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Insight4 Aug 2022

Retail giant invests US$30m in textile waste firm

In a push toward improving the environmental impact of the fashion industry, retail powerhouse and Zara owner, Inditex, has invested in circular textile company Circ.

NaturalSyntheticsSustainability

Insight3 Aug 2022

US firms may gain from Section 301 tariffs

The Section 301 penalty tariffs on finished Chinese textile and apparel imports give American manufacturers a chance to compete and provide officials with an essential trade negotiation tool.

ApparelApparelCompanies & Finance

Insight3 Aug 2022

High street supplier moves to 100% recycled yarns

Säntis Textiles, based in Singapore, is to supply 100% recycled cotton yarns to be used as part of a new knitwear range by Ciel Textile in Mauritius.

NaturalSyntheticsSustainability

Insight26 Jul 2022

Biotech firm raises US$120m to sustainably scale

Evolved By Nature, the company creating a proprietary library of Activated Silk™ molecules from natural silk protein, has secured US$120m in Series C financing to sustainably scale its technology.

NaturalFinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight22 Jul 2022

Brazilian textile company invests in digital

Brazilian textile company Brandili is implementing Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise with the aim to digitally transform the business.

ApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight21 Jul 2022

Growth expected as new EFI Reggiani campus planned

In Bergamo, Italy, new ground has been broken by Electronics For Imaging (EFI) Reggiani. The textile printing business of the printing technology company is opening a new campus to accommodate its growth.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight21 Jul 2022

Sri Lanka crisis impacts textile supply chain

Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic and political crisis escalated in early July amid mass public protests forcing the country’s now former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country to Maldives, before quitting his role.

NaturalSyntheticsCompanies & Finance

Insight20 Jul 2022

Enterprise-level customers supported with Printful partnership

Printful, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, has joined the Shopify Certified App Program — an ecommerce platform that serves larger volume online retailers and allows them to customise stores and automate operations.

Digital PrintingCompanies & Finance

Insight20 Jul 2022

New PPE developments from company collaboration

DuPont has partnered with a UK fashion design university – Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design – to develop personal protection equipment (PPE) with its new innovations.

MedicalProtectiveCompanies & Finance

Insight20 Jul 2022

The technology behind iconic London print design brand

Ruby Penson speaks to Rebecca Vernon, senior print designer at Joy of Print, about the future of digital textile printing, sustainability and what’s next for the London-based studio.

DyeingFinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight19 Jul 2022

EFI Fiery acquires software to accelerate digitalisation

Fiery®, the digital front end and workflow business of Electronics For Imaging Inc (EFI™) has acquired CADlink Technology®.

DyeingFinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight19 Jul 2022

Compact material offers up to 100% thermal resistance

The R&D team at Outlast, based in Heidenheim, Germany, has developed a material that offers effective insulation with minimal space requirements it has named Aersulate®.

Technical TextilesNonwovensResearch & Development

Insight14 Jul 2022

Resource-efficient dyeing technology set for 2022 release

Spinnova, based in Finland, is forging a new partnership with Sweden’s imogo – a developer of sustainable textile dyeing technology reducing the amount of water, energy and chemicals needed in the process.

DyeingManufacturing Technology

Insight14 Jul 2022

Highly accurate data captured with woven sensors

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), based in Massachusetts, US, have improved the precision of pressure sensors woven into multi-knitted textiles which they have called 3DKnITS via a new thermoforming process.

Spun/Man-madeMedicalResearch & Development

Insight14 Jul 2022

Politicians urged to rid PFAS in ‘turnout gear’

Section 314 of the NDAA proposes to phase out the use of the ‘forever chemical’ in protective clothing like soldier's uniforms, fire-fighting equipment and waterproof and stainproof coating for garments.

FinishingProtectiveSustainability

Insight14 Jul 2022

Huntsman in talks to sell its textiles unit

Huntsman Corp is in advanced talks to sell its textiles unit to private equity group SK Capital Chemicals, according to an unnamed industry source that asked to remain anonymous.

NaturalSyntheticsCompanies & Finance

Insight14 Jul 2022

Textile computing partnership amps up healthcare innovations

Textile computing company Myant, based in Toronto, Canada, adds HYDRO_BOT® and Steriliser® to its Textile Computing® Ecosystem to develop further its applications in the healthcare and automotive industries.

FinishingCoatingResearch & Development

Insight14 Jul 2022

Nonwovens organisation out to set industry quality standards

European Nonwovens and Disposables Association’s (EDANA) Quality and Audit Programme (QAP) is now operational.

FibresNonwovensCompanies & Finance

Insight13 Jul 2022

NFW partners with Veshin to expand Mirum access

Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) and Veshin Factory have partnered to expand the access of its plastic-free leather alternative called Mirum® across the textile industry.

NaturalCompanies & Finance

Insight11 Jul 2022

Coats Digital expands footwear presence with Texon acquisition

Industrial thread manufacturer Coats Digital has acquired Texon International. Texon creates structural components and materials for the footwear, accessories and apparel industries, at an enterprise value of US$237m.

Technical TextilesFootwearCompanies & Finance

Sector Analysis8 Jul 2022

Slow and steady for performance textiles in Q2

With the effects of Covid-19 beginning to settle but the invasion of Ukraine, strained supply chains, sustainability issues, rising energy prices and recruitment problems – it has been a tumultuous quarter.

NaturalSyntheticsResearch & Development

Insight6 Jul 2022

Enhancing recyclability with graphene

Ruby Penson speaks to Neill Ricketts, CEO of advanced materials group Versarian, about the future of textiles with graphene and why it is imperative that the industry makes sustainability the new normal – and does so quickly.

SyntheticsRecycledResearch & Development

Insight6 Jul 2022

Plant-based application innovations for textile finishing

Ruby Penson speaks to Allie Sutton and Dr Phyllis Levine at Moonlight Technologies in New York, US, about the company’s five new sustainable, carbon-negative and plant-based technologies.

SyntheticsNaturalManufacturing Technology

Insight5 Jul 2022

Driving change through sustainable chemistry index

Bluesign and Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry (SCTI) are developing a sustainable chemistry index that will provide a standard communication guide for chemical suppliers, manufacturers brands and NGOs.

EffectsApparelResearch & Development

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