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Insight11 Nov 2025

Italy announces EPR for textiles

Italy has confirmed plans to introduce an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for textiles by quarter one (Q1) of 2026.

FibresFabricsCircularity

Insight10 Nov 2025

UK water companies urged to tackle PFAS pollution

UK water companies urged to tackle the ‘harmful levels’ of forever chemicals in drinking water sources, the BBC has revealed this week.

FibresFabricsManufacturing Technology

Insight6 Nov 2025

Rising UK footprint demands ‘new approach’

A new report by sustainability initiative the UK Textiles Pact shows that, as the halfway point of the project approaches, the UK’s sector is being pulled ‘in two directions’.

FibresFabricsCircularity

Topic Report

3 Nov 2025

Concepts 2030 - The Complete Guide

The textile & apparel industry is entering a decisive decade shaped by the convergence of sustainability imperatives, disruptive technologies and shifting market dynamics.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Insight31 Oct 2025

China’s fast-fashion grip grasps alternatives

US tariff increases have fundamentally disrupted established trade flows – and most notably, driven China to find alternative customers for its backlogged US exports.

FabricsApparelCOVID-19

ScalingInsight31 Oct 2025

Growing momentum for textile microfibre capture

Microfibre pollution is a worsening issue for global waterways, and UK-based start-up Matter intends to tackle it.

NaturalSyntheticsCircularity

Insight30 Oct 2025

Enhanced printing machinery unveiled at ITMA

EFI Reggiani has unveiled its newly enhanced Hyper series of printers at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 in Singapore.

FabricsApparelDesign & Trends

Insight30 Oct 2025

Nonwovens tech on show at ITMA Singapore

Precision gear metering specialist Slack & Parr is showcasing its enhanced range of large capacity gear pumps for the heavy denier, industrial and nonwoven markets at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 in Singapore.

NonwovensIndustry 4.0

Insight29 Oct 2025

New airjet weaving machine to launch at ITMA Asia

At ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 in Singapore, Picanol will unveil its ‘next-generation’ OmniPlus-i Connect airjet weaving machine, which the company says “sets a new benchmark in airjet weaving technology”.

WeavingApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight29 Oct 2025

New era of textile finishing at ITMA Singapore

Jeanologia, a developer of sustainable textile technologies, is showcasing its latest innovations at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 in Singapore.

FabricsApparelDesign & Trends

Insight27 Oct 2025

AI to turbocharge Southeast Asian textiles

As AI popularises beyond control, Otis Robinson explores the importance of AI to digital transformation strategy and textile industry business in Southeast Asia ahead of ITMA Asia + CITME Singapore’s inaugural event.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

EmergingIntelligence22 Oct 2025

Redefining pigment dyeing with quantum dots

Quantum Light, an Oxford University-affiliated startup, creates colours, coatings, pigments, dyes and inks that harness the optical qualities of quantum dots.

EffectsSustainability

Insight22 Oct 2025

Building reliable, regulation-ready traceability

Following a collaboration between transparency solutions provider TextileGenesis and traceability technologist Haelixa, WTiN speaks with Patrick Strumpf, CEO at the latter company, about fibre adulteration, trust and verification.

FibresFabricsIndustry 4.0

Insight20 Oct 2025

DTF machine supplier launches AI assistance bots

Following YES Group’s launch of AI assistance bots for its direct-to-film (DTF) users, WTiN speaks with the print machinery supplier about the new customer care offering.

Digital PrintingFabricsIndustry 4.0

Insight17 Oct 2025

AI in printing ‘maintains market relevance’

A newly published AI research report from PRINTED United Alliance explores the impact of the technology across print market segments.

Digital PrintingEvents

Insight16 Oct 2025

US tariffs reroute global textile supply chain

WTiN explores recent notable updates and rippling effects of the US tariff war on the global textile and apparel industry.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Commercially readyIntelligence13 Oct 2025

PFAS-free water-resistant finish portfolio

In June 2025, US-based Microban International launched H2O Shield, a PFAS- and PFOS-free water-resistant finish portfolio for textiles.

EffectsSustainability

EmergingIntelligence8 Oct 2025

Cassava peel dye safeguards Amazon agriculture

ManioColor, a Brazil-based start-up, offers a natural textile dye derived from cassava peel from the Amazon.

EffectsSustainability

Commercially readyIntelligence3 Oct 2025

Waterless solution dyeing for synthetics

China-based e.dye’s Waterless Color System offers an environmentally sustainable process for dyeing fabrics.

EffectsSustainability

EmergingIntelligence1 Oct 2025

Purifying indigo effluent to make blue pigment

Blue Becoming is a microbial system that purifies indigo textile wastewater while producing phycocyanin – a natural blue pigment with the potential to sustainably replace synthetic indigo.

EffectsSustainability

ScalingInsight30 Sept 2025

Tackling textile waste and poverty in India

In September 2025, Messe Frankfurt France’s Avantex Paris awarded Indian company Green Worms for its recycling solutions and creation of sustainable jobs.

FabricsApparelCircularity

EmergingInsight24 Sept 2025

AI in fashion research receives donation

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received a donation from the GS Charity Foundation to support a major artificial intelligence (AI) research initiative by its School of Fashion and Textiles (SFT).

FabricsApparelDesign & Trends

Insight23 Sept 2025

Oeko-Tex details its tighter chemical limitations

In October, Oeko-Tex is set to unveil new criteria for its EcoPassport, Organic Cotton and Standard 100 around PFOS, siloxanes and new SVHC limits. Otis Robinson speaks with the company about these upcoming certification changes.

EffectsSupply Chain

ScalingInsight19 Sept 2025

5G key to future of US manufacturing

5G will play a key role in the future success of US manufacturing, says a report from manufacturing trade association the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and CTIA.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

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