India urges eco-friendly dye switch
BANGALORE – A regional government body in India has urged small textile units in the area to reduce their use of hazardous materials and improve the environmental impact of their operations by switching to eco-friendly dyes.
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DyStar commits to sustainable growth plan
SINGAPORE – DyStar has said it will put sustainability and new product development at the heart of its growth plan for 2012 as it finalises its restructuring after relocating its textile dye production and reshaping its sales and distribution.
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Cotton fabric cleaned by sunlight
SHANGHAI – Chinese scientists claim to have developed a new cotton textile that cleans itself when exposed to ordinary sunlight that could result in jeans, t-shirts or socks that clean and de-odorise themselves when hung on a clothesline in the sun or draped on a balcony railing.
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DyStar launches first sustainability report
SINGAPORE - Textile auxiliaries and colorants supplier DyStar has given Ecotextile News a sneak preview of its first ever annual Sustainability Report, in which CEO Steve Barron says the company aims to be 'world's most sustainable supplier of colours and chemicals to the global textile industry' and details how environmental responsibility will continue to be at the heart of Dystar's corporate culture.
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Huntsman joins forces with CNTAC
SINGAPORE – Huntsman Textile Effects has teamed up with the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) on two major initiatives to raise efficiencies and the ecological performance of China’s textile sector.
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Tanatex adopts C2C approach
EDE, NETHERLANDS - Tanatex has ramped up its dedication to environmentally friendly textile finishing techniques with the introduction a new Cradle to Cradle (C2C) system approach for a complete, discontinuous bleaching, dyeing and finishing process for cellulosics.
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New facility for Stork inks
BOXMEER - Stork Prints has opened the doors of its brand new manufacturing facility, built in response to the growing demand for the company’s digital inks.
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AFIRM Group releases new RSL toolkit
HONG KONG - Leading apparel brands such as Nike, adidas, Hugo Boss, Pentland, Gap and VF Corp., among others, have together published the second version of the AFIRM Group joint RSL Supplier Implementation Toolkit, which this time primarily focuses on the elimination of hazardous restricted substances from finished textile products.
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Solvent-free coatings for textiles
ALBANY - A US firm has launched a new series of solvent-free silicone products for textile coatings. The curable Room Temperature Vulcanizate (RTV) and liquid silicone rubber (LSR) products from Momentive Performance Materials do not contain any added organotins, phthalates, formaldehyde or solvents.
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Huntsman to restructure Textile Effects business
BASEL - Huntsman has announced a strategic overhaul of its Textile Effects business that could include the possible closure of its production facilities and business support offices in Basel, Switzerland.
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