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iNTERSPARE brings retrofit, automation and finishing upgrades to Techtextil 2026

Machinery
The company is using Frankfurt to argue that modernization of installed finishing machinery can be a faster and more...

TU Dresden’s ITM uses Techtextil to push textile engineering beyond materials and into systems

Technical Textiles
The institute’s 2026 showcase in Frankfurt underlines how textile innovation is increasingly being built at the intersection of fibres,...

Outlast launches Bailey cooling textile for bedding, linings and skin-contact uses

Innovation
The new Lyocell-based material targets instant cool-touch comfort while combining thermoregulation, bio-based inputs and European certification credentials. Outlast Technologies GmbH...

Specim launches AI-Powered hyperspectral system for textile identification and sorting

Sustainability
The new platform targets one of textile recycling’s hardest problems: identifying blends, elastane and impurities accurately enough for automated...

Lycra and Texhong target China core-spun yarn market with plant-based spandex partnership

Fibres
The deal gives Lycra a focused industrial route into China’s core-spun yarn segment while giving Texhong early access to...

DiloGroup upgrades needling technology to push nonwovens into higher-value applications

Machinery
The German machinery maker is betting that faster changeovers, heavier performance and smarter automation will redefine the economics of...

Archroma makes SaigonTex debut to deepen its bet on Vietnam’s textile industry

Chemicals
The specialty chemicals group is using SaigonTex 2026 to position itself at the centre of Vietnam’s push for higher-performance,...

Jeanologia pushes software-first fashion development at PI Apparel Europe

Technology
The company’s latest tools suggest that the future of denim development will be defined less by sampling and manual...

Smart textiles are emerging in Bangladesh, but the export shift is still early

Technical Textiles
The direction is strategically right: Bangladesh needs to move beyond basic volume apparel. But smart textiles are not yet...

Textilfabrik 7.0 turns Mönchengladbach into a test bed for circular, low-carbon textile manufacturing

Environment
The project matters because it treats sustainable textile production not as a lab exercise, but as an industrial system...

Shima Seiki takes WHOLEGARMENT into technical textiles at Techtextil 2026

Knitting
The Japanese knitting specialist is arguing that seamless 3D knitting can move beyond apparel and become a more efficient...

organIQ seek: Smart alternative to potassium permanganate

Chemicals
LAB 102 – the blue veins of CHT – brings the Denim Industry closer to permanganate-free bleaching through new...

CHT Group’s intelligent specialty chemical solutions for technical textiles at Techtextil 2026

Chemicals
At this year's Techtextil in Frankfurt on the Main, the CHT Group will be presenting its comprehensive portfolio of...

CiCLO gains traction as brands tackle microplastic pollution in synthetics

Fibres
Intrinsic Advanced Materials (IAM) says adoption of its CiCLO® technology is expanding across performance apparel, workwear and mass-market clothing,...

DIENES targets bio-based fibre scale-up with flexible pilot lines at Techtextil 2026

Fibres
As bio-based fibres move from lab curiosity to industrial priority, DIENES is pitching modular pilot lines as the bridge...

Techtextil 2026 puts performance apparel at the centre of textile innovation

Apparel
Frankfurt’s growing performance-apparel zone shows that functional textiles are no longer a niche: they are becoming one of fashion’s...

Jeanologia’s Billy AI turns a vintage jean photo into a laser file

Denim
The new tool compresses hours of expert denim finishing work into minutes—pushing laser design closer to software automation than...

Uster tries to make automated fabric inspection less intimidating for mills

Machinery
Fabric Vision 2 is designed to solve the real barrier to automation in inspection: not the camera, but the...

MISSION turns compression wear into a cooling category

Technical Textiles
The new collection suggests performance accessories are evolving from simple support gear into multi-function products that combine recovery, heat...

EDANA unveils nominees for INDEX™26 Awards: Highlighting the next generation of nonwoven excellence

Nonwovens
EDANA is proud to unveil the highly anticipated nominees for the INDEX™26 Awards, the nonwoven industry’s highest accolade for...
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