The stretch-fibre producer is pursuing two routes to lower-impact elastane: replacing fossil feedstock with renewable chemistry today and developing textile-to-textile recycling for the longer term.
The LYCRA Company will showcase...
More than $26 billion of annual sourcing from Bangladesh and Pakistan now sits under the Accord framework, making factory safety an increasingly embedded requirement...
Nine years of field data indicate measurable environmental and livelihood improvements, strengthening the business case for farm-level data as cotton sourcing moves toward verified...
Syria is rebuilding its cotton-to-textile chain, but high cultivation costs, water scarcity and uncertain farmer returns threaten the recovery before industrial capacity can scale.
Syria...
The additions combine spun-like aesthetics with filament functionality and extend yarn-level water resistance across more fabric constructions.
UNIFI, the manufacturer of REPREVE recycled fibres, has...
Stäubli’s Technical Weaving Systems centre is targeting one of technical textiles’ highest-value frontiers: converting complex 3D woven architectures into repeatable industrial production for aerospace,...
Roads, railways, drainage and climate-resilience projects are turning geotextiles into one of technical textiles’ most attractive infrastructure-linked growth markets.
The global geotextiles market could expand...
The textile industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Manufacturers face increasing pressure to reduce environmental impact, shorten lead times, optimize costs, and respond...
Teijin Limited today announced new grades of SOLFIGA®, its family of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounds, which offer excellent sliding properties without intentionally added per- and...
As the global textile machinery industry prepares to meet at ITMA ASIA in Shanghai this November, Swedish textile technology companies are responding to a...
Machine vision is moving fabric inspection from end-of-line defect detection toward real-time process control, objective grading and automated decisions that can reduce waste before...
The initiative shifts microfiber action upstream—from consumer washing toward fabric design, manufacturing processes and mill-level filtration.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has launched the Microfiber Action...
The Naturalls collection combines lower-input US cotton, renewable-content LYCRA fibre and resource-saving finishing, illustrating how denim decarbonisation increasingly requires interventions across the entire value...
The Fashion Renewable Collaborative aims to replace fragmented brand requests with a common pathway for mills and garment factories to procure renewable electricity.
Levi Strauss...