Spinning

2025-05-22

TRUECYCLED yarn is driving sustainability in Lotus cars

Thanks to Trützschler’s advanced TRUECYCLED process, high-quality recycling yarn has now entered Lotus electric cars. Together with the German company Brain of Materials, Trützschler played a crucial role in ensuring that the so-called WYRON truecycled® yarn meets the strict requirements of the automotive sector. Featured in the Lotus Eletre and Emeya models, this innovative material proves that sustainability and top performance can go hand in hand.

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Textile processing

2025-05-22

YKK makes the switch to 100% low-carbon aluminum for use in aluminum alloy zippers

YKK Corporation will begin using only low-carbon aluminum (*1) as the source for all aluminum alloy wire procured for zippers, as part of its initiative to convert all aluminum alloy zipper items to sustainable products.

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Composites

2025-05-22

Impact resistance meets thermal insulation lightweight composite impact protection plate for electric vehicle batteries

Lightweight composite impact protection plate for electric vehicle batteries - Autoneum’s new impact protection plate, made from thermoplastic composite material, shields the battery of electric vehicles from impact, fire and corrosion.

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Raw Materials

2025-05-22

EUR 2.8 million project for climate-resilient agriculture in Africa

Healthy soils, responsible water use, and biodiversity conservation are central to the efforts of the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) to make African cotton production more resilient to climate change. AbTF has opened new doors for small-scale farming families in Africa through a EUR 2.8 million project for climate-resilient cotton cultivation. Over the last three years, more than 100,000 farmers in Africa were involved in testing various soil improvement measures, with encouraging results: yields on demonstration sites increased significantly, despite the effects of climate change.

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Sustainability

2025-05-22

Global Standard expands scope, leverages AI innovation, and amplifies global engagement

Global Standard, the nonprofit that owns and operates the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), today released its 2024 Annual Report highlighting its global mark on the organic textile industry.

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Yarn & Fiber

2025-05-22

New high-performance polyester fabric with a natural fiber-like texture and appearance

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., announced that it has developed a new high-performance polyester fabric, which combines the elegant appearance and texture of natural fibers made of yarns of random thickness with advanced functionalities such as cool touch, anti-stickiness, quick dry, opacity and ultraviolet (UV) protection.

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Yarn & Fiber

2025-05-22

Lenzing AG successfully signs syndicated loan of EUR 545 million

Lenzing agrees syndicated loan of EUR 545 mn // Financing reflects strong confidence from the banking market // Strengthens liquidity reserves

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-05-22

Lenzing’s VEOCEL™ champions sustainable innovation at IDEA25 and CIDPEX

VEOCEL™ highlighted its innovative, environmentally responsible fibers for hygiene and personal care single-use products at CIDPEX and IDEA25 // With VEOCEL™ Lyocell, Lenzing invites partners to unleash possibilities in single-use – not only meeting today`s needs but also shaping solutions for a better future together.

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Research & Development

2025-05-22

Hemp for a sustainable future

On May 16, 2025, the workshop “Hemp for a Sustainable Future” was held in Izmir - a joint event organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) and the Chamber of Textile Engineers Izmir (TMMOB). The aim of the workshop was to raise awareness among all stakeholders along the value chain - from hemp cultivation to final products - and to promote a deeper understanding of the diverse applications of this raw material in industry.

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Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-05-22

Reuters: Circ to build landmark €450 million textile recycling plant in France

According to Reuters, U.S.-based recycling company Circ is set to construct what it calls the world’s first industrial-scale facility capable of recycling both cotton and polyester from blended textiles. Backed by the French government and the European Union, the plant will be located in Saint-Avold, northeastern France, and is expected to begin operations in 2028. Once fully operational, it will process up to 70,000 metric tons of material annually and create around 200 jobs.

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Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-05-22

Reju announces the selection of Regeneration Hub One

Reju™, the progressive textile-to-textile regeneration company, today announced that it had selected the Chemelot Industrial Park for its first industrial scale regeneration center.? Located in Sittard, Netherlands, Chemelot is a leading European industrial park and innovation hub. This follows the successful opening of Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt in October 2025.

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Textile processing

2025-05-22

Jeanologia brings the creative revolution of denim to Kingpins China

The city of Hangzhou hosts a new edition of Kingpins, Asia’s leading denim trade show, on May 22 and 23. Jeanologia, a global leader in sustainable textile finishing technologies, is taking part in this major industry event with a disruptive proposal that leads the way into a new era of denim, driven by creativity, sustainability, and digitalization.

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Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2025-05-21

Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris 2025

Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris will take place from Septembre 15 to 17 2025 in Halls 2, 3 and 4 of the Paris-Le-Bourget Exhibition Center. Texworld Paris, Apparel Sourcing Paris, along with their dedicated sectors Avantex and Leatherworld, will showcase the global offering for fashion brands—from ready-to-wear to luxury.

