Ecotextile News e-newsletter 21.10.15

By Stacey Dove
21 October 2015

Ecotextile News e-bulletin

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Apparel industry bids to harmonise labour standards

Leading clothing brands and retailers, NGOs, textile mills and auditors have today signed a letter of intent to develop a new, harmonised industry standard for social and labour compliance in the global apparel manufacturing sector.

Covestro signs up Chinese partner to Insqin program

Leading Chinese PU coated fabric producer Xiefu has teamed up with polymer materials supplier Covestro – formerly Bayer Materials Science – by signing up to its Covestro’s ‘Insqin’ Partner Manufacturer Program. The two companies will now collaborate to promote sustainable PU materials in sectors such as fashion apparel and footwear.

Taiwan textile business takes sustainable path

Taiwanese polyester manufacturer Far Eastern New Century (FENC) has told Ecotextile News its ‘TopGreen’ recycled PET fibre from plastic bottles and C02-based waterless dyeing process is helping the company achieve its goal of having a “fully sustainable” production process. Tommy Lee reports from Taiwan.

bluesign to use Archroma textile tool

Swiss certification company bluesign technologies has selected the ‘One Way’ calculation tool of Archroma as the ‘engine’ behind its blueXpert resource tool which is set to launch in 2016.

Recycled PET firm to double capacity

Excess demand for good quality recycled polyester yarns is helping to maintain price premiums according to Indian polyester manufacturer, Polygenta, who this week confirmed to Ecotextile News ambitious plans to double its production capacity over the next 12 months.

NEW JOB VACANCY – BOLT THREADS

LEAD SCIENTIST/ENGINEER – FIBRE SPINNING

Bolt Threads is looking for a hands-on scientist or engineer to play a key role on a multidisciplinary team leading process development, optimisation, and scale-up of its novel silk fibre spinning processes to manufacture novel silk protein fibres for the textiles and consumer apparel industry.

Find out more and apply today at Careers in Textiles.

Textile industry companies and recruiters can search Careers in Textiles for their latest talent. Make sure you’re found. Upload your CV today.

Shares available in Volta Star Textiles

The Government of Ghana, acting through the Ministry of Trade and Industry, has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist with the revitalisation of Volta Star Textiles Limited.

The move aims to enhance the status of Volta Star Textiles Ltd. as a leading textile processing company in West Africa, and to improve the economic prospects of Juapong and its surrounding communities.

Prospective bidders are invited to submit an Expression of Interest to acquire 70% of the shares of Volta Star Textiles Ltd.

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Textile technology takes a sustainable step: ITMA preview, With many technological solutions and data points in the journey of an item of clothing, surely traceability should be the norm already? says Pamela Ravasio, Gore to invest US$15m in DWR research, Closing the Loop insight, ‘Knit City’ hit by pollution claims, Brands co-operate on wage bargaining initiative, Wool plasma treatment avoids chlorine chemicals, Pain-free chemistry: what price?, Spider silk – next generation performance, How can apparel brands get the most out of the garment factory auditing process? Two minutes with… Dr Gerd Müller, Germany Development Minister, Cotton Horizons – a regular feature on cotton and sustainability from cotton expert Simon Ferrigno, and all the latest news, insight, and analysis.

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