Spinning
T-SCAN: Indian customers confirm impressive performance
Removing foreign parts from cotton is a challenging task. That’s why the Trützschler T-SCAN technology features multiple modules that detect contaminations and reliably eject them as part of the blowroom process. After establishing T-SCAN in cotton ring lines, the Indian customers are now enjoying the benefits of the intelligent solutions in rotor applications.
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KARL MAYER: Transformation focused on the future
The global textile markets are facing significant structural changes and a continued economic downturn. KARL MAYER is actively meeting these challenges and realigning itself - with clear decisions that ensure long-term innovative strength and competitiveness. In future, the long-established family company will be focusing once again on its core business areas - warp knitting, warp preparation and technical textiles.
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Building a textile technology backbone in Bangladesh
Over the past 30 years, Monforts and its long-standing partner, Bengal Technology and Engineering, have realised over 100 fully integrated line installations in Bangladesh. At the forthcoming Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG), specialists will be on hand to provide expert advice on the wide range of services that are being provided by Monforts to the region’s dyeing and finishing sector.
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The versatility of Naia™ Renew staple fiber in the spotlight at Première Vision Paris 2025
Eastman Naia™ returns to Première Vision Paris to showcase the uncountable applications of Naia™ Renew staple fibers, demonstrating their transformative potential in fashion. Known for delivering luxurious comfort, fashion-forward style, and a sustainable approach, Naia™ Renew fibers set the standard for a more eco-conscious innovation in textile manufacturing.
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TotalEnergies and Mayer & Cie. co-brand the Tixo Stainless knitting machine oil range
Under a new partnership agreement between TotalEnergies Lubrifiants and Mayer & Cie. signed, the Tixo Stainless co-branded product range will be sold by Mayer & Cie.'s expert distributors worldwide to their customers.
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KARL MAYER Technische Textilien is delighted with the sales success of its MAX GLASS ECO and TM WEFT 2
KARL MAYER Technical Textiles launched two machine innovations last year and hit the mark. The newcomers, the MAX GLASS ECO for the composite sector and the 2nd generation TM WEFT for the fashion and interlining market, enjoyed above-average demand in 2024. Double-digit numbers of machines were delivered to the main markets of China and India.
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Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions hosted successful Technology Day 2025 in India
Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions recently hosted its highly anticipated Innovation and Technology Day at the Deltin Hotel in Daman by end of January 2025. The event attracted over 300 participants, including industry experts, partners, and stakeholders, who gathered to explore the latest advancements and trends in the manmade fibers industry in India.
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Cascale announces Better Buying asset purchase to advance responsible purchasing practices and decent work for all
Cascale, the global nonprofit alliance formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, today announced the purchase of key assets of Better Buying Institute (BBI), including the widely-recognized Better Buying Purchasing Practices Index (BBPPI) and the Better Buying Partnership Index (BBPI). This milestone reflects Cascale’s commitment to advancing responsible purchasing practices and promoting fair, accountable, and socially just supply chains.
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Better Cotton completes certification transition, enhances supply chain oversight
Better Cotton has today completed its transition to become a certification scheme. This strategic move underscores the organisation’s commitment to maintaining the highest standards of sustainability and transparency in the cotton industry.
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Marvin Beyer Jr. elected as new Cotton Incorporated Chairman
Marvin Arthur Beyer Jr., a cotton grower from Taft, Texas, was elected Chairman of the Board of Cotton Incorporated at the Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated joint meeting in December 2024. Beyer brings a distinguished and respected background and dedication to the Chairmanship, a two-year term that commences in 2025.
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Fiber Club: A new push for recycled fashion gains industry momentum
In an effort to overcome barriers that have long hindered the adoption of circular materials in fashion, a coalition of brands, suppliers, and innovators has come together to form Fiber Club. This groundbreaking initiative, backed by textile recycling startup Circ along with nonprofits Fashion for Good and Canopy, seeks to establish a clear roadmap for scaling circular textiles in the industry.
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New non-fluorine stain-resistant concentrates for polyester textiles from Avient
Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions, announced the launch of new stain-resistant additive concentrates as the latest addition to its Cesa™ Fiber Additives portfolio. These additive concentrates can help enhance the durability and cleanliness of polyester fibers used in automotive textiles, carpets, rugs, and home and office furnishings.
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Dyneema® unveils groundbreaking hard ballistic product innovations, enabling a 45% weight reduction in protective armor systems
Dyneema®, owned by Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), an innovator of materials solutions, unveils its most advanced ballistic materials to date with the launch of Dyneema® HB330 and Dyneema® HB332. Engineered with third-generation Dyneema® fiber technology, these groundbreaking unidirectional (UD) materials set a new standard for ballistic performance and weight reduction, enhancing protection in hard armor applications such as inserts, helmets, and vehicle armor.
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Officina39 debuts at Denimsandjeans Egypt 2025
The Italian company is working with Egypt's thriving denim market on sustainable innovation, offering its technologies and knowledge to make production increasingly responsible and circular.
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MIC Spa at the Denimsandjeans to consolidate its international presence in the denim sector
After the great success of the Future of Denim Production event held in Cairo last October, MIC Spa, a historic Italian company specialising in the production of sewing yarns, returned to Egypt to participate in the first edition of Denimsandjeans, a trade fair entirely dedicated to denim, which took place in Cairo on 2-3 February 2025, sealing the first of many collaborations with QST (Quick Service Textiles), an American multinational company specialising in the manufactureof high quality products for the clothing industry to ensure durable construction and perfect fit.
