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Exhibitors celebrate INDEX™23 opening

On the first evening of INDEX™23, exhibitors enjoyed a networking cocktail event to celebrate the opening of the exhibition.

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FabricsFibresSustainability

Renewable raw material at INDEX23

The INDEX Daily News team speaks with Suzano about its key application areas in the nonwovens market, its showcasing of its renewable raw material Eucafluff® at INDEX™23 and the critical nature of sustainability.

Meeting sustainability goals in a time of crisis

The second day of INDEX™23 featured multiple seminars, covering nonwovens trade and textile recycling. The INDEX23 Daily News reviews.

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Insight

19 Apr 2023

Engineering cost-effective flexibility wins award

INDEX™23 Daily News speaks to Rick Michaletz, president of JOA about the company’s INDEX™23 Innovation Award win, circularity and what’s next for the company.

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Bio fibre wins INDEX™23 raw material award

Fiberpartner, a global supplier of high-performance synthetic fibres, won the Design Award at INDEX™23 for its BicoBio fibre in the category of Innovation in a Raw Material of Special Relevance to the Nonwovens Industry.

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On a mission to reduce plastic in nonwovens

Nonwovens technology OEM Andritz is highlighting its new products that have been designed to fall in line with its stated mission: to reduce and eliminate plastic components in nonwovens while maintaining quality.

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Innovation in reusable bio-based hygiene nonwoven

A team from Germany’s Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI) will showcase its latest innovations in nonwovens at this year’s INDEX show.

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Killer implements Sorona in eco fabric range

Indian fashion brand Killer has used CovationBio’s bio-based polymer brand Sorona in its new yarn-dyed shirting fabrics.

NaturalSyntheticsResearch & Development

New synthetic textile based on polar bear fur

Three engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), New England, US, claim to have invented a fabric that “concludes the 80-year quest to make a synthetic textile modelled on polar bear fur”.

INDEX Innovation Award winners for 2023

The INDEX™23 awards ceremony took place on the first day of the event at the EDANA stand.

SyntheticsTechnical TextilesResearch & Development

New technology eliminates PU fibre from polyester

Japanese fibre company Teijin Frontier Co has developed a new foreign material removal technology to eliminate polyurethane (PU) elastomer fibre from discarded polyester apparel.

Lenzing talks end-of-life recycling at INDEX™23

WTiN speaks with Lenzing about the company’s participation at INDEX™23, its newly launched fibres and growing end-of-life recycling responsibilities in the nonwovens sector.

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Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Kornit updates signature DTG printer

Printing equipment manufacturer Kornit has introduced two new options for its Atlas Max range of direct-to-garment (DTG) printers, including a new approach to curing prints from water-based pigment inks.

KnittingApparelResearch & Development

First circular sock made with repurposed yarn

US Merino wool apparel manufacturer Smartwool has released the Second Cut™ Hike Sock – the company’s first circular sock made with repurposed yarn from Smartwool’s Second Cut sock takeback programme, launched in 2021.

Partnership brings innovation in hygiene products

Aditya Birla, a fibre manufacturer and raw material partner for the global textile and nonwoven value chain has partnered with Sparkle, a developer of healthy, sustainable and innovative hygiene products.

NonwovensResearch & Development

Achieving a circular, medical nonwovens economy

The first day of INDEX™23 featured one seminar: The Sustainable Future of Medical Nonwoven . The INDEX23 Daily News reviews.

The LYCRA Company launches new fibre innovation

The LYCRA Company launched its newest fibre innovation for hygiene and personal care at day one of INDEX™23.

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Intelligence17 Apr 2023

Fashion in the metaverse

WTiN explores the burgeoning metaverse and its growing relationship with the fashion industry. Laura Syrett and Poorna Rodrigo report.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Fireside Chat17 Apr 2023

ERP software for evolving business models

In this Fireside Chat, Ronnie Hagin, CEO of Datatex – a developer of software solutions for the optimisation of the textile & apparel value chain – talks to Madelaine Thomas, WTiN’s Head of Content.

NonwovensYarnsManufacturing Technology

New carbon-neutral viscose for nonwovens

Lenzing Group, a producer of wood-based specialty fibres, has expanded its sustainable viscose fibre portfolio with the launch of carbon-neutral VEOCEL™-branded viscose fibres for Europe and the US.

DyeingFinishingResearch & Development

New plant-based fixing agent for polyamide

Upcoming regulation requires the textile & apparel industry to work more sustainably. That’s why Zschimmer and Schwarz developed a new plant-based fixing agent. Cara Dudgeon speaks to the company to find out how it did it.

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New recycling initiative makes denim circular

Lenzing Group has introduced the initial phase of the Fiber Recycling Initiative by Tencel™, alongside its valued mill partners, Artistic Milliners from Pakistan, Canatiba from Brazil and Textil Santanderina from Spain.

European nonwovens production ‘back on track’

After a few tumultuous years, production in greater Europe has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the global association of nonwovens, EDANA.

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