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Knitting & Hosiery

2025-05-20

Mayer & Cie makes circular knitting machines IoT-ready

Albstadt, Germany, May 20, 2025 – The new machine control system Control 5.0 from Mayer & Cie. is now available. It makes the company’s circular knitting machines Internet- and knitlink-ready, preparing them for the digital future of textile production. Control 5.0 is the prerequisite for accessing knitlink, Mayer & Cie.’s digital platform. The new machine control system is available as an upgrade kit for all machines built from 2001 onward. From now on, every newly delivered mechanical circular knitting machine will be equipped with Control 5.0 as standard.

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Chemical industry

2025-05-19

Archroma reimagines iconic denim for a cleaner future

Dye and processing innovations to be showcased at two of the world’s most influential denim fairs: Denim Première Vision Milan and Denimsandjeans Vietnam

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-05-22

2025 INDA Supply Report shows North American Nonwovens Industry’s continued growth with a focus on sustainability

The 12th annual North American Nonwovens Supply Report, released today by INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, reveals continued growth and strategic transformation within the North American nonwovens industry.

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Digital Printing

2025-05-22

Kornit Digital and MAS ACME USA sign Strategic Partnership

Kornit Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ: KRNT) (“Kornit” or the “Company”), a global pioneer in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production technologies, signed a strategic partnership with MAS Holdings via subsidiary MAS ACME USA—a holistic, supply chain orchestration hub, located in North America to serve sustainable fashion and apparel brands. The deal will empower MAS customers, retailers, and brands, to quickly realize the vision of data-driven fashion production and become both more sustainable and profitable.

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Sustainability

2025-05-19

Groundbreaking architectural projects using natural fibres

Paris, May 19 2025 : The Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp is proud to spotlight a growing wave of innovative architectural and civil engineering applications featuring flax and hemp fibres. As the global construction industry turns toward sustainable solutions, flax and hemp are emerging as high-performance, low-impact alternatives for a new generation of bio-based architecture.

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Spinning

2025-05-15

Uster Technologies introduces its new fiber process control system

Uster, Switzerland, 15th May 2025 – Fiber quality measurement in spinning preparation is crucial for optimizing waste and meeting yarn quality specifications. The brand-new Uster AFIS 6 – the next-generation laboratory instrument from Uster Technologies – uniquely tests man-made fiber properties in addition to cotton. It provides critical data to optimize fiber process control for cotton, man-made fibers, and blended yarns.

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-05-15

Sustainable fashion: ANDRITZ tearing line starts up at Pacific Jeans, Bangladesh

International technology group ANDRITZ has supplied and commissioned a reXline tearing system for Pacific Jeans in Chattogram, Bangladesh. This system marks a significant step forward in the recycling of post-industrial textile waste for sustainable clothing production.

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-05-15

Lifetime awards at IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025

Cary, NC, May 12, 2025 – INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is pleased to announce that Behnam Pourdeyhimi, PhD, Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute, and Lynda Kelly, SVP, Americas & Business Development, Suominen Corporation (retired) received the IDEA® Lifetime Achievement Award and the INDA Lifetime Service Award respectively last week at IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025. The Awards were presented before a crowd of well-wishers, colleagues, and friends cheering them on.

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Raw Materials

2025-05-15

Better Cotton joins policy hub coalition to contribute to regulatory discussions

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has joined the Policy Hub, a Brussels-based coalition, to contribute to key EU policy discussions.

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Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2025-05-15

Trevira CS® celebrates 45 years at Clerkenwell Design Week 2025

During Clerkenwell Design Week from May 20 to 22 in London's Clerkenwell district, Indorama Ventures is inviting design enthusiasts and trade visitors to discover the diverse fabric world of its Trevira® CS brand. This year the brand also celebrates its 45th anniversary!

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Sustainability

2025-05-15

Major recycling partnership to tackle waste crisis in Mali

Bangkok, Thailand & Madrid, Spain May 14, 2025 – In response to Mali’s escalating environmental crisis, three leading organizations— Ayuda en Acción, Indorama Ventures, and IMG Group —have joined forces to launch ‘Bamagreen,’ a transformative recycling and reforestation project in the capital city of Bamako.

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Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-05-15

ADVA®TEX 100% textile-to textile recycling 100% sustainable comfort

ADVA®tex is a comfort filling fibre made entirely from recycled textile scraps from the textile industry. The fibres help minimize CO2 emissions during the production of mattresses, cushions, and printed duvets. This significantly reduces dependency on new raw materials and plastics - without compromising on quality or comfort.

