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Podcast8 Jan 2024

Ep. 95: Comparing and adapting standards vs indexes

The Textile Innovation Podcast talks to Daniel Rufenacht, chief executive officer at Bluesign, about how to stay ahead in the textile industry and ways of working that benefit the planet.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Podcast12 Dec 2023

Ep. 94: Alpaca wool, traceability and North Stars

The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with Kris Cody, founder and chief executive officer at PAKA – a company on a mission to create natural, traceable and all-purpose clothing from alpaca fibres.

NaturalSupply Chain

EmergingInsight11 Dec 2023

Consortium to develop graphene-based materials

A consortium of 11 partners from six European countries has come together to create the GRAPHERGIA project: an ambitious 3.5-year research and innovation programme, funded by €4.5m under Horizon Europe’s Graphene Flagship Initiative.

Wearable TechnologyResearch & Development

Insight8 Dec 2023

New EU deal bans destruction of unsold textiles

The European Parliament and Council of European Union members have updated and agreed a preliminary deal on the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulations. Ruby Penson reports.

FibresYarnsSupply Chain

Commercially readyIntelligence29 Nov 2023

Digitally native garments track lifecycles

Primo1D’s E-Thread is an ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) technology based on a micro-encapsulation of electronic circuits.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Insight29 Nov 2023

Meet 2023’s Wool Award winners

The winners of the 2023 Innovation in Wool Awards have showcased new and innovative uses of wool.

NaturalEvents

Insight28 Nov 2023

Frameworks for CO2 removal move ahead

A big decision on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) that will affect the textile industry was made official by the European Union (EU) parliament.

FibresYarnsSustainability

EmergingIntelligence22 Nov 2023

Connecting the dots in the supply chain

FRDM (pronounced freedom) is a social technology company with a mission to change the world through supply chain transparency.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Insight22 Nov 2023

Green transition: mechanical recycling insights

Thought leaders in the spinning, wovens and man-made fibre sectors offered insight and advice into the textile industry’s green transition at Trützschler and ITA Recycling Atelier ITA Augsburg’s recent seminar.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight21 Nov 2023

Higg’s newest LCA update explained

The Higg Facility Environment Module 4.0 (FEM) is part of the newest addition to the Higg Index suite of tools developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). Jeremy Lardeau, vice president, Higg, talks to WTiN about the update.

FibresYarnsSupply Chain

Insight17 Nov 2023

“Research and innovation will be pivotal to the industry’s success”

ITMA Asia + CITME speaks with Ernesto Maurer, president of the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (CEMATEX) about how it will participate in this year’s much anticipated event.

FabricsApparelEvents

Insight17 Nov 2023

Asia essential for German machinery OEMs

The ITMA Asia Newspaper talks to Dr Janpeter Horn, chairman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and managing director of August Herzog Maschinenfabrik in Germany. By Ruby Penson.

FabricsApparelEvents

Commercially readyInsight17 Nov 2023

New PET recycling company backed by big brands

Engineering firm Technip Energies is building on an existing partnership with tech specialist IBM and activewear brand Under Armour to set up a company to pioneer a new polyester recycling technology.

RecycledCompanies & Finance

Insight16 Nov 2023

What’s next for EU laws according to experts?

The UK Research and Innovation Interdisciplinary Textiles Circularity Centre and climate advocate Muchaneta Ten Napel, founder of Shape Innovate and FashNerd.com, discuss what’s next for the EU’s sustainability, ethics and labour laws.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Commercially readyIntelligence8 Nov 2023

DNA tracer molecule for traceability

Viscose staple fibre major, Birla Cellulose, has been developing a track and traceability platform called GreenTrack.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Insight8 Nov 2023

Wool Month 2023: keeping warm with wool

This year’s UK Wool Month focused on the wool industry’s ability to further educate consumers about the global benefits of choosing this environmentally friendly and biodegradable product, which is a natural insulator.

NaturalEvents

EmergingInsight3 Nov 2023

‘World’s strongest’ high-strength carbon fibre

Toray Industries, based in Tokyo, Japan, has developed Torayca™ T1200, which it claims is the world’s highest strength carbon fibre and applicable for sportswear.

SyntheticsApparelResearch & Development

Commercially readyInsight3 Nov 2023

Collaboration welcomes nature-based fabric tech

Swiss fabric producer Ventile and Finnish biotechnology company Nordshield collaborated to produce fabrics with technology that puts nature first. WTiN speaks to Daniel Odermatt, brand director at Ventile.

FinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight2 Nov 2023

Uni partners with knit firm to train and educate

Teejay Lanka PLC, has expanded its collaboration with academia by entering a partnership with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) to open opportunities within training, research and employment.

KnittingCompanies & Finance

EmergingInsight2 Nov 2023

Temperature morphing ‘smart’ fibres from MIT

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created FibeRobo: a programmable, shape-changing smart fibre reliant on a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE).

FabricsWearable TechnologyResearch & Development

Commercially readyInsight31 Oct 2023

Scaled and sustainable bio dyeing technology

Fusing advanced technology with age-old processes from nature offers the most scalable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional dyeing technologies, according to Chris Hunter, chief operations officer at Colorifix.

DyeingSustainability

Innovation Outlook31 Oct 2023

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Transparency and Traceability

Exploring transparency and traceability technologies within the textile & apparel industry supply chain.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook31 Oct 2023

Innovation Outlook: Transparency and Traceability

Exploring transparency and traceability technologies within the textile & apparel industry supply chain.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight26 Oct 2023

Recycled polyester supply secured for $70m

Zara owner Inditex, the world’s biggest clothing retailer, has paid €70m (US$74m) to secure a supply of recycled polyester from Los Angeles-based start-up Ambercycle.

RecycledYarnsSustainability