Yarn & Fiber
Early confirmation of functional and sustainable exhibitors at Yarn Expo Spring 2023
With each passing year, sustainable textile practices are becoming increasingly innovative. In fact, yarns can now even be fabricated from industrial waste gas or antibacterial fibres derived from corn starch. Visitors of next year’s Yarn Expo Spring will find a comprehensive selection of related products when the fair returns to the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai from 8 – 10 March 2023. Signs show the global market on the road to recovery, and industry players are eager for business-as-usual, indicated by the early signup of a number of key functional yarn and fibre exhibitors.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
Neonyt goes international – bonjour, Paris!
The international roll-out is top class: to be launched in Paris as a preview edition, Neonyt licensed by Messe Frankfurt will open its doors for the first time outside Germany from 21 to 23 January 2023, and be organised by the renowned WSN Développement. As Europe’s most relevant B2B order platform for fashion, sustainability and innovation, Neonyt will present professionally responsible brands with broad textile horizons to international buyers, and open up and serve new markets from France alongside the existing location in Düsseldorf.
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ITM 2022
ITM Exhibition expands its success to Central Asia Regions: ITM Uzbekistan
ITM- International Textile Machinery Exhibition, which is one of the world's most important exhibitions in its field and carries its success beyond its borders, will be held in a country other than Turkey for the first time next year under the name 'ITM Uzbekistan'. 'ITM Uzbekistan 2023 Exhibition', which will be held in Uzbekistan New Expo Center on September 12-15, 2023, will bring together buyers from Central Asia and Turkic Republics with the world's most important textile and garment technology manufacturers.
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Sustainability
Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei announces the achievement of the OK biodegradable MARINE certification
A leading company in the development and production of high-tech yarns with sustainable DNA, Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei joined Blue Friday, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Sea-friendly alternative to Black Friday with the mission to safeguard and regenerate the Mediterranean Sea through Ocean Education initiatives.
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Since many years, Pulcra has a strong expertise in producing top-quality leather chemicals based with an exceptionally high portion of renewable feedstock. Signature products of Pulcra like Peramit ML-N, Grassan PA, Sirial TIS MF or Drasil 608 contain more than 90% of renewable carbon in their formulation and have been used by generations of tanners. Now, Pulcra has launched the game changing initiative Pulcra Naturalis®.
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This November 23 and 24, Denim Première Vision presented a buoyant and dynamic Milan edition marked by reunions, fruitful discussions and creative innovations to help guide fashion and jeanswear brands build their spring-summer 2024 denim collections.
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Avgol® has announced a significant investment in a new high-speed, high-capacity flexible multiple beam production line at its facility in Mocksville, USA.
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The circular economy for plastics can only be achieved with the highest possible quality of recycled pellets. The recycling machine manufacturer EREMA is a pioneer with many years of development experience when it comes to actually implementing what is technically feasible. With its new development INTAREMA® TVEplus® DuaFil® Compact, the company is redefining the quality level for recycling particularly challenging post-consumer materials, and is doing so with significantly reduced energy consumption.
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Market Analysis & Forecasts
Polyester Staple Fiber Market Research Report by product, origin, application, region - Global forecast to 2027 - Cumulative impact of COVID-19
The Global Polyester Staple Fiber Market size was estimated at USD 13. 99 billion in 2021 and expected to reach USD 15. 03 billion in 2022, and is projected to grow at a CAGR 7. 72% to reach USD 21.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
Marimekko launches a new experiential store in New York in SoHo
Finnish design house Marimekko returns to New York with a new store and store concept. The brand’s new experiential retail space opens in one of the city’s most central shopping destinations, SoHo, at 97 Wooster Street. Located at the heart of the city, the SoHo area is known especially as the epicenter of international fashion and design brands. The new store celebrates the official opening on 8 December 2022.
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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles
What will be the next step forward for nonwoven production? Revolutionary web forming or web bonding processes? A fantastic new machine? Or a sustainable raw material that is cost effective and easily processable for mass production? No. Digitalization is going to take nonwoven production to the next level by massively reducing conversion costs. And it’s already happening…
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Toyota Industries Corporation (President: Akira Onishi; “Toyota Industries”) has remodeled its air-jet loom, a mainstay product of its Textile Machinery Business, for the first time in nine years. The new JAT910 will be on the market from November 28, 2022.
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TEXAID, a leading company in the collecting, sorting, reselling and recycling of post-consumer textile waste, included Marchi & Fildi in an international team with several companies active at different stages of the circular textile production chain with the goal to develop a fabric representing a model of development that could be repeatable also for different projects.
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SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. is pleased to announce that Dr. Masahiro Shima, Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, has assumed the position of "Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Wakayama" as of August 29, 2022.
