Materials & Manufacturing
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Friday, 25 October 2024Kelheim Fibres begins insolvency proceedings
KELHEIM - German viscose manufacturer Kelheim Fibres, which supplies wood-based fibres described as an ‘environmentally friendly option for sustainable textiles’, has filed for insolvency. Under German law, the company has entered a… -
Friday, 25 October 2024Fratelli to install automated clothing sorting system
MARCIANISE - Textile recycling specialist Fratelli Esposito is to install an automatic clothing sorting line from optical technology manufacturer, Picvisa Machine Vision Systems. The system will be installed at the Italian firm’s plant in the town… -
Thursday, 24 October 2024HeiQ to delist from London Stock Exchange
ZURICH – Swiss textile innovator HeiQ has announced that it will delist from the London Stock Exchange due to market challenges, with effect from 19th November, and also says that it’s open to offers for some of its business segments. The HeiQ board… -
Thursday, 24 October 2024Cascale unveils new cotton LCA methodology
AMSTERDAM - Cascale has unveiled a new cotton LCA methodology for its Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI) tool which it claims offers greater accuracy and consistency in assessing the environmental impacts of the fibre. Developed over… -
Thursday, 24 October 2024Cotton Trust Protocol claims record growth
MEMPHIS - The US Cotton Trust Protocol has released its 2023/24 annual report in which it outlines its record grower participation and advancements in environmental stewardship over the last 12 months. The latest figures show that planted acreage… -
Thursday, 24 October 2024Cascale and Open Supply Hub to partner up
AMSTERDAM - Cascale, formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, is linking up with Open Supply Hub (OS Hub) to pool their efforts to accelerate transparency across global textile and garment supply chains. The aim is to combine insights… -
Wednesday, 23 October 2024Textile Exchange posts new materials report
LONDON - The Textile Exchange industry nonprofit has published its latest Materials Benchmark which is billed as the largest peer-to-peer comparison initiative in the fashion, textile and apparel industry. It tracks the uptake of fibres and raw… -
Wednesday, 23 October 2024Spiber and Zegna Baruffa hail yarn success
YAMAGATA - Japanese biotechnology company Spiber has announced the first milestone in its partnership with Italian spinner Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia, which has successfully blended merino wool with Spiber’s Brewed Protein fibres. Spiber's Brewed… -
Tuesday, 22 October 2024EU urged to act on textile recycling ‘crisis’
BRUSSELS – Textile waste will have to be incinerated in Europe, rather than reused or recycled, if the European Union (EU) does not act to protect the crisis-hit textile recycling industry, according to two key bodies. The EU has been urged to… -
Tuesday, 22 October 2024Lycra presents EcoMade denim samples
AMSTERDAM - The Lycra Company has unveiled the first garment and fabric samples made with seed quantities of bio-derived EcoMade fibre. Billed as the “world's first large-scale production of renewable elastane”, the first samples, which contain 70%… -
Monday, 21 October 2024Textile Exchange extends Intertek suspension
LONDON - Textile Exchange has expanded its suspension of Intertek Testing Services as an approved certification body for its Organic Content Standard (OCS). The industry body suspended Intertek's Indian office as a certification body for OCS in… -
Friday, 18 October 2024Ence and ShareTex claim recycling success
MADRID - Spanish pulp manufacturer and biomass specialist, Ence and Swedish start-up ShareTex have claimed success in their first tests to chemically recycle discarded textiles into new fibres. The process involves the conversion of blended or… -
Friday, 18 October 2024Beste takes next step in organic cotton project
BERGAMO - Textile manufacturer Beste is to install a new ring spinning system from Swiss textile machinery giant Rieter, part of its project to help return organic cotton processing to Italy. The contract will see the installation of the latest… -
Thursday, 17 October 2024Reduced environmental impact from fair trade cotton, report
PARIS - Cotton grown in India that is both 'fair trade' and organic, or converting to organic, outperforms conventional cotton across a number of environmental outcomes such as greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, and avoidance of chemicals, new… -
Wednesday, 16 October 2024AMSilk inks industrial fermentation partnership
NEURIED - German biotech company AMSilk has entered into an agreement with industrial fermentation specialist, Ajinomoto Foods Europe to produce industrial quantities of its bio-based spider silk proteins at Ajinomoto’s manufacturing facility in… -
Wednesday, 16 October 2024eBay expands Circular Fashion Fund project
SAN JOSE - Online auction site eBay has announced the global expansion of its Circular Fashion Fund (CFF) to help startups scale circular solutions from production to end-of-life. Now in its third year in the UK, the CFF is set to launch in the US… -
Wednesday, 16 October 2024Thai Acrylic Fibre partners with FibreTrace
SINGAPORE - Traceability solutions provider FibreTrace has partnered with Thai Acrylic Fibre on a programme designed to accelerate transparency in acrylic fibre production. Part of the Aditya Birla Group, Thai Acrylic Fibre has integrated the… -