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Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2025-05-15

Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition: a global hub for buyers and international visitors

Poised to become a global showcase for the garment and ready-to-wear industry, Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition is set to bring together leading brands that shape the sector under one roof. With its diversity of exhibitors, high-profile visitor portfolio, and substantial business potential, the exhibition promises a unique experience. It will serve as a pulse-check for the industry's ongoing transformation.

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Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-05-15

Turning waste into value: Borealis delivers circular breakthroughs in 2024

Borealis made significant progress on its journey towards a circular economy in 2024, with major increases in both capacity and feedstock processing. Our latest Annual Report shows circular production capacity rising by 18% compared to the previous year, reaching 227,900 metric tons, while the volume of circular feedstock processed nearly doubled to 221,200 metric tons.

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News Archive
2025-05-15

Navis TubeTex partners with Pluvia to deliver expanded sales and support

2025-05-15

Durak Poly-Strong PC-IR perfects camouflage invisibility

2025-05-15

XLANCE® introduces a new generation of high-performance stretch denim at PV Denim Milan

2025-05-15

More key upgrades to drive business, innovation and sustainability at Cinte Techtextil China 2025

2025-05-15

Vacuum insulation panels rethought - Adjustable, tailored to needs, flexible

2025-05-15

SHIMA SEIKI announces partnership with Lonati

2025-05-15

Ahlstrom introduces Optipad™

2025-05-15

Italian Textile Machinery: Orders continue to fall in first quarter 2025

2025-05-15

Recover™ and Intradeco announce strategic joint venture to enhance recycledcotton fiber production in Central America

2025-05-14

Eight out of ten denim mills prefer Monforts

2025-05-14

Last chance to join EDANA’s Innovation Forum

2025-05-12

New leadership for Swiss Textile Machinery Association

2025-05-09

International practical experience for textile students

2025-05-08

Esquel and China Recycling Group sign strategic cooperation agreement

2025-05-08

Heimtextil expands mattress area with strong German brands - ‘Sleep & Meet’ area to be launched in 2026

2025-05-08

DOMOTEX maintains its leading market position

2025-05-08

ANDRITZ spunlace line successfully started up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2025-05-08

Innovative sustainable fashion leader Liz Hershfield named Cotton Council International (CCI) Executive Director

2025-05-08

Lenzing achieves significant revenue and earnings growth within a deteriorating market environment

2025-05-08

Laly Lichtenfeld joins AbTF Board of Trustees

2025-05-08

Reju announces strategic partnerships with Utexa in Central America and Antex in Europe

2025-05-08

Magnera reports Q2 results, adjusts full-year outlook

2025-05-08

Timely report highlights regional trends ahead of Cascale Forum in Vietnam

2025-05-08

Germany pushes ahead with Producer Responsibility for Textiles

2025-05-08

IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025 deliver resounding success for nonwovens and filtration industries

2025-05-08

IAF Position on tariffs

2025-05-08

MUNICH FABRIC START will unite all trade show areas under one roof at the MOC Munich

2025-05-08

Nike and NFL launch Rivalries program with new uniforms and fan gear inspired by communities

2025-05-08

Cotton Incorporated calls for investment in quality cotton fashion

2025-05-08

Eurofins Sustainability Services introduces first recycled plastics testing that leverages properties of plastics

2025-05-08

UNIFI® launches FORTISYN™, an inherently durable yarn for military and tactical gear

2025-05-08

Suominen publishes figures and launches a cost saving programme

2025-05-07

Rieter to acquire Barmag from OC Oerlikon to accelerate its growth strategy and become a market leader in natural and manmade fibers

2025-05-07

Cotton consumption and sourcing are under pressure

2025-05-07

Kornit Digital champions digital mass customization at FESPA 2025

2025-05-07

bluesign to showcase sustainable textile solutions at Intertextile Shenzhen and Shanghai 2025

2025-05-07

Kornit Digital and Gooten expand access to Kornit’s Global Fulfillment Network for on-demand production

2025-05-07

Mimaki Europe reveals vision and strategy as impressive line-up of new product innovations debut at 2025

2025-05-07

Destination Porto for this year’s Textile Institute World Conference

2025-05-05

Trützschler India relocates to ultra-modern manufacturing plant in Sanand

2025-05-01

Robert van de Kerkhof is new ReHubs CEO

2025-05-01

KBR selected as key commercialization partner for Samsara Eco’s first-of-a-kind enzymatic recycling plant

2025-05-01

DePoly to launch 500-tonne-per-year showcase plant

2025-05-01

eeden closes €18M series A financing to scale its breakthrough textile recycling technology

2025-04-30

Dilo Systems and Kansan Group partnership announcement

2025-04-30

Adidas achieves strong start to 2025 with double-digit growth across all markets

2025-04-30

Official approval granted for Esquel Group’s new Sea Island Cotton variety "Yuan Loong 30"

2025-04-30

What are the impacts of PFAS polymers on our health and the environment?

