Spinning

2025-06-12

Overcoming labor shortage in Vietnam: Tra Ly Hung Yen Spinning

It’s hard to find skilled operators for spinning mills in Vietnam. Rapid industrialization is creating competition for young talents and many workers choose roles in other industries. Customer Tra Ly Hung Yen has found a partner in Trützschler to help mitigate the effects of this labor shortage and enable successful operations.

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-06-12

INDA and EDANA Boards approve formation of the Global Nonwoven Alliance (GNA)

The Boards of Directors of INDA and EDANA have officially approved the formation of the Global Nonwoven Alliance (GNA) and have concurrently agreed to become its founding members. Both Boards have also approved a motion authorizing each organization to appoint six representatives from each founding organization – current chair and 5 additional representatives.

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Raw Materials

2025-06-12

Cotton Incorporated hosts global dialogue in Hong Kong to lead cotton forward

In a powerful display of global collaboration, more than 255 industry leaders from 124 companies including over 41 top global brands and sourcing organizations gathered in Hong Kong on May 15 for Cotton ConneXions: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity, a one-day summit hosted by Cotton Incorporated. The event united the global cotton supply chain to discover innovations, recognize industry contributions, generate business orders, network, and address the challenges and opportunities shaping the fiber’s future amid regulatory shifts and evolving market dynamics.

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2025-06-12

A/W 2026-2027 inspirations from Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris

Nova Fabula, the Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris Trend Book unveiled at Le Bourget from 15 to 17 September 2025, is a sensory and forward- looking narrative designed to inspire Autumn-Winter 2026-2027 collections.

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Yarn & Fiber

2025-06-12

BASF starts up new world-scale plant for hexamethylenediamine in Chalampé and expands PA 6.6 polymerization in Freiburg

BASF has announced the successful startup of its new world-scale hexamethylenediamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France, construction of which began in 2022. The plant increases BASF’s annual HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons.

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Textile processing

2025-06-12

Technologies that shape the garment industry meet at Garment Tech Istanbul exhibition

The countdown has begun for the Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition, the most comprehensive meeting point of the garment and ready-to-wear industry. Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition, where strategies that will shape the future of the sector will be determined, new technologies will be introduced and international collaborations will be established, will be a lifeline for the textile and ready-to-wear sector with both the number of visitors and the business volume it will create.

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Sustainability

2025-06-12

Refiberd announced as winner of Trailblazer Programme 2025 at Global Fashion Summit

Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and PDS Ventures have revealed Refiberd as the winner of the Trailblazer Programme 2025. The announcement was made last night at the official Celebration Dinner of Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025, the leading international forum for sustainability in fashion, presented by GFA.

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Sustainability

2025-06-12

Global fashion leaders descend on Copenhagen to unveil new sustainability insights and initiatives

From 3-5 June, Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025 convened over 1000 influential leaders from brands, retailers, NGOs, policymakers, manufacturers, innovators, and adjacent industries to advance collective action on fashion’s sustainability challenges and opportunities. Presented by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), the non-profit accelerating the transition to a net positive fashion industry, the forum was held at the iconic Copenhagen Concert Hall, with side events hosted at prestigious cultural venues around the city.

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Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-06-12

Driving the future of textiles: RE&UP sparks momentum at Global Fashion Summit and Textiles Recycling Expo

From next-gen materials to the realities of recycled content, RE&UP is helping lead the conversation – and action – on the future of sustainable textiles. In the span of one impactful week, RE&UP took part in two major industry events, bringing its expertise to global stages where innovation meets accountability.

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Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2025-06-12

Ternua continues their commitment to circularity with a SS 2026 collection where 70% of the garments are mono-material

Ternua, a B Corp brand since August 2024, has just presented the collection they’ve designed for the spring-summer of next year to their international sales network. In large swaths, it’s a continuation of the previous collection that has a selection of technical garments with minimal environmental impact, and it has a range of renewed colors that respond to market demands. It should be noted that 70% of the pieces in this new collection are mono-material.

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Dyeing, Drying, Finishing

2025-06-12

Pincroft strengthens growth strategy with new appointment

Pincroft, the UK’s leading commission textile dyer, printer and finisher, has announced the appointment of Catherine Roebuck as its new Business Development Manager, reinforcing the company’s commitment to growth across the defence sector and broader textile markets.

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Research & Development

2025-06-12

Antiviral tests on protective clothing for infection control

Textiles functionalized with antiviral agents are intended to reduce the risk of transmission of pathogens, particularly in a medical environment. These antiviral properties must be carefully tested and verified in laboratory tests. The biological testing laboratory of the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) has examined antiviral activities with coronaviruses as part of an interdisciplinary research project on textiles for infection control.