Friday, 11 October 2024Bangladesh holds garment sector climate forum
DHAKA - Ambitions to transition Bangladesh's garment industry to renewable energy were among the key focuses of an event held to discuss action to combat the impacts on climate change on the country. The Bangladesh Climate Action Forum was organised… -
Thursday, 10 October 2024KPMG analyses fashion’s circularity progress
LONDON – The fashion sector has been recognised as a leader in environmental goal-setting, ambition and collaboration, in a new report on the consumer goods industry's progress towards circularity. But the wide-ranging study - by accounting and… -
Thursday, 10 October 2024Scottish Leather Group claims climate progress
GLASGOW - The Scottish Leather Group, which claims to produce the world’s lowest carbon leather, is 90% of the way to its goal of achieving net zero in Scopes 1 and 2 by the end of next year, according to its new ESG report. It has also pledged to… -
Wednesday, 09 October 2024Better Cotton launches Benin programme
COTONOU - The Better Cotton initiative has launched a new programme in Benin to support the production of more sustainable cotton in West Africa. Working with the Interprofessional Cotton Association of Benin (AIC) as its strategic partner, the… -
Wednesday, 09 October 2024Study flags value of used clothing exports
OXFORD – The secondhand clothing sector is generating billions of dollars in GDP contributions while supporting hundreds of thousands of green jobs across Europe and Africa, according to a new report. The study, by global economic forecaster Oxford… -
Tuesday, 08 October 2024Hydroponic cotton pioneer to expand project
VALENCIA - Hydroponic cotton pioneer Magtech (Mediterranean Agro Technologies) is expanding its project to grow cotton without the use of soil to conserve water and minimise land use. The company says it now has more than 12,000 square metres of… -
Tuesday, 08 October 2024Soex Group begins insolvency proceedings
AHRENSBURG - Textile recycling specialist, Soex Group has begun insolvency proceedings under Germany’s self-administration laws. Reports in Germany claim that Soex Processing Germany GmbH, Soex Recycling Germany GmbH and I:Collect GmbH are now in… -
Tuesday, 08 October 2024New plant for corn-based polyester intermediate
LAFAYETTE – Chemical manufacturer Sustainea is partnering with plant-based ingredient supplier Primient on a $400 million facility to produce bio-based MEG (monoethylene glycol), a key ingredient in the polyester manufacturing process. The deal will… -
Tuesday, 08 October 2024The Microfibre Consortium posts progress report
BRISTOL – The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has published a new update on progress towards its goal of eliminating the impact of fibre fragmentation from textiles on the environment by 2030. TMC's new report charts the progress of the initiative… -
Monday, 07 October 2024Lenzing takes stake in cellulosic fibre manufacturer
STOCKHOLM - Lenzing has taken a minority stake in Swedish fibre company TreeToTextile, part of its strategy to accelerate the development of new renewable and resource-efficient cellulose-based fibres. Founded in 2014, TreeToTextile is jointly owned… -
Friday, 04 October 2024
Better Cotton to allow product-based claims
LONDON - The Better Cotton initiative has revealed that its brand members will be able to make product-based claims about the use of its cotton for the first time from late next year. The news is confirmed in revisions to Better Cotton's 'Chain of… -
Friday, 04 October 2024Cascale updates on decarbonisation tool progress
AMSTERDAM – Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, says that it’s Manufacturer Climate Action Program (MCAP) has grown significantly in its first year with 60 textile and garment manufacturers now engaged in its key decarbonisation… -
Friday, 04 October 2024GFA launches Indonesia textile recycling initiative
JAKARTA – The Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) has launched the ‘Circular Fashion Partnership: Indonesia’, a new initiative that aims to support stakeholders in developing a circular textile industry in the region. The partnership is in collaboration… -
Thursday, 03 October 2024
OCA and RPLC partner on India cotton initiative
NEW DELHI - The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) and the Regenerative Production Landscape Collaborative (RPLC) have joined forces to advance regenerative and organic agricultural production and markets in the Madhya Pradesh region of India. Under… -
Thursday, 03 October 2024Reju opens its first polyester recycling plant
PARIS - Textile recycling company Reju, which uses technology developed by IBM to recycle post consumer textiles into virgin quality polyester, has opened its first demo plant and revealed plans for two scale facilities by 2027. Reju's 1,000 tonne… -
Wednesday, 02 October 2024Kraig targets record batch of spider silk lines
ANN ARBOR - US biotech firm Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has begun the largest production cycle to date of its BAM-1 line of spider silk hybrids, which can be used to produce textiles that are antimicrobial, hypoallergenic, and biodegradable. Using… -
Wednesday, 02 October 2024CottonConnect, Cotton Egypt Association link up
