Recycling / Circular Economy
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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Dyeing, Drying, Finishing
Navis TubeTex partners with Pluvia to deliver expanded sales and support
Navis TubeTex, a leader in engineering advanced textile finishing and processing solutions, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Pluvia, a European-based innovator in sustainable textile machinery. Through this collaboration, Navis will support the sales and service of Pluvia’s continuous ranges for washing and bleaching in the North American market.
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Denim
XLANCE® introduces a new generation of high-performance stretch denim at PV Denim Milan
XLANCE®, a leading innovator in stretch fiber technology, will present its latest advancements in denim fabrics at PV Denim Milan, held at Superstudio Più. This event marks the official launch of XLANCE®’s new generation of stretch solutions, specifically designed to meet the evolving demands of the denim industry.
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Dyeing, Drying, Finishing
Eight out of ten denim mills prefer Monforts
Monforts denim customers were very much to the forefront at the latest Kingpins Amsterdam exhibition held from April 16-17 at the city’s Sugar Factory. It’s no accident, for example, that the advanced denims which have dominated the show’s Most Sustainable Product (MSP) displays over the past four years are from mills employing resource-efficient Monforts technologies including MONTEX stenters, MONFORTEX Shrinking ranges, ECO LINE denim finishing systems and THERMEX dyeing ranges.
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New leadership for Swiss Textile Machinery Association
The Swiss Textile Machinery Association is the representative body for Switzerland’s providers of textile equipment, systems and services. Its general assembly on May 8 elected experienced industry leaders as president and board members.
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SHIMA SEIKI announces partnership with Lonati
Leading computerized flat knitting innovator SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, is collaborating with Lonati S.p.A. of Brescia, Italy, to promote digitalization and sustainable product development within the sock industry. This partnership creates a strong synergy by combining SHIMA SEIKI’s APEXFiz® design software and Lonati’s ORION programming software, with the shared goal of helping the industry reduce its reliance on traditional physical sample creation processes.
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Ahlstrom introduces Optipad™
Ahlstrom, a global leader in fiber-based specialty materials, launches Ahlstrom Optipad™, a new high-performance filter pad, designed for hot cooking oil filtration. It’s a cutting-edge solution that brings together innovation, sustainability, and simplicity, extending oil lifetime up to 50% and enhancing ease of use.
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Italian Textile Machinery: Orders continue to fall in first quarter 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, orders for textile machinery recorded by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, showed a sharp decline compared to the same period in 2024, down 29%. The index stood at 41.8 points (base year 2021=100).
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Recover™ and Intradeco announce strategic joint venture to enhance recycledcotton fiber production in Central America
Recover™, the leading materials science company and large-scale producer of sustainable, high?quality recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, and Intradeco, a global vertical manufacturing group and prominent player in the textile industry, offering high-quality apparel across an extensive range of categories, are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic joint venture aimed at producing Recover™ recycled cotton fiber and revolutionizing the textile production landscape in the Western hemisphere.
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Last chance to join EDANA’s Innovation Forum
The countdown is on! With just 4 weeks to go, the EDANA Innovation Forum 2025 is nearly at capacity, and this is your final chance to join the most forward-thinking event in the nonwovens calendar.
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International practical experience for textile students
As part of the European Erasmus+ project AddTex, the partner institutions organised several hackathons simultaneously from 15 to 17 May 2024 at the universities in Borås (Sweden), UPC (Spain), PIN (Italy) and TUS (Ireland). The aim was to develop practical solutions to real challenges facing the textile industry. The German family-owned company Schmitz Textiles, a specialist in complete textile solutions for indoor and outdoor use, challenged students at the University of PIN in Prato to increase the recycled content of yarns for awning production to 100 per cent.
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Esquel and China Recycling Group sign strategic cooperation agreement
On April 23, 2025, Guangdong Esquel and China Recycling Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The partnership aims to promote the recycling and reuse of waste textiles, supporting China’s carbon neutrality goals.
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Heimtextil expands mattress area with strong German brands - ‘Sleep & Meet’ area to be launched in 2026
Heimtextil, the leading international trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design, is strategically expanding the Smart Bedding segment. A new exhibitor area will be created for the January 2026 edition: Sleep & Meet. This newly designed format will take up around a quarter of Hall 4.0. Numerous well-known brands from the mattress sector have already registered to take part.
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DOMOTEX maintains its leading market position
Preparations for DOMOTEX 2026 are in full swing, and the positive response to the new concept confirms the relevance of the world’s leading trade fair for carpets, flooring and interior finishing. The newly introduced participation formats, in particular, have been well received by the market. In addition, strong partners such as DECOR-UNION and MEGA have reaffirmed their cooperation with DOMOTEX.