2025-04-30

Cone Denim 2025 Sustainability Report highlights key initiatives, sustainable innovations, and collaborative projects

2025-04-30

Culp announces strategic transformation of operating model following completion of restructuring initiatives

2025-04-29

Destination Casablanca as North Africa anticipates a boom

2025-04-29

Practical, market-driven End-of-Waste criteria are key to textile circularity

2025-04-29

ANDRITZ to supply a complete production line for flushable wipes to Göliplik, Türkiye

2025-04-29

INDA and EDANA recommend incorporating a new entity - The Global Nonwovens Alliance

2025-04-29

B.I.G. Yarns strengthens European market position with major investment in state-of-the-art yarn production

2025-04-29

Textile Stories: Wool

2025-04-28

Lightweight material for a difficult task

2025-04-25

Syre signs MoU with Binh Dinh Province of Vietnam with intention of establishing Gigascale recycling plant

2025-04-24

Solutions for the yarns of tomorrow at IGATEX Pakistan 2025

2025-04-24

VANDEWIELE & Q-Tech unveil cutting-edge textile machinery at IGATEX 2025

2025-04-24

ANDRITZ at IDEA 2025: Innovations and highlights in nonwoven technology

2025-04-24

Freudenberg PM unveils versatile innovative fine denier spunbond nonwovens for applications in construction, filtration and coating

2025-04-24

ANDRITZ to supply three spunlace lines to Alear Silk Road New Materials, China

2025-04-24

Mimaki expands portfolio with launch of the JV200-160 roll-to-roll printer

2025-04-24

Durst Como is born

2025-04-24

Stäubli at Domotex asia/CHINAFLOOR 2025

2025-04-24

NIRI to exhibit at IDEA25

2025-04-24

Lenzing and Speyer & Grund set new standards for optimized sustainable supply chains

2025-04-24

Ahlstrom expands its WallStar® Digital portfolio delivering the ultimate digital wallcovering solution

2025-04-24

AUTEFA Solutions and Batliboi host industry gathering in Mumbai

2025-04-24

GTB - Shaping a more transparent, data-driven future together

2025-04-24

INVISTA makes decision to hold downstream nylon fibers business

2025-04-24

DYNEEMA® revealed groundbreaking new technology

2025-04-24

UNIFI launches REPREVE® with CiCLO® technology

2025-04-21

HEAD launches more sustainable(1) BOOM RAW racquet on Earth Day by using Toray’s bio-circular carbon fibers

2025-04-19

StitchTogether project - Turkish social partners present the Istanbul Declaration

2025-04-17

Highlights from Suominen’s successful Innovating in Sustainability Seminar in Italy

2025-04-17

Durak Tekstil has become a well-known brand in the global market

2025-04-17

Award at the SAMPE Germany Symposium 2025 for outstanding dissertation

2025-04-17

ISKO unveils FW 26/27 at Kingpins: a breakthrough collection blending fiber innovation, circularity, and high performance denim

2025-04-17

Dilo Systems and Kansan Group announce partnership

2025-04-17

EDANA and INDA advocate for global collaboration on trade policies affecting the nonwovens industry

2025-04-17

Tonello completes the Laundry (R)Evolution and redefines what’s next

2025-04-17

Jeanologia takes laser technology to new creative heights at Kingpins Amsterdam

2025-04-17

20 years of KAMCOS®, two decades of pioneering in warp knitting machine control

2025-04-17

High-performance machines for warp knitting and warp preparation in North America

2025-04-17

Circularise's digital product passports drive material traceability and circularity in partnership with Teijin

2025-04-17

Reju partners with Italy’s Rematrix securing sustainable textile supply chain for regeneration hubs

2025-04-17

CARBIOS announces fiscal-year 2024 financial results

2025-04-17

EuRIC and FEAD point at ELV regulation to protect recycling and boost circularity

2025-04-17

Archroma presents low impact, durable, and long-lasting garment solutions at China Interdye 2025

2025-04-16

Sustainability at Messe Frankfurt’s textile trade fairs: five core issues for the textile and fashion industry

2025-04-16

Rieter celebrates 230 years of innovation and technology leadership

2025-04-16

Pre-programme Rreleased: Dornbirn-GFC 2025 unveils key topics and international highlights

2025-04-16

EURATEX and FTTH sign strategic partnership to strengthen Euro-Mediterranean textile cooperation

2025-04-16

€11.6 million boost for circularity research – textile industry in the spotlight

2025-04-16

How to defossilise the chemical industry: RCI’s new policy proposals for a renewable carbon future

2025-04-15

Trützschler Nonwovens at IDEA 2025: Elevating your production performance

2025-04-14

RE&UP and Marchi & Fildi join forces to develop Next-Gen recycled cotton yarns

2025-04-10

Talking technical textiles with Monforts in Atlanta