Yarn & Fiber
Woolmark and COLOURizd™ introduce clean, low carbon QuantumCOLOUR™ textile colouring solution for wool
Woolmark, the global authority on wool, has teamed up with COLOURizd™, pioneers in dry textile colouring processes, to introduce a revolutionary new method to colour wool and wool blends.
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Research & Development
TERNAfil wins 1st place in AC² Start-Up Competition
Great news from ITA institute: The spin-off team TERNAfil was awarded 1st place in the “Pitch & PitchDeck” category of the AC² Start-Up Competition 2024/2025! The award ceremony was held on June 5 in the historic Coronation Hall of Aachen’s Town Hall – a special setting for an important milestone.
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Serendipity, AI and Circularity: EDANA Innovation Forum 2025 inspires bold ideas for the nonwovens sector
EDANA’s Innovation Forum 2025, held on 11–12 June in Station F, Paris, brought together a vibrant cross-section of industry leaders, researchers, startups and innovation experts to explore the dynamic evolution of the nonwovens sector. With a rich two-day agenda that combined high-level keynote addresses, thematic sessions, research showcases and networking events, the Forum served as a hub for ideation, collaboration and inspiration around the sector’s most urgent challenges and exciting opportunities.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
Expanded halls, new product zones: VIATT 2026 unlocks broader opportunities
The Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies (VIATT) is poised to return to the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) from 26 to 28 February 2026. Building on its second edition’s nearly 13% exhibitor growth, next year’s show floor will expand by 20%, from 15,000 to 18,000 sqm and cover the full area of Halls A and B. This includes new dedicated zones for apparel, fashion accessories, and textile chemicals and dyes, with the strategic growth underscoring Vietnam’s emergence as a vertically and horizontally integrated textile powerhouse.
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KONGSBERG and HEXCEL sign a long-term partnership agreement
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) and HEXCEL Corporation (HEXCEL) have signed a long-term partnership agreement at the Paris Air Show for the supply of HexWeb® engineered honeycombs and HexPly® prepregs for KONGSBERG’s strategic production programs over a five-year period.
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Sustainability
Fashion for Good and Altmat to accelerate adoption of next-gen fibres through Altag® Fibre Club
Fashion for Good announces today a strategic partnership with Altmat, a pioneering materials science company transforming agricultural waste into high-value materials, to advance its innovative Fibre Club initiative. Altag® Fibre Club is designed to fast-track the commercial adoption of next-generation fi bres from agri-residue at scale, supporting the industry's transition toward circular materials.
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Associations
Textile Machinery at Milano Unica
At the next edition of Milano Unica, the leading international trade fair for high-end fabrics and accessories, scheduled to take place at Rho Fiera Milano from July 8 to 10, ACIMIT (the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) will participate for the first time with an institutional booth.
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Overcoming labor shortage in Vietnam: Tra Ly Hung Yen Spinning
It’s hard to find skilled operators for spinning mills in Vietnam. Rapid industrialization is creating competition for young talents and many workers choose roles in other industries. Customer Tra Ly Hung Yen has found a partner in Trützschler to help mitigate the effects of this labor shortage and enable successful operations.
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INDA and EDANA Boards approve formation of the Global Nonwoven Alliance (GNA)
The Boards of Directors of INDA and EDANA have officially approved the formation of the Global Nonwoven Alliance (GNA) and have concurrently agreed to become its founding members. Both Boards have also approved a motion authorizing each organization to appoint six representatives from each founding organization – current chair and 5 additional representatives.
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Pattern-controlled “pic-a-pic” setting of rapier release timing on right-hand side
DORNIER PIRO enables the operator to set the timing of the rapier release on the right-hand side of the machine “pic-a-pic” and pattern-controlled. For applications with weft yarns of different fineness or elasticity, the optimum timing can be set for each weft channel. This offers great potential for reducing weft waste on the right-hand side.
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Reju COO Alain Poincheval Appointed Chairman of Petcore Europe’s Textile SIG
Reju has announced that Alain Poincheval, the company’s Chief Operations Officer, has been appointed Chairman of the Textile Special Industry Group (SIG) at Petcore Europe, the leading Brussels-based association representing the PET value chain in Europe.
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DePoly wins SEF award for Deep Tech Innovation in PET Recycling
At the 2025 Swiss Economic Forum (SEF), held in Sion, Switzerland, advanced recycling company DePoly was awarded the top prize in the Deep Tech / Life Sciences category—further cementing its position as a key player in the circular materials space.