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Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2025-06-05

HKUST & Esquel unveil five-year study: Empowering students for sustainable innovation

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) has partnered with Esquel Enterprises Limited (“Esquel Group”) to launch a five-year study program that allows HKUST students to conduct biannual field research at the textile manufacturer’s 500,000-square-meter Sustainable Development Garden Integral, recognized as one of China’s top 20 sustainable development projects by the United Nations.

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Associations

2025-06-12

Global textile value chain: Between stagnation and uneven recovery

The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) released findings from its 32nd Global Textile Industry Survey (GTIS), conducted May 12-22, 2025, revealing sharp regional variations across the global textile industry.

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-06-05

Registration opens for RISE® 2025: The future of nonwovens innovation and sustainability

Registration is now open for RISE® 2025 (Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics), taking place on October 14-15 at the McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, NC.

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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles

2025-06-05

Autoneum appoints new Head Corporate Communications

Ulrike Reich has been appointed Head Corporate Communications at Autoneum, effective immediately. She succeeds Claudia Güntert, who left the company last year.

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Older News

Textile chemistry

2025-06-05

Suiting up Team Sonnenwagen with more sustainable sportswear created through a three-way partnership

Team Sonnenwagen Aachen, a solar racing collective from RWTH Aachen and FH Aachen, Germany, is on a mission to advance sustainable mobility solutions and become world champions. This August, the student team will participate in the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a biannual 3,000-kilometer race across the Australian outback. During the five-day event, 50 student teams from around the world will compete with solar vehicles that they must design, assemble, and drive themselves.

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Recycling / Circular Economy

2025-06-05

RE&UP becomes first company in the textile industry to achieve C2C Certified® Circularity for all products

In an industry where over 99% of textile materials are still virgin and just 6.9% of the global economy is circular (2025 Circularity Gap Report, Circle Economy), RE&UP has taken a decisive step forward. The next-generation textile-to-textile recycler has become the first company in the textile industry to achieve C2C Certified® Circularity for all products, the most rigorous global standard for verifying circular product design and recovery-readiness at scale.

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Composites

2025-06-05

Hexcel presents lightweight aerospace composite innovations at 55th International Paris Air Show

Hexcel Corporation [NYSE: HXL] will demonstrate its latest developments for the Aerospace markets at the Paris Air Show 2025, Le Bourget, Paris, 16 – 22 June 2025.

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Research & Development

2025-06-05

Tour de LOOP Exclusive specialist trip to Chemnitz – textile art and design in the European Capital of Culture 2025

The European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz, opened its doors to textile designers, textile artists and experts from the fields of fashion, art and textiles: the Tour de LOOP on 26 and 27 May 2025 took participants on an exclusive professional tour of one of Europe's most traditional and innovative textile regions. 19 visitors from Europe explored Chemnitz and its textile region. They came from the Nether- lands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and Germany.

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Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2025-06-05

Next week's Intertextile Shenzhen and Yarn Expo Shenzhen fringe events to promote eco-friendly and innovative fashion textile solutions

Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo Shenzhen, held concurrently with PH Value and BIRD Fashion Fair, will be a focal point for innovative fashion across the fashion spectrum at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center (Futian). From 11 – 13 June, in Halls 1 and 9, numerous global exhibitors will showcase a multitude of trendy upstream and downstream products, offering visitors a comprehensive sourcing experience.

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Digital Printing

2025-06-05

How T-Shirt & Sons transformed production with the Kornit Apollo

In today’s fast-paced print-on-demand (POD) market, speed, scale, and sustainability are non-negotiable. For UK-based garment printing leader T-Shirt & Sons, meeting these demands meant revolutionizing their approach to fulfillment. Their journey with Kornit’s Apollo platform is a clear example of how innovation can unlock new levels of performance and reliability.

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Raw Materials

2025-06-05

The ICAC releases its 2025/26 world cotton market projections

The ICAC's 2025/26 season projections are holding steady as we begin June, with cotton production and consumption projected to be around 26 million tonnes and 25.7 million tonnes, respectively, while trade is forecasted to rebound to reach 9.7 million tonnes.

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Raw Materials

2025-06-05

Dr Charudatta Mayee is the 2025 ICAC Researcher of the Year

The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is pleased to announce that Dr Charudatta Mayee, President of both the Cotton Association of India and the South Asia Biotech Center, has been named the 2025 ICAC Researcher of the Year, according to Dr Keshav Kranthi, Chief Scientist of the ICAC and himself a winner of the award in 2009.

