All Ingredient brands articles – Page 13

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    Vibram plans to double footwear sales

    13 March 2023

    Vibram, the Italian sole producer, aims to double its sales of own-brand footwear, which reached €18 million in 2022, Paolo Manuzzi, the chief executive of the Italian sole producer, said in an interview with the daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Last year, the group’s overall sales rose by 50 percent ...

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    Lenzing’s results in FY22 were affected by challenging market conditions

    13 March 2023

    Lenzing Group, the Austrian supplier of specialty fibers, saw its revenues increase by 16.9 percent year-on-year to €2.57 billion in the 2022 financial year, primarily due to higher fiber prices. The quantity of fiber sold decreased, while the quantity of pulp sold rose, said the company. In addition to lower ...

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    Change in Polygiene’s board of directors

    10 March 2023

    Rajesh Varma, a board member at the Polygiene Group since 2022, has announced his resignation from the company’s board due to changed employment conditions. Varma has announced his immediate resignation from the company’s board of directors, after leaving his position at DNCA. He will not be replaced. Håkan Lagerberg, representing ...

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    Sympatex to launch new recycled laminates at Performance Days

    10 March 2023

    At the Performance Days Munich on March 15 to 16, 2023, Sympatex will launch new recyclable, GRS-certified, polyester-based textiles consisting of 100 percent recycled textiles, ready to be fed into the textile cycle at the end of their product life. Thus, the mono-material products already correspond to the future binding, ...

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    Compass Diversified branded results impacted by PrimaLoft

    2 March 2023

    Net income from continuing operations in Compass Diversified’s (CoDi) branded consumer companies related to sports, outdoor and apparel (5.11 Tactical, Boa, Marucci Sports, PrimaLoft, and Velocity Outdoor) declined by 81 percent to $2.79 million from $14.73 million in Q4, negatively impacted by operating losses at both PrimaLoft and Velocity Outdoor. ...

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    The future of textiles is biodegradable

    27 February 2023 Sponsored by

    Although recycling is the most popular solution to ecological issues, it may not be the most sustainable option in many cases. There are still many grey zones and questions: Who does the recycling and how much energy does this involve? There are also unanswered questions about the additional emissions that ...

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    Winners of the Performance Forum announced

    23 February 2023

    The jury of Performance Days’ Performance Forum has announced two award winners for the Spring/Summer 2025 season. The Performance Award went to Japanese-based Green Threads Inc. for its recycled down-proof ripstop, and the Eco Performance Award to Taiwan-based Chia Her Industrial Co. Ltd. for its banana hemp. ...

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    Unifi releases 2022 sustainability report, commits to new goals

    23 February 2023

    U.S.-based company Unifi, which specializes in synthetic and recycled yarns (registered trademarks include the Repreve fiber), has published its sustainability report for fiscal 2022. The report provides an expanded view of Unifi’s sustainability strategy and the company’s approach to creating long-term value for its stakeholders. Concurrent with the release of ...

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    Texworld Evolution Paris returns to pre-covid levels of attendance

    22 February 2023

    The latest edition of Texworld Evolution Paris, which took place at Le Bourget Exhibition Centre on Feb. 6-8, welcomed nearly 8,000 visitors from around 20 countries, a level of attendance comparable to the pre-pandemic editions of the show – nearly thrice the number of professional buyers when compared to February ...

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    Sympatex appoints Scholze to management board

    21 February 2023

    Kim Scholze has been appointed to Sympatex’s executive board, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2023. As chief sales and marketing officer (CSMO), she will be responsible for Sympatex’s global sales and marketing strategy. The division of the management board in this form is a novelty at Sympatex. Scholze joined the company ...

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    Renewcell posts triple-digit sales growth in FY22

    20 February 2023

    Renewcell, the Swedish dissolving pulp manufacturer, reported net sales of 12.6 million Swedish kronor (€1.1m) for the full year to Dec. 31, 2022, up from SEK 2.8 million (€253K) in the previous year. Through its patented process, the company produces a dissolving cellulose pulp known as Circulose from 100 percent ...

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    Checkerspot closes $55 million funding round

    20 February 2023

    Biotech firm Checkerspot has announced the close of a $55 million Series C financing led by ArrowMark Partners, with participation from Cox Enterprises and other new and existing investors. The funding is supposed to accelerate Checkerspot’s development and commercialization of high-performance, bio-based alternatives for everyday products and to boost Checkerspot’s ...

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    Brain Biotech and AMSilk to develop high-performance bio-based protein fibers

    20 February 2023

    Biomaterial specialist AMSilk, based in Munich, and industry solutions provider Brain Biotech have entered a partnership to accelerate the development of high-performance fibers for the performance materials market. AMSilk produces biotechnological materials based on renewable carbon structural proteins that are fully recyclable, biodegradable and contain no microplastics. The company’s Biosteel ...

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    Polygiene Group restructure, reports Q4 operating loss

    17 February 2023

    Polygiene Group recorded a net loss of 5.1 million Swedish krona (-€480,000) against a profit of SEK 39.0 million (€3.9m) for the period ended Dec. 31. Ebitda came in at SEK 1.9 million, excluding an inventory adjustment, restructuring costs, and expenses related to the acquisition of Biomaster and ending a ...

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    Huntsman closes sale of Textile Effects division

    16 February 2023

    Huntsman Corporation announced Feb. 15 that it has received all necessary regulatory approvals to complete the sale of its Textile Effects division to Archroma, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners, previously announced last August. Both parties expect the transaction to close on Feb. 28, 2023. “Our teams have been ...

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    The Lycra Company names new CLO

    16 February 2023

    Source: The Lycra Company Cathy Spicer The Lycra Company has announced that Cathy Spicer joined the company on Feb. 7 as chief legal officer (CLO). Spicer joins the company after most recently serving as CLO and corporate secretary of Tailored Brands, Inc., which includes retailers Men’s Warehouse ...

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    Oeko-Tex certifies first German tannery according to STeP

    30 January 2023

    Leder Heinen, one of the last tanneries in Germany, and its Terracare product label have received the Oeko-Tex® STeP certificate. Terracare leather is used in the products of well-known outdoor footwear manufacturers such as Lowa, Meindl, Hanwag and Mammut. Oeko-Tex STeP is an abbreviation for “Sustainable Textile & Leather Production” ...

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    The nominees for Cellulose Fiber Innovation of the Year 2023

    26 January 2023

    Six companies have been nominated for the “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2023” award, which has reached its third edition. The award will be presented at the “Cellulose Fibers Conference 2023” on March 8-9, 2023, in Cologne, organized by the independent German research institute nova-Institute. The six nominees are ...

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    Modern Meadow and Singtex partner on new sustainable materials for outdoor wear

    20 January 2023

    Biotech firm Modern Meadow and Singtex, a global supplier of functional textiles, will co-develop innovative biomaterials, starting with a sustainably produced, high-performance, waterproof membrane-based material for outdoor apparel. The bio-derived membrane-based material, free of solvents and per- or poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), is engineered to bring the outdoor industry a ...

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    Polygiene Group acquires former distributor Biomaster US

    17 January 2023

    As part of its U.S. expansion strategy, the Swedish Polygiene Group has acquired Biomaster US LLC, former distributor and customer of its subsidiary Addmaster Ltd. This acquisition gives the company a foothold in the U.S. and Central and South America, while BioMaster US CEO Charlie Matthews becomes part of the ...