PONTEFRACT – As buyers and retailers look increasingly further up the textile and clothing supply chain to ensure environmentally friendly and sustainable production techniques are in place, Ecotextile News has responded with a new dedicated section on its website.
The new technology section will examine the work being done to reduce the environmental impact of the global textile machinery industry across a range of sectors including early stage processing, spinning machinery, weaving machinery, knitting machinery, dyeing & finishing technology and drying and laundering techniques.
Topics covered will include:
- Advances in waste reduction in all areas of processing
- Examples of lower, more efficient power usage in textile machines
- Discussions on the potential of recyclable machinery
- Alternative materials for construction
- Noise reduction
- A look at water usage reduction
- Latest developments in low liquor ratio dyeing
- Heat recovery systems
- A focus on the ecological benefits of specific technology
- Technology profiles
- Case studies
- Printing machinery
- The role of Life Cycle Analysis and textile machinery production
- Can textile machinery manufacturers respond to new Corporate & Social Responsibility initiatives?
- Waste water treatment
- Dust extraction and collection systems
This November will also see the first publication of Ecotextile Machinery, a brand new supplement specifically produced to promote the benefits of reducing the carbon footprint of textile machinery and associated technology during the manufacture of textiles and garments.
The new technology section can be found HERE
CLICK HERE for more details of the supplement.
