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Insight25 Feb 2026

Acquisitions and investments continue in 2026

Continuing as the year started, the textile industry is still witnessing acquisition and major investment announcements.

NaturalSyntheticsCircularity

Intelligence24 Feb 2026

Spotlight: Low impact colouration

Reducing colouration’s process intensity continues to be a driving force for innovation in the industry. WTiN explores developments aligning with these goals, alongside opportunities and threats impacting the sector.

DyeingManufacturing Technology

Insight24 Feb 2026

Experimental textile factory launches in Germany

The Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University, together with its partners, has announced a joint initiative titled Textile Factory 7.0 (T7-Factory). Otis Robinson speaks with the ITA to find out more.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight24 Feb 2026

Navigating US tariffs after Supreme Court ruling

The apparel and footwear industry reacts to the US Supreme Court’s ruling against US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs on Friday (20 February).

Technical TextilesFootwearMarkets & Prices

Insight23 Feb 2026

Toolbox to verify recycled cotton claims

A peer-reviewed study proposes a toolbox built around three complementary tests, which could analyse the recycled cotton content of garments.

NaturalSyntheticsCircularity

Prices23 Feb 2026

Executive Market Report

Euro area industrial output rises in December

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Insight23 Feb 2026

FESPA announces exhibitors for 2026 events

FESPA has revealed exhibitors for the European Sign Expo 2026 and Global Print Expo 2026, both taking place from 19-22 May 2026 at the Fira de Barcelona, Spain.

FinishingDigital PrintingDesign & Trends

Insight23 Feb 2026

Mimaki streamlines sportswear production

Italian sportswear brand Erreà has replaced its fleet of 28 digital printers with seven high-performance Mimaki systems.

DyeingDigital PrintingDesign & Trends

Presentation20 Feb 2026

Data: the backbone of sustainable supply chains

As sustainability becomes a non-negotiable in fashion, brands face increasing pressure to trace, measure and report on their supply chain impacts.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Prices20 Feb 2026

Wool Market Report

A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insight20 Feb 2026

Are DPPs ‘unpaid labour wrapped in regulation’?

Ahead of the EU’s roll-out of DPPs, WTiN speaks with a Netherlands-based consultant who believes the initiative fundamentally misaligns with the reality of operations and leads to inequalities between downstream and upstream entities.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Intelligence19 Feb 2026

Spotlight: Surface modification

Are the conditions now right for advanced surface technologies to flourish? WTiN examines their opportunities and threats, as capex continues to put a damper on plasma’s potential. Including a look at innovators Xefco, Twinery and AIG.

SportswearProtectiveResearch & Development

Innovation Briefing19 Feb 2026

Q&A: Negating petroleum in footwear componentry

WTiN analyses developments in creating biobased, performant ingredients and components suited for footwear, covering both an academic development and two commercial examples: Kuori and A Blunt Story.

FootwearResearch & Development

Insight19 Feb 2026

Advancing sustainable jet precision dyeing

Alchemie Technology has partnered with Portugal’s Acatel to validate and optimise its jet precision dyeing technology specifically for knitted fabrics.

CellulosicsYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight18 Feb 2026

Collaboration to scale recycled cotton in denim

The Denim Deal will collaborate with Green Story, an artificial intelligence (AI)-first sustainability platform.

FabricsApparelCircularity

Presentation18 Feb 2026

The global trade of textile waste and reverse logistics

This discussion looks at of the complex global trade dynamics of textile waste and the critical role of reverse logistics within the textile & apparel supply chain.

ApparelCircularity

Insight18 Feb 2026

Scaling antimicrobial textile innovation

Parx Materials has entered a partnership with Shanghai Textile Raw Materials to integrate its zinc-based antimicrobial technology into the Chinese market. CEO and founder Michaël van der Jagt explains the significance of this move.

FibresSpun/Man-madeCompanies & Finance

Intelligence17 Feb 2026

Spotlight: Unconventional colour

WTiN explores emergent ideas and technologies in the colouration field, examining their strengths and weaknesses alongside ongoing commercial breakthroughs from Quantum Light, Sparxell and Amphico.

YarnsDyeingResearch & Development

Podcast17 Feb 2026

Ep. 143: Sustainability winner

In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2025.

CellulosicsYarnsDesign & Trends

Insight17 Feb 2026

Avgol Q&A around next-gen materials in nonwovens

WTiN speaks to recently appointed global R&D head for the nonwovens business at Avgol, Marco Bruno, about the development of next-generation fibres for nonwovens.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight16 Feb 2026

Circulose to restart production in Q4

Circulose, the next-generation material made from textile waste, has announced the restart of its commercial-scale production plant in Sweden.

RecycledCellulosicsCircularity

Presentation16 Feb 2026

How to use data to implement EPR in textiles

This presentation explores how Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is reshaping the textile & apparel sector and what brands and manufacturers can do to prepare.

FibresYarnsCircularity

Prices16 Feb 2026

Executive Market Report

EURATEX urges urgent EU action on industrial competitiveness

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Insight16 Feb 2026

Fashion contributes to global water bankruptcy

As the UN decrees a state of global water bankruptcy, NGO Drip by Drip speaks with WTiN about its efforts to create positive impact in fashion and textile manufacturing supply chains. Otis Robinson reports.

FibresYarnsSupply Chain

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