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In this interview, Sujeeth Pai, Director of Sales and Service for Danfoss Drives in India, explains the effect of relative humidity (RH) on various textile manufacturing processes and importance of air compressors in maintaining air quality.

In this interview, Sujeeth Pai, Director of Sales and Service for Danfoss Drives in India, explains the effect of relative humidity (RH) on various textile manufacturing processes and importance of air compressors in maintaining air quality.

Textile value chain is one of the worst solid waste generator and liquid effluent discharger. Polyester is the largest consumed textile fibre and owing to its non-biodegradability poses major eco concern. Recycling provides feasible option of reduction at source and consumption of waste, say Dr Ashok Athalye and Aakriti Mohanty.

German sportswear firm Adidas, planning to increase the proportion of sustainable materials in its products, is investing in Finland’s Spinnova, a company that makes textile fibre out of wood or agricultural waste.

Venator, a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, has come up with new liquid pigment masterbatch technology to whiten recycled PET fibres in a faster, efficient, and cleaner manner.

Uster, the world’s leading provider of quality management solutions from fiber to fabric, will showcase its recent innovations at ITMA Asia + CITME 2021 in Shanghai.

Valmet will supply drying technology to Spinnova and Suzano’s textile fibre factory in Finland. The facility produces SPINNOVA fibre which creates 0% waste or side streams, 0% microplastics and has minimal CO2 emissions and water use.