Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialisation of spider silk, announces that the company received its first small shipment of spider silk from Prodigy textiles, its wholly-owned Vietnamese subsidiary.
Beximco, a leading multinational company in Bangladesh, recently opened a complex worth $100 million for the production of personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a prominent news agency.
In light of the coronavirus pandemic and the increasing number of hospital infections around the
world involving multidrug-resistant pathogens, antimicrobial textiles are coming back into focus.
To boost exports, government has announced a scheme namely “Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products†(RoDTEP) to all export goods, including textiles and garments with effect from 1st January, 2021.
Textile testing plays an important role in textile manufacturing, promotion and distribution. The key purpose of textile testing is to evaluate the performance of the textile product and provide an analysis based on the test results.
Cotton is the most widely used textile fibre. However, from an ecological point of view it is considered to be the most water, energy and chemical consuming fibre. The cold–pad-batch method is economical and environment-friendly but needs critical control.
Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialise a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibres with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated by leading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. Petri Alava, CEO & Co-founder, Infinited Fiber Company sheds light on why conscious clothing is becoming a popular choice, the growing market for regenerated fibres and more.