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CottonWorks Forecasts a More Colourful Future for Denim

Denim
The 2028 denim colour outlook points beyond classic indigo, with grounded blues, refined neutrals, moody reds, utility greens and...

CHT Group’s two new shades expand the BEZAKTIV S-W range

Chemicals
BEZAKTIV Fuchsia S-W and BEZAKTIV Midnight Blue S-W combine design flexibility with high process reliability. With BEZAKTIV Fuchsia S-W and...

Karl Mayer opens 5,000-square-metre textile innovation center in Germany

Innovation
The new Obertshausen facility gives brands, mills and technology partners a shared platform to move textile ideas from concept...

trinamiX expands mobile NIR for textile and footwear recycling

Environment
The new application enables on-site identification of textile blends and shoe components, giving manufacturers and recyclers faster material data...

Strataglass launches Latitude Marine Fabric for durable boat enclosures

Technical Textiles
The new American-made vinyl marine textile targets fabricators, boat builders and boat owners seeking softer handling, stronger weather resistance...

Threads of the future: Automation + Digitalization will decide who leads the textile industry by 2035

Technology
Frankfurt am Main, 20 April 2026 – In a major new industry position paper released today at Texprocess...

RE&UP and ISKO Pro bring textile-to-textile recycling into workwear at Techtextil 2026

Technical Textiles
The Frankfurt showcase matters because it tests circular fibres in one of the industry’s toughest end uses: high-performance workwear. RE&UP...

Italian Textile Machinery heads to Techtextil with technical-textile focus despite weaker order cycle

Machinery
Italy’s machinery makers are using Frankfurt to reinforce a familiar competitive message: in technical textiles, customization, finishing expertise and...

Outlast uses skinos data to strengthen thermoregulation claim in performance apparel

Apparel
New laboratory results aim to give textile brands a more measurable case for temperature-regulating garments, linking Outlast’s heat-management technology...

RUDOLF brings functional finishing, thermoregulation and odor control to Techtextil 2026

Dyeing & Finishing
The German specialty chemicals group is using Frankfurt to show how textile auxiliaries are moving beyond basic finishing into...

ISKO brings colour engineering and elastane-free stretch into focus for Fall/Winter 2027–28

Denim
At Kingpins Amsterdam, ISKO is pushing a denim vision built around sharper color expression, advanced finishes and mono-material performance,...

Smart clothing moves closer to healthcare, but the hard work is still in accuracy, washability and trust

Innovation
Textile-based sensors are becoming more capable of long-duration health monitoring, yet the gap between promising prototypes and routine medical...

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...
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