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Dyeing, Drying, Finishing

2025-06-03

Growing with a vision: BRÜCKNER opens branch office in India

The worldwide leading textile machinery manufacturer BRÜCKNER is opening its own subsidiary in India on June 1st, 2025. With this strategic step, the German family-owned company further strengthens its global presence and expands into the Indian market, which is so important for the textile industry.

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News Archive
2025-06-03

Aid by Trade Foundation turns 20, invests half a million Euros in new biodiversity fund

2025-06-03

ATP promotes Portuguese Textile Industry at Expo 2025 Osaka with “TEXTILE LIVE” Installation

2025-06-03

Fashion For Good and Arvind Limited launch future forward factories India

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Stäubli group expands manufacturing footprint in India with renewable energy connectors

2025-05-30

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition 2025: meeting market evolution through 15+ product zones and refreshed fringe programme

2025-05-29

Ten bold ideas to decarbonise fashion: Meet the winners of Global Change Award 2025

2025-05-29

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2025-05-29

EEA Scientific Committee elects new chair and vice-chairs

2025-05-29

Researchers develop living material from fungi

2025-05-29

Ratti named among Europe's and Italy’s top sustainability leaders for 2025

2025-05-29

Under Armour and UNLESS debuted compostable sportswear at Milan Design Week

2025-05-29

Infinited Fiber Company enters the next strategic phase under new leadership

2025-05-29

CiCLO technology reduces lasting microplastic pollution while keeping signage durable and eye-catching

2025-05-29

CARBIOS signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders

2025-05-28

Expanding options at JPF with Monforts dual heating

2025-05-28

Empowering progress in textiles at Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas 2025

2025-05-28

The newest Lonati DC88 DE 2H2 presented in Japan

2025-05-28

Lenzing strengthens Managing Board with Georg Kasperkovitz as Chief Operations Officer

2025-05-28

AATCC’s Circularity Conference approaches as organization continues 2025 Sustainable Textile Event series

2025-05-28

UNIFI® announces the sale of manufacturing facility

2025-05-28

Lenzing AG successfully signs syndicated loan of EUR 545 million

2025-05-28

Indorama Ventures expands deja(TM) portfolio to boost textile industry sustainability

2025-05-28

The 151st General Meeting of the Bremen Cotton Exchange on 26 June 2025

2025-05-28

Launch of the first JEC Forum Middle East

2025-05-27

Uster Technologies wins another infringement lawsuit

2025-05-22

TRUECYCLED yarn is driving sustainability in Lotus cars

2025-05-22

YKK makes the switch to 100% low-carbon aluminum for use in aluminum alloy zippers

2025-05-22

Impact resistance meets thermal insulation lightweight composite impact protection plate for electric vehicle batteries

2025-05-22

EUR 2.8 million project for climate-resilient agriculture in Africa

2025-05-22

Global Standard expands scope, leverages AI innovation, and amplifies global engagement

2025-05-22

New high-performance polyester fabric with a natural fiber-like texture and appearance

2025-05-22

Lenzing AG successfully signs syndicated loan of EUR 545 million

2025-05-22

Lenzing’s VEOCEL™ champions sustainable innovation at IDEA25 and CIDPEX

2025-05-22

Hemp for a sustainable future

2025-05-22

Reuters: Circ to build landmark €450 million textile recycling plant in France

2025-05-22

Reju announces the selection of Regeneration Hub One

2025-05-22

Jeanologia brings the creative revolution of denim to Kingpins China

2025-05-22

2025 INDA Supply Report shows North American Nonwovens Industry’s continued growth with a focus on sustainability

2025-05-22

Kornit Digital and MAS ACME USA sign Strategic Partnership

2025-05-21

Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris 2025

2025-05-20

Mayer & Cie makes circular knitting machines IoT-ready

2025-05-19

Archroma reimagines iconic denim for a cleaner future

2025-05-19

Groundbreaking architectural projects using natural fibres

2025-05-15

Uster Technologies introduces its new fiber process control system

2025-05-15

Sustainable fashion: ANDRITZ tearing line starts up at Pacific Jeans, Bangladesh

2025-05-15

Lifetime awards at IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025

2025-05-15

Better Cotton joins policy hub coalition to contribute to regulatory discussions

2025-05-15

Trevira CS® celebrates 45 years at Clerkenwell Design Week 2025

2025-05-15

Major recycling partnership to tackle waste crisis in Mali

2025-05-15

ADVA®TEX 100% textile-to textile recycling 100% sustainable comfort

2025-05-15

Garment Tech Istanbul Exhibition: a global hub for buyers and international visitors