TASHKENT - CottonConnect and the Cotton Egypt Association (CEA) have today announced a long-term collaboration to expand the scope of regenerative cotton programmes throughout Egypt. Announced at a meeting of the International Cotton Advisory… -
Tuesday, 01 October 2024New tension guide for recycled yarn processing
STOCKHOLM - Swedish textile machinery manufacturer Eltex has developed a new system to assist in the processing of recycled yarns from pre-consumer textile waste on rapier weaving machines. The use of recycled yarns made from pre-consumer waste can… -
Tuesday, 01 October 2024Pertex to scale up recycled nylon fabrics
LANCASHIRE – Performance fabric manufacturer Pertex has partnered with Bureo to develop lightweight nylon fabrics made from 100% recycled fishing nets. The NetPlus yarn has been used to weave a range of fabrics that are designed to be both durable… -
Monday, 30 September 2024Biodiversity challenges for African cotton
HAMBURG - A survey conducted by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which oversees the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) standard, has highlighted the range of biodiversity challenges facing small scale cotton farmers in Zambia. The survey, conducted in… -
Monday, 30 September 2024Microfibre capture system targets textile sector
NEW YORK - Paradise Textiles has partnered with UK-based technology start-up Matter on a new filtration system that claims to prevent microfibres from textile production from entering waterways. Branded as Regen, the technology uses Matter's… -
Friday, 27 September 2024$650m green bond for Lenzing's Brazil plant
LENZING - Austrian fibre producer Lenzing has successfully raised $650 million towards the cost of the world's largest dissolving wood pulp (DWP) plant in Brazil in a green bond issue. The over-subscribed 'green notes' were issued by LD Celulose… -
Friday, 27 September 2024Biomaterials start-up raises £9m in seeding round
CAMBRIDGE - Biomaterials start-up Pact has raised £9 million in a seed funding round which it will use to scale-up production capabilities for its collagen technology and invest in further leather-alternative, next-generation materials. The company,… -
Thursday, 26 September 2024
EPR potential considered in five key countries
COWES - The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) has published insights on extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles in five key countries - Chile, Ghana, the Netherlands, France and the USA. Factsheets on the five countries are an… -
Thursday, 26 September 2024Global fibre production 'hits new record'
LONDON - Global fibre production reached an all-time high of 124 million tonnes last year, according to Textile Exchange’s new Materials Market Report. It also shows that the market share of virgin fossil-based synthetics continued to increase in… -
Wednesday, 25 September 2024Pilot claims CO2 reductions in cotton farming
PARIS - The Fashion Pact's Unlock programnme, which aims to decarbonise cotton production and catalyse the shift to regenerative farming, has announced the initial results from its pilot phase. Developed by the Fashion Pact initiative and… -
Wednesday, 25 September 2024Solidaridad claims progress in leather industry
UTRECHT - The Solidaridad international organisation claims to have reduced the environmental impacts of the leather industry in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. In a report entitled 'Driving Pollution Abatement in Leather & Textile MSMEs In South… -
Tuesday, 24 September 2024New Better Cotton report spells out progress
GENEVA – Better Cotton has published its 2023-24 annual report, revealing that production was slightly up in the 2022-23 cotton season but its number of licensed farmers was marginally down. The new report provides an overview of the organisation’s… -
Tuesday, 24 September 2024Accelerating Circularity makes new commitment
NEW YORK - The Accelerating Circularity nonprofit has launched a new commitment to action at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2024 annual meeting in New York. Entitled 'Building Circular Systems', the commitment involves new efforts to scale… -
Monday, 23 September 2024Indian circularity startups awarded support
DELHI - Nine Indian startups have been awarded support, including funding for pilot projects, to develop circular solutions for the textile industry. The 'Techtonic – Innovations for Circular Economy' programme is run by the Social Alpha nonprofit… -
Friday, 20 September 2024TrusTrace to lead product claims pilot scheme
STOCKHOLM - Traceability platform TrusTrace is to lead a pilot programme to help support international fashion brands that want to implement greater levels of product marketing accountability. The company will work with platform engineering firm… -
Friday, 20 September 2024
UK textile recyclers call for government help
LONDON – The Textile Recycling Association has called on the UK government to support the sector which it says is in danger of collapse. The trade body is calling for an exemption on business rates; help with fuel, energy and insurance costs; and… -
Thursday, 19 September 2024Enzyme textile recycling pioneer raises £2.5m
CAMBRIDGE - University of Cambridge spin-out Evoralis has raised £2.5 million ($3.3m) in a seed funding round to develop its plastic-depolymerising enzymes which it claims are capable of breaking down even mixed and blended fibres. Evoralis, a…
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