#Techtextil 2026

2026-04-15

Lower CO2, stronger bonds: Indorama Ventures enables customers’ performance at Techtextil

Recycled, bio-based, and binder fibers that help cut emissions and improve cost-in-use

At Techtextil 2026 in Frankfurt am Main, Indorama Ventures presents its latest material innovations aimed at supporting customers in achieving both performance and sustainability targets. The company highlights solutions based on recycled and bio-based raw materials as well as advanced binder fibers, addressing current market demands for lower CO₂ emissions, improved efficiency, and reliable supply.

Indorama Ventures focuses on three key customer requirements shaping material innovation across the textile and nonwovens industries:

Textile- and Packaging-recycled staple fibers and filament yarns, driving the industry’s shift toward circularity

Bio-based offerings enabling significant reduction in CO2 emissions as drop-in solutions

High-performance binder fibers for superior bonding efficiency and reduced cost-in-use

Backed by established regional supply chains, Indorama Ventures continues to support customers with reliable, scalable solutions. This is particularly critical in today’s disrupted global markets. At the same time, the company enables customers to achieve sustainability targets without compromising performance.

deja™ is Indorama Ventures’ product brand family supporting customers to reduce carbon emissions at virgin-like performance. Fibers and yarns made from pre- and post-consumer textile and packaging waste are available in a wide range of colors, cross-sections, and functionalities for application in sportswear, footwear, automotive interiors, workwear, and more.

stronga™ is Indorama Ventures’ product brand family supporting customers’ needs for strength in highly demanding applications, such as construction, filtration, automotive, and industrial end-products. Among a broad portfolio of bicomponent staple fibers are those for use in air-laid and air-lay processes forming thermal bonded absorbent structures and flexural or hard compressed composite structures.

Meet the team in hall 9.0, booth A80/A82

Visitors to Techtextil on April 21-24 are invited to connect with Indorama Ventures’ commercial and technical teams in hall 9.0, booth A80/A82 to discuss sustainability roadmaps and material selection for end-consumer needs ahead.

Indovinya advances sustainable solutions with agreement for the supply of renewable Oxygen from Air Liquide

Indovinya, the specialty chemicals and surfactants division of Indorama Ventures, has entered into an agreement with Air Liquide — a world leader in gases, technologies, and services for industry and healthcare — for the supply of renewable oxygen. The agreement represents a strategic advancement in Indovinya’s commitment to sustainability, as it increases the share of renewable raw materials in the production of ethylene oxide, one of its key products.

Indorama Ventures enables brands to scale circular textiles through proven, traceable supply chains

Indorama Ventures, a global leader in recycled polyester staple fibers and filament yarns, will exhibit at Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels on June 24–25. At the event, the company will show how brands and textile manufacturers can build traceable, circular textile supply chains by working with proven partners who deliver recycled materials on an industrial scale.

FET’s revolutionary gel spinning system wins Techtextil Innovation Award

FET has received the prestigious Techtextil Innovation Award 2026 in the New Production Technology category. The Techtextil Innovation Award honours outstanding ideas in textile technology, sustainability, AI and the creation of technical textiles, selected by an international jury of experts. Ranging from new materials to new production technologies, this award recognises progressive ideas that are driving forces for numerous industries, such as automotive, medical and construction.

Young talents honoured – 60 years Walter Reiners Foundation

At the Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt at the end of April, Peter D. Dornier, chairman of the VDMA’s Walter Reiners Foundation, presented awards to five successful young engineers. Promotion and sustainability awards were presented in the categories of bachelor’s/project theses and diploma/master’s theses. Academic theses are eligible for the sustainability awards if, for example, they develop solutions for resource-efficient products and technologies.

Techtextil 2026: KARL MAYER impresses as an innovative sector partner

KARL MAYER looks back with satisfaction on its participation in Techtextil 2026. From April 21 to 24, the international industry leader used the trade show in Frankfurt to meet with numerous key customers at its booth and, at the same time, establish many new contacts. Most visitors came from Germany, followed by major markets such as Poland, the United Kingdom, Turkey, France, and Portugal.

EU ban on destroying unsold clothing and footwear now in force

The European Union's ban on the destruction of unsold clothing, clothing accessories and footwear has entered into force. Since July 19, 2026, large companies across the EU have been prohibited from destroying unsold textile products, while medium-sized companies will be required to comply with the same rules from 2030.

Eastman Naia™ brings its inside-out denim vision to Kingpins New York

Following its debut at Kingpins Amsterdam, Eastman Naia™ brings the next chapter of its denim story to Kingpins New York, taking place July 22–23. At Booth Green 7, Naia™ presents its denim proposition built around three complementary design directions: Performance Denim, Fashion Denim and Authentic Denim.