NOTTINGHAM – Textile traceability start-up Ettos has secured a grant from Innovate UK, an arm of government-funded UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), that will help fast-track improvements across its online platform. Founded last year, the platform…
SAMARKAND – Textile-to-textile recycling start-up RE&UP has won the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) start-up award for 2024, alongside H&M-founded textile-to-textile recycling start-up Syre, bio-based agricultural fibre…
AMSTERDAM - The ZDHC Foundation has published the first version of its air emissions guidelines, which are described as a major step forward in establishing performance criteria for air emissions within the textile, apparel, leather, and footwear…
PHILADELPHIA – Material science firm Tandem Repeat has received $1.5 million in funding from the United States Department of Defense to help it scale up the domestic manufacturing of bio-based fibres and textiles. Working alongside Arctos Technology…
DHAKA - Bangladesh is missing out on up to $5 billion a year in potential revenue from recycled textile products, according to a new report. Swedish fashion company H&M and German development agency GIZ are behind the study, entitled 'Regulatory…
WADHURST – Outdoor aftercare and waterproofing specialist Nikwax has announced a new goal to reach net zero by 2040. It aims to reduce all scope greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90%, offsetting the remaining 10% with the purchase of carbon credits…
MIGDAL HAEMAK – Nylon producer Nilit and Australian recycling company Samsara Eco are to construct a nylon 6,6 textile-to-textile recycled polymer production site in South East Asia. With around four million tonnes of nylon 6,6 produced every year,…
RUDOLSTADT - The Thuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research (TITK) is to invest €11.5 million in a new research and development centre that will explore advances in textile recycling. The ‘Demonstration and Innovation Center for Textile…
NEW MEXICO - A pre-print research paper has found a concerning accumulation of microplastics in human brain samples with textiles considered as one of the main sources. The paper, published by the National Institutes of Health, which is still…
ESPOO - The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has launched a new initiative to address the challenges of energy and resource consumption in the textile and forestry industries. The aim of the Energy First initiative is to act as a starting…
JYVÄSKYLÄ – Scandinavian textile fibre innovator Spinnova's revenue has fallen by 95.9% over the first six months of this year, new figures reveal. Spinnova's half year report reveals that revenue was €362,000 ($403,000) compared to €8.8 million…
AMHERST – Researchers say they have created a way to turn everyday fabrics into cooling textiles using an eco-friendly chalk-based coating that deflects sun rays and pushes out body heat. The University of Massachusetts team says the process, known…
LENZING – Cellulosic fibre manufacturer Lenzing has announced that Rohit Aggarwal will take over as CEO from 1st September, sooner than previously anticipated. Aggarwal, formerly CEO of Archroma Textile Effects, takes the reins from outgoing CEO…
ZURICH – DNA specialist Haelixa has partnered with the Regenagri regenerative agriculture initiative to improve the traceability of textile fibres and raw materials. Haelixa hopes the partnership will drive a movement towards more transparent and…
GREENSBORO – North Carolina-based fibre innovator Unifi, the company behind Repreve-branded recycled polyester, is launching two new products made with polyester textile waste. The US company says the new products, a white dyeable filament yarn and…
SINGAPORE - Agricultural waste specialist Nextevo International says it has become the first company to certify pineapple leaf fibre (PALF) to Oeko-Tex Standard 100. Nextevo, which recently opened its first PALF production facility in Vietnam, has…
CLEMSON - Researchers in South Carolina are seeking to shed light on how to make cotton more climate-resilient through improved water use efficiency. Scientists at Clemson University say that traditional breeding practices have unintentionally left…
DHAKA - Garment manufacturers in Bangladesh are denying reports that fashion brands are reducing orders because of the current situation following the collapse of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government amidst violent protests. It comes…
WAYZATA – US agricultural corporation Cargill is partnering with Australian farm technology company Goanna Ag on a new pilot project aimed at increasing irrigation efficiency on cotton fields in the Mississippi Delta. The project will introduce…
LENZING – Cellulosic fibre specialist Lenzing has been awarded the highest corporate social responsibility (CSR) score from global rating standard EcoVadis for the fourth consecutive year. Lenzing says that its platinum rating for 2023 - following…
LOS ANGELES / TAIPEI - Taiwanese polyester manufacturer Shinkong Synthetic Fibers has invested $10 million in US recycler Ambercycle as part of a strategic effort to help scale textile-to-textile regeneration in the apparel industry. The two…
JYVÄSKYLÄ - Spinnova has struck an exclusive deal with Finnish machinery manufacturer Valmet for the supply of fibre processing equipment to Spinnova’s technology partners. Spinnova, which offers a patented technology that claims to produce…
HONG KONG – Digital chemical management specialist GoBlu International is to launch a new supply chain risk assessment platform which is specifically designed for the global textile and fashion industry. The Kyna Intel tool – which is available to…
DHAKA - A change in the leadership of the body which represents Bangladesh's garment export industry - the world's second largest after China - looks inevitable after violence flared in a hostile takeover bid. Fighting broke out outside the Dhaka HQ…
ANN ARBOR - US biotech firm Kraig Biocraft Laboratories says it is preparing for the second production cycle of its BAM-1 spider silk hybrids which can be used to produce textiles that are antimicrobial, hypoallergenic, and biodegradable. This…
