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Insight6 Mar 2023

Can monomaterials support EPR?

New legislation reveals impending end-of-life recycling responsibilities for brands and manufacturers – and circular monomaterials may present unique opportunities to meet these requirements. Otis Robinson reports.

FabricsSustainability

Insight6 Mar 2023

Partnership traces Australian wool fibres

A trial to trace Australian wool fibres along the supply chain up to final fabric has been completed.

FibresSustainability

Innovation Outlook10 Feb 2023

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Fibres & Technical Yarns

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing key innovations in fibres & technical yarns, comprising bio-based, conductive and recycled or recyclable materials.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook

10 Feb 2023

Innovation Outlook: Fibres & Technical Yarns

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing key innovations in fibres & technical yarns, comprising bio-based, conductive and recycled or recyclable materials.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Sector Analysis8 Feb 2023

Digitalisation news predicts exciting quarter ahead

Using WTiN’s AI-powered analysis, which assesses the sentiment of published articles across WTiN.com, it is noted that positivity in digitalisation and Industry 4.0 has dropped by another 15% in quarter four (Q4) 2022.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Sponsoredfree17 Jan 2023

Traceability platform open for free use

Twenty-twenty vision of the fashion supply chain is paramount, says traceability technology provider FibreTrace.

ApparelFabricsManufacturing Technology

Insight16 Jan 2023

How to make a textile NFT

Heather Sterland details the rise in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the textile & apparel industry and explores a step-by-step process to make a textile NFT.

FabricsIndustry 4.0

Insight16 Jan 2023

Meeting the EU’s green deal demands with DPPs

As digital product passports (DPPs) grow in importance – pushed by new EU regulations and driven by circularity initiatives – Otis Robinson investigates a Finnish project set to standardise the burgeoning approach to transparency.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight11 Jan 2023

Supporting circularity with textile recycling

A Belgian start-up has launched a textile recycling technology capable of transforming its discarded products into virgin fibres.

FabricsSustainability

Insight23 Dec 2022

Chemicals company invests in European DPP start-up

Chemicals company Asahi Kasei has invested in Circularise, a Netherlands start-up that provides digital product passports (DPPs) and mass balance bookkeeping software.

ApparelFabricsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook22 Dec 2022

Innovation Outlook: Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing life cycle assessments (LCAs), their efficacy, controversies and future.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook22 Dec 2022

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing life cycle assessments (LCAs), their efficacy, controversies and future.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight20 Dec 2022

Barriers to the UN’s sustainable goals

WTiN investigates barriers to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight1 Dec 2022

Sensor specialist becomes employee owned

Dent Instrumentation – a specialist in contactless yarn sensors – has become an employee-owned business following the formation of a new Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight28 Nov 2022

Micro, automated plants to reshore denim finishing

Otis Robinson explores a newly developed digital finishing plant that is purportedly capable of reshoring denim production and meeting several of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight16 Nov 2022

Taiwan OEM reveals AI fabric inspection solution

Fabric inspection often remains a manual process – but as digitalisation grips industry, automated solutions are proliferating. Otis Robinson speaks with Oshima about its new AI-based fabric inspection machine.

FabricsManufacturing Technology

Sector Analysis8 Nov 2022

Digitalisation embroiled within negative context

Using WTiN’s AI-powered analysis, which assesses the sentiment of published articles across WTiN.com, it is noted that positivity in digitalisation and Industry 4.0 has dropped by almost 15%.

ApparelManufacturing Technology

Innovation Outlook7 Nov 2022

Innovation Outlook: Dyeing & Finishing

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on Dyeing & Finishing. It assesses innovations in dyeing, finishing and wastewater management.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook7 Nov 2022

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Dyeing & Finishing

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on Dyeing & Finishing. It assesses innovations in dyeing, finishing and wastewater management.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight24 Oct 2022

Positive results for product passport project

The journey to a fully realised, global digital product passport platform has been highlighted at a sustainability convention co-organised by Euratex and ATP.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight29 Sept 2022

New automated fabric inspection technique

A new fabric inspection technique for accurately detecting the most subtle of defects on patterned fabrics during high-speed production has been developed by BTMA member Shelton Vision, a UK-based machine vision specialist.

FabricsIndustry 4.0

Insight13 Sept 2022

Web3 and the metaverse improve apparel design

A digital design company explores its software, Web3, the metaverse and the necessity of digitalisation. Otis Robinson reports.

ApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight10 Aug 2022

Selling footwear in the metaverse

A marketplace for luxury footwear is now available within the metaverse. London-based platform – The Edit LDN – has created a store within Bloktopia, a virtual reality (VR) skyscraper.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight10 Aug 2022

Activewear manufacturer adopts digital platform

A manufacturer of intimates and activewear has adopted a digital solution to improve visibility, enhance supply chain collaboration, automate the plan-to-ship process and accelerate onboarding of new suppliers.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

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