2025-05-15

Turning waste into value: Borealis delivers circular breakthroughs in 2024

2025-05-15

Navis TubeTex partners with Pluvia to deliver expanded sales and support

2025-05-15

Durak Poly-Strong PC-IR perfects camouflage invisibility

2025-05-15

XLANCE® introduces a new generation of high-performance stretch denim at PV Denim Milan

2025-05-15

More key upgrades to drive business, innovation and sustainability at Cinte Techtextil China 2025

2025-05-15

Vacuum insulation panels rethought - Adjustable, tailored to needs, flexible

2025-05-15

SHIMA SEIKI announces partnership with Lonati

2025-05-15

Ahlstrom introduces Optipad™

2025-05-15

Italian Textile Machinery: Orders continue to fall in first quarter 2025

2025-05-15

Recover™ and Intradeco announce strategic joint venture to enhance recycledcotton fiber production in Central America

2025-05-14

Eight out of ten denim mills prefer Monforts

2025-05-14

Last chance to join EDANA’s Innovation Forum

2025-05-12

New leadership for Swiss Textile Machinery Association

2025-05-09

International practical experience for textile students

2025-05-08

Esquel and China Recycling Group sign strategic cooperation agreement

2025-05-08

Heimtextil expands mattress area with strong German brands - ‘Sleep & Meet’ area to be launched in 2026

2025-05-08

DOMOTEX maintains its leading market position

2025-05-08

ANDRITZ spunlace line successfully started up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2025-05-08

Innovative sustainable fashion leader Liz Hershfield named Cotton Council International (CCI) Executive Director

2025-05-08

Lenzing achieves significant revenue and earnings growth within a deteriorating market environment

2025-05-08

Laly Lichtenfeld joins AbTF Board of Trustees

2025-05-08

Reju announces strategic partnerships with Utexa in Central America and Antex in Europe

2025-05-08

Magnera reports Q2 results, adjusts full-year outlook

2025-05-08

Timely report highlights regional trends ahead of Cascale Forum in Vietnam

2025-05-08

Germany pushes ahead with Producer Responsibility for Textiles

2025-05-08

IDEA®25 and FiltXPO™ 2025 deliver resounding success for nonwovens and filtration industries

2025-05-08

IAF Position on tariffs

2025-05-08

MUNICH FABRIC START will unite all trade show areas under one roof at the MOC Munich

2025-05-08

Nike and NFL launch Rivalries program with new uniforms and fan gear inspired by communities

2025-05-08

Cotton Incorporated calls for investment in quality cotton fashion

2025-05-08

Eurofins Sustainability Services introduces first recycled plastics testing that leverages properties of plastics

2025-05-08

UNIFI® launches FORTISYN™, an inherently durable yarn for military and tactical gear

2025-05-08

Suominen publishes figures and launches a cost saving programme

2025-05-07

Rieter to acquire Barmag from OC Oerlikon to accelerate its growth strategy and become a market leader in natural and manmade fibers

2025-05-07

Cotton consumption and sourcing are under pressure

2025-05-07

Kornit Digital champions digital mass customization at FESPA 2025

2025-05-07

bluesign to showcase sustainable textile solutions at Intertextile Shenzhen and Shanghai 2025

2025-05-07

Kornit Digital and Gooten expand access to Kornit’s Global Fulfillment Network for on-demand production

2025-05-07

Mimaki Europe reveals vision and strategy as impressive line-up of new product innovations debut at 2025

2025-05-07

Destination Porto for this year’s Textile Institute World Conference

2025-05-05

Trützschler India relocates to ultra-modern manufacturing plant in Sanand

2025-05-01

Robert van de Kerkhof is new ReHubs CEO

2025-05-01

KBR selected as key commercialization partner for Samsara Eco’s first-of-a-kind enzymatic recycling plant

2025-05-01

DePoly to launch 500-tonne-per-year showcase plant

2025-05-01

eeden closes €18M series A financing to scale its breakthrough textile recycling technology

2025-04-30

Dilo Systems and Kansan Group partnership announcement

2025-04-30

Adidas achieves strong start to 2025 with double-digit growth across all markets

2025-04-30

Official approval granted for Esquel Group’s new Sea Island Cotton variety "Yuan Loong 30"

2025-04-30

What are the impacts of PFAS polymers on our health and the environment?