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tExtended 6th plenary meeting sets strategic priorities for next phase
On 20th and 21st May 2025, tExtended partners have gathered for the sixth plenary meeting in Turku, in Finland. The meeting happened on the thirty-sixth month of work of the tExtended project, and it has been hosted by LSJH at Forum Marinum, in Turku. The meeting has been held over two days, and it has brought together representatives from all the project consortium, coming from 10 different European countries.
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HKRITA and Epson develop silk-like regenerated fiber from cotton
The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel ("HKRITA") and Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson"; TSE: 6724) have succeeded in developing new regenerated cellulose fiber with a silk-like sheen from waste cotton fabric through a new production process.
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Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Textiles visits Graf in Rapperswil
Frrok Prenka, CEO of Graf, welcomed Orazgeldiyev Nurmuhammet, Minister of the Ministry of Textiles of Turkmenistan, along with a delegation of leading textile experts to the company’s headquarters in Rapperswil, Switzerland.
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TOMRA Recycling appoints Katrin Fricke as its new Head and Executive Vice President (EVP)
TOMRA Recycling has announced the appointment of Katrin Fricke as its new Executive Vice President (EVP) and Head of TOMRA Recycling, effective June 1, 2025. Katrin succeeds Dr. Volker Rehrmann, who earlier this year announced his retirement from TOMRA after an exceptional career spanning over two decades with the business.
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Yarn & Fiber
Spinnova updates its strategy
Spinnova announced on 28 February 2025 that it started to review its strategy, post Suzano’s announcement that the company decided not to continue to invest into the next steps of collaboration with Spinnova.
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Better Cotton announces Nick Weatherill as New CEO
Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has announced Nick Weatherill as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A former Executive Director of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), where he led efforts to drive impactful, scalable solutions across the cocoa supply chain, he replaces Alan McClay, who has been leading the not-for-profit organisation for the past decade.
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Cotton Incorporated hosts global dialogue in Hong Kong to lead cotton forward
In a powerful display of global collaboration, more than 255 industry leaders from 124 companies including over 41 top global brands and sourcing organizations gathered in Hong Kong on May 15 for Cotton ConneXions: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity, a one-day summit hosted by Cotton Incorporated. The event united the global cotton supply chain to discover innovations, recognize industry contributions, generate business orders, network, and address the challenges and opportunities shaping the fiber’s future amid regulatory shifts and evolving market dynamics.
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A/W 2026-2027 inspirations from Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris
Nova Fabula, the Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris Trend Book unveiled at Le Bourget from 15 to 17 September 2025, is a sensory and forward- looking narrative designed to inspire Autumn-Winter 2026-2027 collections.
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BASF starts up new world-scale plant for hexamethylenediamine in Chalampé and expands PA 6.6 polymerization in Freiburg
BASF has announced the successful startup of its new world-scale hexamethylenediamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France, construction of which began in 2022. The plant increases BASF’s annual HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons.
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Technologies that shape the garment industry meet at Garment Tech Istanbul exhibition
The countdown has begun for the Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition, the most comprehensive meeting point of the garment and ready-to-wear industry. Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition, where strategies that will shape the future of the sector will be determined, new technologies will be introduced and international collaborations will be established, will be a lifeline for the textile and ready-to-wear sector with both the number of visitors and the business volume it will create.
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Refiberd announced as winner of Trailblazer Programme 2025 at Global Fashion Summit
Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and PDS Ventures have revealed Refiberd as the winner of the Trailblazer Programme 2025. The announcement was made last night at the official Celebration Dinner of Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025, the leading international forum for sustainability in fashion, presented by GFA.
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Global fashion leaders descend on Copenhagen to unveil new sustainability insights and initiatives
From 3-5 June, Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025 convened over 1000 influential leaders from brands, retailers, NGOs, policymakers, manufacturers, innovators, and adjacent industries to advance collective action on fashion’s sustainability challenges and opportunities. Presented by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), the non-profit accelerating the transition to a net positive fashion industry, the forum was held at the iconic Copenhagen Concert Hall, with side events hosted at prestigious cultural venues around the city.
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Driving the future of textiles: RE&UP sparks momentum at Global Fashion Summit and Textiles Recycling Expo
From next-gen materials to the realities of recycled content, RE&UP is helping lead the conversation – and action – on the future of sustainable textiles. In the span of one impactful week, RE&UP took part in two major industry events, bringing its expertise to global stages where innovation meets accountability.
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