Polysistec participated in the Mermaids project in consortium with three European partners: CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Italy), PSF (Plastic Soup Foundation; Netherland) and LEITAT (Spanish Technological Center). The main objective of the project is to help mitigate the impact of micro particles (micro and/or nanoplastics) caused from clothes attrition during laundry washes.
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Global yarn production fell in Q1/2015 compared to the previous quarter. Thereby, yarn output in Asia and in Europe fell, while it increased in North America. On an annual basis, the global yarn production decreased the second quarter in a row. Declines were strongest in Asia and Europe, while North America saw a modest increase. Worldwide yarn stocks rose in Q1/2015 in comparison to Q4/2014.
Messe Frankfurt France is launching Avantex, a trade fair dedicated to high-tech fabrics for fashion and to research in that field, highlighting intelligent, connected fabrics, materials which combine nanotechnology and cosmetics, and surprising finishes and coatings
With increasing interest in green buildings, a textile waste may be a good candidate. The University of Connecticut researchers are finding new applications for carpet wastes. Particle boards are being developed as a part of a project funded by Carpet America Recovery Effort.
Textile Recycler, a member of the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), the international trade association of the for-profit used clothing reuse and recycling industry, diverts more than half a million pounds of clothing and 10,000 pounds of shoes each week from landfills with the use of automated sorting systems.
Following an illustrious career that has spanned over three and a half decades at Supima, Jesse W Curlee, President/CEO, has announced to the Supima Board of Directors that he will retire effective December 31, 2015. Curlee´s stewardship of the organisation during his tenure has covered a remarkable career of more than 36 years of service to Supima, its producer members and the American Pima cotton industry.
Yasar Güvenen has been named as the 16th President of FESPA, in a ceremony at the FESPA Awards Gala Dinner at Flora Köln during FESPA 2015 in Cologne, Germany.