable fiber and technology solutions for the apparel industry, announced today that it is promoting its bio-derived LYCRA® EcoMade fiber at ISPO, December 3 to 5. The company is showcasing samples featuring the renewable elastane in Hall A3, Stand 101, and offering visitors a fully immersive VR experience to learn about the product. It will also be featured in the Sustainability Hub (Hall A2) and is the subject of a presentation.
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Retail & Brands
20 years of Marks & Start: M&S commits to supporting a further 2,000 young people into work
Marks & Spencer has committed to train and support a further almost 2,000 hard to reach young people through its Marks & Start programme over the next three years as part of an ambitious multi-year strategy with The King’s Trust.
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Recover opens new factory and pioneers recycling technology in Vietnam
Recover, the leading global producer of recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, today announced the opening of its latest manufacturing facility in Vietnam, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global expansion plan. The facility is set to be operational by early 2025, and by pioneering its large-scale recycling technology, RecoverTM aims to enable large scale sustainability in the growing Vietnamese textile production market.
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The Good Cashmere Conference 2025: Two-day event in Hamburg
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) invites you to the annual conference of The Good Cashmere Standard® (GCS), which will be held on 25 and 26 March 2025 in the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. At this event, the independent sustainability standard will bring together international experts, fashion brands, companies, and scientists to discuss the latest developments in sustainable cashmere production.
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Tonello unveils THE Laser Manifesto at Denim PV Milan
Tonello has announced its participation in the Denim PV show in Milan on December 4-5, where it will debut its latest project, THE Laser Manifesto. This innovative collection reinterprets Italy’s artistic and cultural heritage through advanced laser technology. From iconic statues and sculptures to stunning paintings and frescoes, the designs merge tradition with innovation, demonstrating that creativity knows no bounds.
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JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2025: Finalists announced
The JEC Composites Innovation Awards, a renowned global platform celebrating excellence in the composites industry, has unveiled its 33 finalists for 2025. Over 27 years, the awards have recognized 258 organizations and 670 partners, spotlighting innovative breakthroughs and impactful collaborations across the value chain.
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Biochar, Jeevamrit and Bokashi: How traditional composting methods promote more productive, climate-friendly cotton farming
In cotton cultivation, soil quality and the associated fertility and health of the soil play a key role. For this reason, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) in Washington has carried out an ambitious research project on this topic in collaboration with various international partner organisations – with promising results.
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Mark Ushpol appointed EVP, Americas business area at Suominen
Mark Ushpol has been appointed Executive Vice President, Americas business area at Suominen. He will be a member of Suominen's Executive Management Team and report to President and CEO Tommi Björnman. Ushpol will start in his new position on January 6, 2025.
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Research & Development
Tapes made from recycled carbon fibers for lightweight construction
Due to their excellent mechanical properties and low weight, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are increasingly being used in lightweight construction applications where high strength and rigidity combined with minimal weight are crucial. However, the growing use of CFRP is also accompanied by large quantities of carbon fiber waste. So far, only processing routes that significantly reduce the properties of CFRP and thus limit the fields of application have been established.
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Teijin Frontier develops a next-generation comfort material for active and functional apparel
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., announced today that it has developed a next-generation comfort material that uniquely combines contact cooling functionality with sweat stickiness prevention. The new material features a dual- layer, knit structure. The inner layer alternates Teijin Frontier’s newly developed hydrophobic WAVERONTM yarn and conventional hydrophilic WAVERONTM yarn. The hydrophilic yarn absorbs perspiration, while the hydrophobic yarn prevents it from adhering to the skin to keep the skin dry. The outer layer disperses absorbed perspiration to the outside.
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Teijin to invest in Circularise B.V. and adopt its supply chain traceability platform to promote the Circular Economy
Teijin Limited announced today that it will invest in Circularise B.V., a company based in The Hague, Netherlands, which develops product traceability management systems using blockchain technology. Teijin will also implement Circularise’s software to improve visibility into its global supply chain. Circularise’s proprietary “Smart Questioning”(*) solution, which utilizes Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) technology, provides both anonymity and transparency to ensure a highly reliable product traceability system.
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Strategic growth: RUDOLF signs MOU to acquire Proeza in Mexico
RUDOLF has announced the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to acquire Proeza in Mexico. This strategic acquisition marks a significant milestone for RUDOLF, enabling the company to leverage Proeza’s established strengths and extensive market presence.
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Eastman successfully reconfirmed dark green shirt in 2024 Canopy Hot Button ranking and report for sustainable Naia™ fibers
Once again, this year, Eastman and its innovative Naia™ cellulosic fibers have earned the coveted dark green shirt designation in the Canopy Hot Button Ranking and Report, underscoring the steadfast commitment to protecting ancient and endangered forests while driving innovation in Next Generation fiber solutions.
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EDANA announces FILTREX™ 2025: Premier filtration conference and exhibition in Vienna
EDANA, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, is pleased to announce the upcoming FILTREX™ 2025 conference and tabletop exhibition. This premier event for filtration professionals will take place on 25-26 March 2025 at the Hilton Waterfront Hotel in Vienna, Austria.
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EDANA and INDA release the Global Nonwoven Markets Report 2023-2028
EDANA, the Voice of Nonwovens, and INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, are pleased to announce the release of the Global Nonwoven Markets Report, A Comprehensive Survey and Outlook, 2023 - 2028, now available for purchase through both INDA’s and EDANA’s websites. EDANA, the Voice of Nonwovens, and INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, are pleased to announce the release of the Global Nonwoven Markets Report, A Comprehensive Survey and Outlook, 2023 - 2028, now available for purchase through both INDA’s and EDANA’s websites.
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High-tech textiles give impulses for circular economy and recycling: Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2024
The Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference was held in Stuttgart on November 21 and 22. 450 participants from 25 countries and five continents took the opportunity to attend one of the most important European technical congresses.
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President Biden announces limited trade actions on fine-denier polyester staple fiber in section 201 safeguard case
Last week, the White House announced that President Joe Biden would not implement a tariff rate quota on imports of fine-denier polyester staple fiber (PSF) in response to a section 201 safeguard case filed by U.S.-based fiber producers.
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