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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...

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...

Thermore turns textile waste into insulation with Ecodown Fibers T2T

Recycling
The Italian padding specialist is pushing thermal insulation beyond recycled bottles and into textile-to-textile circularity—where waste becomes a performance...

Regen-tech uses Tencel–wool knits to chase the premium sustainability market

Sustainability
At Intertextile Shanghai, the message was clear: in premium knits, fibre origin matters—but fabric engineering matters more. At Intertextile Shanghai...

Circ’s China deal turns textile recycling into a scale test

Sustainability
By partnering with Xinxiang Bailu, Circ is shifting from proving its chemistry to proving that recycled pulp can run...

AI textile sorting could make recycling less manual and more viable

Apparel
Germany’s textile-waste problem is no longer mainly about collection; it is about sorting mixed garments fast enough, accurately enough,...

King’s College builds a shared fibre “library” for the recycling age

Recycling
By making textile-fibre identification faster, open and machine-readable, the FasTEX project attacks a quiet bottleneck in recycling, pollution tracking...

lululemon’s new “ShowZero” fabric treats sweat as an optical problem

Technical Textiles
By making wet patches stop “darkening” under light, lululemon is selling performance with a confidence benefit—useful in tennis, and...

Circulose plugs into Spinnova to accelerate textile circularity

Recycling
The deal marries scarce circular feedstock with a chemical-light spinning route—an attempt to make textile-to-textile recycling scalable, not symbolic. Spinnova,...

AI-guided lasers try to make textile recycling less manual

Technology
RIT’s prototype strips zips, prints and trims from garments in about ten seconds—tackling the labour bottleneck that keeps most...

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

Innovation
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

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

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

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

France lifts textile-waste support to €268/tonne as second-hand outlets clog

Recycling
Paris is paying more to keep the collection system alive—buying time for a tougher, more traceable EPR model that...

EU’s unsold-stock ban forces Asian suppliers to industrialise circularity

Environment
Europe is outlawing the “quiet exit” for excess inventory—and outsourcing the adjustment bill to its manufacturing base. The European Commission...

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

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

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

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

Global secondhand apparel market set to reach $154.3 billion by 2036

Apparel
Secondhand apparel is moving from niche “thrifting” to a structural channel in the fashion value chain. Forecasts point to...

Circulose restarts Ortviken—chemical textile recycling gets a second life in Sweden

Fibres
After Renewcell’s collapse, “next-gen” textile-to-textile is returning—this time tied to demand and offtake commitments, not hype. Circulose says it will...

Textile recycling’s growth is real—but the hard part is scaling “feedstock truth”

Recycling
The market is expanding as waste and regulation rise, yet economics will hinge on sorting, chemistry, and consistent quality—not...
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