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ANDRITZ spunlace line successfully started up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
International technology group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a complete neXline spunlace line for International Paper LLC Uzbek at its plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Innovative sustainable fashion leader Liz Hershfield named Cotton Council International (CCI) Executive Director
Fashion industry veteran and sustainability expert Liz Hershfield will lead Cotton Council International (CCI), the export promotion arm of the National Cotton Council of America (NCC), as its new Executive Director. Hershfield succeeds Bruce Atherley, who retired at the end of March.
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Lenzing achieves significant revenue and earnings growth within a deteriorating market environment
The Lenzing Group, a leading supplier of regenerated cellulosic fibers for the textile and nonwovens industries, reports a continued improvement in its business performance in the first quarter of 2025, although the recovery of global textile markets remained very slow and uneven during the reporting period. While the positive trend in volumes sold continued, prices remained constant at a low level. Raw material, energy and logistics costs continued to be high.
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Laly Lichtenfeld joins AbTF Board of Trustees
The Aid by Trade Foundation is pleased to welcome Laly Lichtenfeld, an internationally renowned leader in community-driven nature conservation, to its board of trustees. After years of researching community-driven conservation, including as a Fulbright Scholar in 1996, she co-founded African People & Wildlife in 2005 with the aim of promoting peaceful coexistence between rural communities and wildlife such as lions and elephants.
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Recycling / Circular Economy
Reju announces strategic partnerships with Utexa in Central America and Antex in Europe
Reju™, the purpose-driven, leading textile-to-textile regeneration company, today announced plans for product validation and adoption with Utexa, and Antex, two global leaders in multifilament yarn production with manufacturing locations in Europe and the Americas. The companies will be validating Reju’s proprietary material, REJU Polyester™, for commercial adoption in multifilament yarns for textile applications.
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Magnera reports Q2 results, adjusts full-year outlook
Specialty materials company Magnera (NYSE: MAGN) has reported its second quarter fiscal 2025 results, showing a significant increase in net sales driven by its recent merger with Glatfelter, while slightly lowering its full-year comparable adjusted EBITDA guidance.
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Timely report highlights regional trends ahead of Cascale Forum in Vietnam
Cascale, the global nonprofit alliance empowering collaboration to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry, and Worldly, the leading supply chain sustainability data insights platform, today released a new policy deep dive: Navigating Regulation and Building Resilience: Key Trends in Corporate Supply Chain Responsibility for APAC in 2025.
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Germany pushes ahead with Producer Responsibility for Textiles
Germany is taking a leading role in shaping extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles – a regulatory concept that is gaining traction across the European Union. EPR requires companies that manufacture or sell products such as clothing, home textiles, and shoes to take financial and operational responsibility for the end-of-life management of these goods.
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IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025 deliver resounding success for nonwovens and filtration industries
INDA’s IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025, held concurrently from April 29 to May 1 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, delivered unparalleled value to the nonwovens and filtration industries.
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IAF Position on tariffs
The International Apparel Federation (IAF) represents the apparel manufacturing community across more than 40 countries—a global industry comprising hundreds of thousands of companies and millions of employees. Apparel and textiles are among the most globalized industries, historically foundational to industrial development around the world.
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MUNICH FABRIC START will unite all trade show areas under one roof at the MOC Munich
Strategic realignment: MUNICH FABRIC START Exhibitions GmbH is strengthening its profile as one of the leading European textile trade shows and will unite all fashion segments under one roof in future. At the upcoming show on 2 and 3 September 2025, the international denim trade show BLUEZONE and the innovation hub KEYHOUSE will take place together with MUNICH FABRIC START and THE SOURCE at the MOC in Munich for the first time.
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Nike and NFL launch Rivalries program with new uniforms and fan gear inspired by communities
Nike and the National Football League are announcing Rivalries, a new and exciting uniform and fan gear program that will give athletes and fans an opportunity to connect like never before. The program will elevate NFL rivalry games over the next four seasons with specially designed Nike uniforms and fan gear. Rivalries will drive fan engagement by celebrating storied traditions and uniting communities with unique and elevated product designs.
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Cotton Incorporated calls for investment in quality cotton fashion
When it comes to selecting the best fashion and home style pieces, quality matters. One key aspect that stands out among consumers is the choice of fabric, especially with cotton being a popular favorite for its comfort, durability, and sustainability. Whether it’s clothing or home textiles, the fiber label “cotton” signifies comfort and quality especially when looking for value per use in a down economy.
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