Huntsman Textile Effects and Sciessent have entered into a strategic partnership to bring revolutionary antimicrobial and odour-control solutions to textile mills and brands worldwide.
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Material innovation company Spinnova and the world’s largest wood pulp producer Suzano will make an estimated 22 million euro investment to build the first commercial scale SPINNOVA®production facility in Finland.
Fashion, retail and textile players widely recognise the need to disrupt the status quo. In a recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, 60 percent of executives picked sustainability as a top strategic priority for their organisation.
Exploring new markets, digitisation, state of the art infrastructure and boost in R&D can reposition India as a leader in the global textile industry.
Fashion for Good launches a new, two-year pilot project in collaboration with leading brands Kering and PVH Corp. and leading global textile manufacturer Arvind Limited to pilot a radically resource-efficient cotton farming technology.
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.
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.