FASHION AND RETAIL
| Source4Style launches design competition |
| Fairtrade partners with UK retailers |
| VF Corp sells Howies back to founders |
LABELS AND LEGISLATION
| Bluesign confirms new system partners |
| Ireland includes textiles in green plan |
| SGS launches environmental ‘mark’ system |
MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION
| New enzyme ensures bleach clean-up savings |
| Appeal for material traceability help |
| Closed-loop uniform recycling in China |
DYES AND CHEMICALS
| DyStar joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition |
| Textile pollution high on agenda — again |
| NRDC sues to stop nanosilver textiles |
SHOWS AND EVENTS
| Munich warms to growing eco-selection |
| Continuum to continue conversation |
| Berlin welcomes eco-fashion platform |
ECOTEXTILE MACHINERY
| Greener soft coating for textiles |
| Texprocess to feature green textile assembly trends |
| Milan selected to host ITMA 2015 |
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Munich warms to growing eco-selectionFriday, 03 February 2012 MUNICH - Visitors to the Munich Fabric Start exhibition, which took place in sub-zero temperature Germany this week, were warmed by the event’s growing dedication to those fabric buyers and... |
DyStar joins Sustainable Apparel CoalitionFriday, 03 February 2012SINGAPORE – DyStar is one of the latest members to join the one-year old Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), now that the organisation has been officially incorporated as a nonprofit corporation... |
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MORE NEWS
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| Closed-loop uniform recycling in ChinaTuesday, 31 January 2012TOKYO — Together with two subsidiaries of Asahi Group holdings, Teijin has launched what is says is the first closed-loop recycling system in China for polyester uniforms as it reveals it is now... |
Digital printing application for NewlifeTuesday, 31 January 2012 ALBA - CCS Digital Fabric GmbH, a large format, digital textile printer manufacturer and textile firm Awitex has developed a new fabric made using Newlife yarns from Filature Miroglio.
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NAT signs Crailar yarn development dealMonday, 30 January 2012 VANCOUVER - Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. has teamed up with US-based Tuscarora Yarns to explore the development of new, blended yarns using Crailar flax fibres.
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NRDC sues to stop nanosilver textilesSaturday, 28 January 2012 WASHINGTON – The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit in the US federal court against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a bid to limit public exposure to... |
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Ecotextile News Feb-Mar 2012
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