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JEC Composites Innovation Award 2025 for CO2-negative house walls in lightweight construction
At this year's JEC Composites Innovation Awards ceremony, the award in the "Construction & Civil Engineering" category went to the "DACCUSS" project, coordinated by the DITF. TechnoCarbon Technologies GbR, the inventor of Carbon Fiber Stone (CFS), received the JEC Award together with its development partners. The award is for the development of house walls made of Carbon Fiber Stone (CFS), a CO2 negative composite material.
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6th AddTex project partner meeting in Prague
On January 21 and 22, 2025, the 6th AddTex project partner meeting took place in Prague at the invitation of the Czech cluster for technical textiles CLUTEX. After an update on the activities of the eleven European partners, the IVGT presented a draft business model that will ensure sustainable activities beyond the end of the project.
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Monforts Montex with Baldwin TexCoat™ G4 technology now available for trials
Monforts has completed the installation of a Baldwin TexCoat™ G4 digital spray unit at its Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Mönchengladbach, Germany. It has been successfully integrated into one of the two full-size Montex stenter lines at the ATC and is now available for full customer trials, especially for making full use of the latest advanced sustainable finishing chemistries supplied by Archroma.
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Optimism feeds innovation for BTMA members
The British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) is hitting the ground running in 2025, having expanded membership to its highest level in many decades, reflecting a continuing push into many other fields beyond commodity textiles.
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14 brands unite with Fashion For Good for ambitious push into footwear circularity
Fashion for Good today announced "Closing the Footwear Loop," a major initiative bringing together 14 leading fashion and footwear brands and their existing circularity programmes to tackle the industry's complex circularity challenges. This collaborative project aims to enable the transformation of footwear's current linear "take-make-dispose" model into a circular one, driving innovation across the value chain.
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Europe
Commission announces actions for safe and sustainable e-commerce imports
The Commission is taking action to tackle risks stemming from low-value imports sold via non-EU online retailers and marketplaces hosting non-EU traders. These actions are part of the Communication on E-Commerce, ‘A Comprehensive EU Toolbox for Safe and Sustainable E-commerce', which the Commission is proposing today. The Commission encourages actions, among others, in the areas of customs and trade, such as launching customs controls, consumer protection and the Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts.
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CARBIOS is pleased that the European Commission has authorised the ‘Circular Economy’ State aid scheme
CARBIOS, (Euronext Growth Paris : ALCRB), a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, is pleased that the European Commission has authorised the ‘Circular Economy’ State aid scheme. This aid scheme, notified by France, is to support the chemical recycling of plastic waste. It is designed to promote investments in technologies for transforming plastic waste into new raw materials while reducing the industry's carbon footprint.
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Outdoor industry leaders launch open-source tool to decarbonize textile mills
Cotopaxi, L.L. Bean, New Balance, Patagonia, REI Co-op, W.L. Gore & Associates, Global Efficiency Intelligence, and Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) proudly introduce the Textile Heating Electrification Tool, an innovative open-source resource designed to help textile mills reduce emissions by transitioning to efficient, electrified heating technologies. Developed as part of OIA’s Clean Heat Impact CoLab, this initiative underscores the outdoor industry’s commitment to decarbonizing the textile industry and driving progress toward bold climate goals.
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Cautious recovery amid persistent challenges
The ITMF’s 30th Global Textile Industry Survey conducted in January 2025 reveals a cautiously optimistic outlook amid ongoing challenges in the textile value chain. While the overall global business balance remains negative at -15 percentage points (pp), the trend has been on an upswing since November 2024, especially in South America, which shows a positive balance of +21pp. Notably, garment manufacturers have also turned positive, registering a balance of +3pp.
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2025 is the year of acceleration for Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp
The reference agro-industrial organisation for the sector, is accelerating its sustainable transformation trajectory.
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M&S evolves leadership team to deliver next phase of clothing, home & beauty transformation
John Lyttle, formerly CEO of Boohoo Group, will be joining M&S as Managing Director of Clothing, Home & Beauty in a planned succession. John has extensive retail and transformation experience, spending five years at Boohoo and nine years at Primark as COO.
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EURATEX welcomes the safeguarding of fair competition and compliance in e-commerce in the EU
The European Commission’s communication on e-commerce - adopted by the college of Commissioner’s today- rightly acknowledges the growing challenges posed by the surge of direct-to-consumer imports, particularly through online marketplaces. Non-compliant and unsafe products undermine consumer safety, environmental sustainability, and the competitiveness of law-abiding businesses. The urgency of this issue is underscored by findings from the REACH for textiles project, which revealed that 16% of 400 tested products failed to comply with EU legislation.
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World’s leading textile-producing countries cooperate at VIATT 2025
At the turn of the new year, Vietnam's textile industry is poised to celebrate a significant milestone achieved in 2024: it is likely to have overtaken Bangladesh as the world's second-largest garment exporter, following China[1]. With a robust lineup of Chinese exhibitors showcasing to the Vietnamese market, and sustainability high on the list of priorities, these two textile powerhouses are set to unlock new opportunities at the Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles, and Textile Technologies (VIATT), taking place from 26 – 28 February 2025.
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Tonello acquires Flainox: strengthening Italian excellence
Tonello, the global leader in garment finishing technologies, announces the acquisition of Flainox, a historic company based in Quaregna Cerreto (BI) with over fifty years of experience in the production of dyeing machinery.
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