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    Pertex and Cycora join forces for circular woven performance fabrics

    26 October 2022

    The U.K. fabrics supplier Pertex and the Cycora division of Ambercycle, Inc. (a U.S. material science company) have announced a new cooperation for the joint development of fully circular, woven fabrics using end-of-life textile waste. Cycora is the first branded fiber solution developed by Ambercycle. The company’s ecosystem enables the ...

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    Infinited Fiber predicts Infinna roll-out delay due to Ukraine war

    17 October 2022

    Fashion and textile technology company Infinited Fiber Company’s work to build the world’s first commercial-scale Infinna™ textile fiber mill in Kemi, Finland, has been largely on track since the mill site was announced in June 2022. The company is now also increasing its focus on further scaling up Infinna production ...

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    AF+D launches recycled down that is traceable to animal welfare

    15 October 2022

    Duck and goose down processor Allied Feather and Down (AF+D) is introducing Renu:Trace, described as “the world’s first recycled down traceable for animal welfare.” Current recycled down offerings do not necessarily comply with the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) protocol, making it impossible to know how ethically the geese and ducks ...

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    The Lycra Company updates 2030 sustainability goals in first Planet Agenda update

    14 October 2022

    In 2008, The Lycra Company (Lycra) established a sustainability plan that encompasses the three pillars of corporate responsibility, product sustainability and manufacturing excellence. For each of these areas, the company has now summarized its performance through 2021 and updated its goals. Both are published in Lycra’s first ...

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    Performance Days: Performance Award winners announced

    13 October 2022

    In the run-up to the winter season’s Performance Days and Functional Fabric Fair, the winners of the 2024/25 Performance Awards were announced this week. This year, two prizes were awarded, with the Performance Award going to Long Advance for its fabric, LPD-22015- Y4E, and the new Eco Performance Award going ...

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    PrimaLoft® Insulation Rise used by around 50 brands worldwide

    5 October 2022

    PrimaLoft’s alternative to natural down, PrimaLoft® Insulation Rise, which was first introduced in 2020, has quickly become one of the fastest-growing products in the company’s portfolio. It offers increased thermal performance, style and versatility, according to the company. PrimaLoft Rise’s construction allows the insulation to meet a variety of weights ...

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    Spinnova receives € 1.6m Business Finland grant for fiber research

    4 October 2022

    The Finnish fiber company Spinnova has received a grant of a maximum of €1.6 million from the European Union’s NextGenerationEU financing and Finland’s Bio & Circular Finland sustainable growth program. The grant is to be used from October 2022 to the end of 2023. According to the company, the amount ...

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    Eco-tech accessories form plant-based polymers

    14 September 2022

    The world is changing with an unstoppably evolving massive global mindset shift to sustainability. While demand for sustainable brands grows, this article will dive into polymers and will help show the way to sustainable fashion.

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    Spinnova reports soaring revenues in H1

    9 September 2022

    Spinnova has reported revenues of €7.6 million for the first half of 2022, which compares to €370,000 in the first half of 2021 and to €6.1 million for the whole of 2021. However, the Finnish biomaterials company also reported an operating loss of €5.8 million for H1, which compares to ...

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    ​Munich Fabric Start made its comeback after the pandemic

    8 September 2022

    Source: Munich Fabric Start The 50th edition of Munich Fabric Start, the international fabric trade show in Munich, which was held from Aug. 30 to Sep. 1, hosted around 900 exhibitors from 40 countries on a total exhibition area of 45,000 square meters. The event’s exhibition area ...

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    Toray announces renewable nylon 66 breakthrough

    27 August 2022

    Tokyo-based Toray Industries announced that it has developed what it claims is “the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid,” a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66). The company achieved this breakthrough using a proprietary synthesis technique that combines its microbial fermentation technology and chemical purification technologies. Nylon 66 has ...

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    Dongsung Chemical and UPM join forces for large scale production of biochemicals

    23 August 2022

    In 2020, the German subsidiary of Helsinki-based company UPM announced its entry into the biochemicals business by building a new biorefinery at the former GDR chemical industry hotspot of Leuna, Germany. The original announcement spoke of a €550 million investment, which has been changed to €750 million in the press ...

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    The Mycel Project closes $10 million funding round for new production facility

    18 August 2022

    The South Korean biomaterials start-up company Mycel Project, a spin-off of the Hyundai Motor Group, has just closed a new pre-Series A funding round, raising a total of $10 million. Six main investors (a Hyundai Motor fund among them) are now involved in the company funding, most of them based ...

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    Polygiene benefits from currency gains in Q2

    29 July 2022

    Swedish antimicrobial textile treatments manufacturer Polygiene reports that its Q2 (ended June 30) net income more than doubled to 17.2 million Swedish kroner (€1.7 million) from SEK 8.3 million, while sales rose 1.3 percent to SEK 47.5 million (€4.6 million) from SEK 46.9 million. Sales in the Americas, including merchandise ...

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    Lenzing partners with Red Points on IP protection

    22 July 2022

    Lenzing, the global producer of wood-based specialty fibers, has announced a new partnership with Red Points, the specialist in online brand protection, to fight counterfeits and protect its customers. The partnership will help Lenzing strengthen its current brand protection efforts globally and help monitor brand services. Red Points automatically uses ...

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    Elevate Textiles becomes full member of Textile Exchange

    15 July 2022

    Elevate Textiles, owner of the Gütermann sewing thread brand (among other brands), has announced its new membership with the Textile Exchange organization. Elevate Textiles currently participates in Textile Exchange’s 2025 recycled polyester challenge and wants to utilize the membership with the nonprofit organization to accelerate and expand upon their adoption ...

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    Ziener uses more Lavalan insulation

    14 July 2022

    Source: Ziener Ganghofer mitten For the coming fall/winter collections, the German brand Ziener will be integrating Lavalan wool insulation into more of its apparel and gloves collections for men, women and kids. The 100 percent wool padding from Lavalan is manufactured in Germany and found in Ziener’s ...

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    Sympatex hires business development manager

    12 July 2022

    Source: Sympatex Ulf Jenson Ulf Jenson has joined the Sympatex customer team as the company’s new business development manager. Over the past six years, he served as managing director, business development director and vendor manager for the German e-commerce retailers Jakkaro GmbH and Merkkur GmbH, where he ...

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    Jack Wolfskin teams up with Schoeller Textil for new shell materials

    12 July 2022

    Source: Jack Wolfskin/Schoeller The flagship of Jack Wolfskin’s S23 Discovery Wilderness collection is the Diskovera Jacket, a 3-layer jacket, with Texapore Ecosphere Pro Schoeller 3L technology. German brand Jack Wolfskin and the Swiss fabrics manufacturer Schoeller Textil have joined forces to jointly develop new shell materials for ...

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    Evolved By Nature secures $120 million funding

    1 July 2022

    Evolved By Nature has announced that it has closed a $120 million Series C financing. The company, based in Boston, develops a proprietary library of Activated Silk molecules from natural silk protein that can be used throughout apparel and personal care products. The recent funding round was led by Teachers’ ...