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Spandex Market Is growing steadily with A 8.3% CAGR globally In the coming years
Douglas Insights has analyzed various market research reports from relevant authorities, such as industry experts, market researchers, and other professionals, to forecast the spandex market. Its comparison engine has yielded exceptional results in compiling key details from relevant research materials, providing insights on current and emerging market trends, growth drivers, and restraints, which have helped paint a clear picture of the global spandex industry.
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Discover Coloreel’s embroidery on-demand at Gina Tricot’s flagship Store
As a part of their Creative Studio initiative to offer more fun and sustainable ways for customers to stay on-trend with up-cycling and personalization, the Swedish fashion brand Gina Tricot will launch an on-demand embroidery studio in their Borås flagship store.
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Recover™ x FERRE: Allies for a circular future
Recover™ is proud to form part of a long history of innovators leading the way for a more sustainable future. In 2020, Recover™ branched off from its parent company, FERRE Yarns, to come into its own as one of the industry’s leading recycled fiber specialists. When we set out on our own, one thing was clear: we cannot succeed by working in a silo. That’s why we’re thrilled to work alongside the industry leader in sustainable yarns.
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Achievements awarded at Sandler
This year, Procter & Gamble awarded Sandler for their high level of performance and quality in the feminine hygiene and baby care divisions.
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Dyneema® releases U.S. law enforcement survey results
Dyneema ® , leader in protection, today released survey results from U.S. Law Enforcement that reveal increases in prioritization of comfort in body armor solutions and preference for American-made protective equipment.
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Trident Ltd. (India) joins ITMF as Corporate Member
The group began with a solitary unit making high-quality yarn. However, in due course, the group catapulted itself to become the largest manufacturer of terry towels and one of the largest integrated home textile manufacturers in the world. From Punjab the company is supplying to the homes of millions of customers across 100 countries.
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Associations
Garment 10 Corporation JSC (Vietnam) joins ITMF as corporate member
Established in 1946 in Viet Bac (northern region of Vietnam), Garco 10 initially focused on making military uniforms. Today, Garco 10 is one of the largest enterprises in Vietnam’s apparel and textile industry with a total of 19 factories. They manufacture and export nearly 30 million garments per year.
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Foundations laid for the Heimtextil Interior.Architecture.Hospitality LIBRARY
The selection of products to be shown at the Interior.Architecture.Hospitality LIBRARY has been made. On 30 November 2022, an expert jury chose the functional textiles to be presented in the LIBRARY at Heimtextil 2023. 85 exhibitors were selected from the large number of entries and will display their products in the elaborate setting of the LIBRARY in Hall 4.0. The textiles will be marked with the name and stand number of the manufacturers concerned.
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Covestro and Circularise partner in ISCC PLUS certification across value chains
Covestro is proud to announce the successful completion of Circularise’s pioneering project with the certification scheme ISCC in which partners tested a blockchain system to complement the ISCC PLUS certification. For the first time ten companies from the chemical industry and respective downstream sectors got together to test such a digital system to bridge the inter-company gap in the sustainability certification process across complex value chains.
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Niaga® wins Circular Economy Prize
Niaga®, an innovation venture of Covestro, is the winner of the 2022 European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Community Circular Economy Prize in the Digital Products Passports (DPP) category. The EIT Circular Economy Community awards relevant start-ups and SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) with significant new solutions accelerating the circular economy.
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Reduction of carbon fibres' manufacturing costs - ITA Bachelor graduate wins VDMA Young Talent Award
On 6 December, ITA junior engineer Deniz Sinan Yesilyurt received the "Digitalisation in Mechanical Engineering" Young Talent Award initiated by VDMA Software and Digitalisation and VDMA Education at the VDMA event "Digitalisation and Mechanical Engineering: Between Opportunities and Challenges" in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Mr Yesilyurt is a Bachelor's graduate at the ITA Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University.
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Spinnova has been awarded the Impact Award on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 listing
Spinnova has made Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 list and received the Impact Award for its investments in a more sustainable tomorrow. Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program lists the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Finland.
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Trevira CS at the Heimtextil Trade Fair 2023
The Trevira CS® brand presents itself together with 16 top customers and partners, an exciting special exhibition, and a sustainability presentation at Heimtextil in Frankfurt from 10 to 13 January 2023. The joint booth is located in Hall 4.0 / Stand C15 and covers an area of over 1,400 m².
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Toray to domestically sell chemical recycled fiber products derived from fishing nets
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it will begin selling nylon 6 chemically recycled fiber (N6CR) yarns, textiles, and other products in Japan from March 2023. These offerings will apply Toray’s depolymerization and repolymerization technology to recycled plastics and other materials that Refineverse Group, Inc., makes from recovered fishing nets.
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Teijin Frontier develops practical, highly biodegradable PLA Resin that will help to reduce microplastics
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced today that it has developed a practical polylactic acid (PLA) resin that biodegrades faster in oceans, rivers and soil compared to conventional PLA products. By adding a new biodegradation accelerator to the polymer, Teijin Frontier has improved its biodegradation rate without impairing strength, moldability or other practical properties.
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