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Robots to sort e-textiles back home

Smart textiles are proliferating faster than their end-of-life systems. A new German project aims to make “wearable electronics” recyclable...

PERFORMANCE DAYS SPRING Functional Fabric Fair in Munich: CHT will be showcasing sustainable innovations

The CHT Group, a global player in textile chemistry and dyes, will be presenting its latest sustainable textile technologies...

An internal market legal basis to drive waste management step-change in the new circular economy act

The undersigned industry associations express their strong support for the European Union’s ambitions for circularity. To achieve a true...

Niber and BASF bet on electrospinning to commercialise PFAS-free breathable membranes

Electrospun nanofibres are moving from lab promise to industrial platform—helped by big-chemistry scale and polymer know-how. A young materials firm...

Fabulose bets biotech can deliver “real” leather performance—without plastics

An EU-backed consortium is trying to solve the hard part of leather alternatives: scaling a bio-based material that is...

Measure and control the fiber – optimize yarn quality

Producing consistent yarn quality is an everyday challenge – and a very difficult one. Detailed knowledge and understanding of...

Intertextile Shanghai turns “one-stop sourcing” into an industrial strategy

As apparel brands juggle cost, compliance and speed, the fair’s pavilions reveal where power is shifting: toward fibre platforms,...

Unifi raises the bar for REPREVE—while the scrutiny rises with it

Recycled yarn is becoming a core business, not a “green” sideline. Unifi’s new targets show confidence—but also invite tougher...

Ten innovations quietly rewiring denim’s economics

Denim’s clean-up is no longer a marketing exercise; it is an industrial retooling—from waste feedstock to waterless finishing and...

Monforts to showcase advanced coating solutions at Techtextil 2026

Over the past few years Monforts has significantly advanced its technologies for coating, with the successive introductions of the...

Over 1,500 exhibitors: Techtextil 2026 grows in key future sectors

Techtextil 2026 continues to grow: more than 1,500 exhibitors from 49 countries present their products and innovations in Frankfurt...

Circ expands Fiber Club to make recycled polycotton pulp a “buyable” input

Circ, a textile-to-textile recycler, is scaling its Fiber Club—a demand-aggregation scheme designed to overcome minimum order quantities (MOQs) and...

A lab “toolbox” could make recycled-cotton claims auditable

If regulators want circular textiles, they will need forensic chemistry—not marketing. A peer-reviewed study led by researchers at Saxion University...

Hyosung’s FW 27/28 forecast: performance fabrics for a poorer, older, more circular wardrobe

The next “innovation cycle” in apparel looks less like futurism—and more like making everyday clothes work harder, for longer,...

KARL MAYER pitches CFRP rail profiles at JEC

Industrialised composites are creeping from prototypes into mass transit—and the process matters as much as the fibre. KARL MAYER Technical...

India’s textile factories are turning CCTV into a productivity layer

NodeOps is betting that the fastest route to industrial AI is not new sensors, but repurposed cameras—and dashboards buyers...

Strengthening the Fabric of Innovation: Strategic Meetup Series by Transfar Chemicals

For over twenty years, Transfar Chemicals has been woven into the tapestry of Pakistan’s textile industry. This month, that...

PrimaLoft’s new insulation line mixes peak warmth with real textile-to-textile circularity

UltraPeak raises performance; ReRun tries to prove that recycled feedstocks can meet “ingredient-brand” standards at scale. Outdoor brands sell warmth,...

Germany’s “Textile Factory 7.0” aims to turn Mönchengladbach into a real-world lab for the next industrial model

Europe’s textile industry is relearning an old lesson: competing on cost alone is a losing game. Competing on systems—energy,...

Smart assistive clothing moves closer to reality with a $24 million global research programme

Smart clothing that actively supports movement and everyday mobility could reach the market sooner than expected, following the launch...

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