LENZING – Lenzing has reported a gradual improvement in its performance in the first half of 2024, despite experiencing a sluggish recovery across the cellulosic fibre market. Posting revenues of €1.31 billion for the January to June, up 4.8%…
LONDON - Around 236 million carbon credits linked to renewable energy are of insufficient quality to meet the requirements of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market's (ICVCM) new high integrity labelling initiative. The ICVCM says the…
WILMINGTON – The Lycra Company’s near-term emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi has backed the textile fibre specialist’s commitment to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by…
AMSTERDAM – Cascale, formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, and the ZDHC Foundation, which works towards the zero discharge of hazardous chemicals, have signed a new strategic collaboration. The two organisations have collaborated in…
LONDON - More than 200 international fashion brands have been rated for the animal welfare standards in their supply chains for a new directory from the Four Paws non profit. The ‘Wear it Kind’ directory claims about five billion animals are at risk…
CLERMONT–FERRAND – Biotech specialist Carbios and recycling and waste management firm FCC Environment UK are to conduct a feasibility study for a UK-based plant for Carbios’ PET biorecycling technology. Under the terms of the ‘letter of intent’, the…
AMSTERDAM - Fashion for Good and its partners Adidas, Inditex, On Running, PVH Corp, Reformation, Target and Zalando have launched a new initiative to drive footwear circularity across the supply chain from materials to end of use. Fashion for Good…
BORAS - Scientists at the University of Borås in Sweden are exploring the use of fungi to create more sustainable materials for the fashion industry from food waste. The researchers say the materials show significant antimicrobial activity, inhibit…
LONDON - New research published by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) says there is a lack of scientific evidence to support extending the use of carbon credits to offset supply chain CO2 emissions. The organisation, which validates…
MÜNSTER - German startup Eeden, which has developed a chemical process that recovers cellulose from cotton and transforms polyester into its basic building blocks, is heading up a new recycling project that will target post-consumer textile waste.…
BANGKOK - Synthetic fibre giant Indorama Ventures (IVL) has signed up to the Textile Recycling Excellence (T-REX) project, which is working to create a harmonised EU blueprint for the sorting and recycling of household textile waste within Europe.…
CLERMONT-FERRAND - Biotech firm Carbios has struck a deal with Turkish synthetic fibre specialist Sasa to build a PET bio-recycling plant in the Adana region of Turkey. Under the terms of the letter of intent, the plant will use Carbios’s disruptive…
SINGAPORE – Agriculture supply chain management firm Olam Agri has suffered a setback in its bid to acquire Australia’s largest cotton processing firm, Namoi Cotton. The Singapore-based group has been involved in a bidding war to acquire Namoi…
STOCKHOLM – Syre, the start-up polyester textile-to-textile recycler that bought US-based Premirr Plastics for its proprietary chemical recycling technology using some of its recently raised $100 million speaks to Ecotextile News. The successful…
LENZING – The Lenzing Group has joined Austrian non-profit RTDS Group to lead the CELLFIL project, which has been set up to promote the scaling-up of bio-based, lyocell filaments across the textile and clothing industries. The €6.9 million project,…
KARACHI – Pakistan’s largest vertically integrated denim company, Soorty has had its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The denim giant has committed to reducing absolute Scope 1, 2 and 3…
ANN ARBOR – US biotech firm Kraig Biocraft Laboratories says it has entered the “rapid growth rearing phase” for its third spider silk production cycle of the season. The company has also taken steps to add additional production space to accommodate…
JYVÄSKYLÄ – Textile innovator Spinnova is gearing up for the commercial launch of its fibre from leather waste, which can be used to make footwear, garments and leather accessories without the use of potentially hazardous chemicals. The Finnish firm…
STONY BROOK – Molecular technologies specialist Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS) has signed a five-year license and commercialisation agreement with vertically integrated apparel and textile manufacturer, Indus Group for its CertainT traceability…
SEOUL - Sae-A Trading says it has become the first apparel and textile manufacturer from South Korea to have its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets and 2050 net-zero goal approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi). The company says it…
HAMBURG – Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) has reportedly made significant progress in its bid to pursue gender justice and redress imbalances for women involved in cotton production. Highlighting the systemic disadvantages faced by female farmers in…
MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced continued programme expansion for the fifth consecutive year, both in enrolled growers and planted acres. The latest figures show that planted cotton acres enrolled increased to 2.1 million acres,…
CLERMONT-FERRAND - Biotech firm Carbios has struck a deal with French waste management specialist Nouvelles Fibres Textiles for the latter to supply polyester-based raw materials to its new PET biorecycling plant. Currently under construction,…
GAZIANTEP – Textile recycling start-up RE&UP has secured a €70 million ($75.89m) loan from French development finance institution Proparco to upscale its next-gen recycled fibre production. The investment will see RE&UP, a textile arm of Turkish…
AMSTERDAM – A new traceability project on textile waste aims to establish a validated and standardised framework for collecting and exchanging data between the point of origin of the textile feedstock and the recyclers. The two-year project has been…
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