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Renaissance fiber secures $2.24 Million to scale US hemp textile production

Business
The North Carolina investment aims to turn domestically grown hemp into spin-ready fibre using existing cotton and synthetic-textile machinery,...

Portugal textile exports rise 2.4% as technical fabrics and woven apparel lead growth

Technical Textiles
Exports reached €3.78 billion through August, with technical textiles, woven clothing and markets outside the EU providing the strongest...

Levi’s turns denim icons into Japanese loopwheel knitwear with BEAMS

Denim
The collaboration replaces conventional woven denim with ultra-slow Japanese Tsuriami knit, showing how fabric construction itself can become the...

Livinguard cuts reactive dye wash-off water 32% and steam 88% in Indian trial

Dyeing & Finishing
The +DYE SC after-treatment reduced cotton wash-off from nine stages to six while retaining colour fastness, offering dyehouses a...

Stäubli pushes 3D weaving from R&D into industrial composite production

Machinery
Stäubli’s Technical Weaving Systems centre is targeting one of technical textiles’ highest-value frontiers: converting complex 3D woven architectures into...

Geotextiles market seen reaching $37.4 billion as infrastructure spending accelerates

Technical Textiles
Roads, railways, drainage and climate-resilience projects are turning geotextiles into one of technical textiles’ most attractive infrastructure-linked growth markets. The...

The new textile reality: Enhancing productivity for a demand-driven market

Printing / Digital Printing
The textile industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Manufacturers face increasing pressure to reduce environmental impact, shorten lead...

Paris Fashion Week highlights open knits, relaxed tailoring and gold for Summer 2027

Fashion
Hermès, Victoria Beckham, Balenciaga and Saint Laurent offer contrasting directions in fabric openness, garment volume, colour and surface decoration. Paris...

Kyocera FOREARTH prints 27 looks for ANREALAGE’s Paris Fashion Week collection

Printing / Digital Printing
The collaboration showcases pigment printing on stretch fabrics, combining vivid graphics with a process designed to minimise water use. Kyocera...

Brightplus and Leaf Bio develop bio-based textile laminate without separate adhesive

Dyeing & Finishing
A two-layer concept combines a PEF textile with a functional bonding film, simplifying construction for performance fabrics. Finland’s Brightplus and...

Handa moves upstream in Bangladesh with knitting and dyeing expansion

Business
The Chinese-owned manufacturer is turning Bangladesh from a garment-production base into an integrated knit-to-garment platform, raising the competitive bar...

Adidas, H&M, Inditex and Bestseller test cross-border EPR for used clothing

Apparel
The Apparel Recovery Coalition will test whether producer-responsibility funding can follow second-hand garments across borders instead of stopping in...

Ortovox combines textile-to-textile polyester with durable odor control for MTB debut

Dyeing & Finishing
The Sequence collection shows how performance apparel is evolving from single-function finishes toward integrated packages combining recycled feedstock, durability...

Bangladesh garment factories turn to energy diversification as power crisis disrupts orders

Business
Bangladesh’s garment industry is confronting a severe energy-supply shock, with gas shortages and power disruptions cutting factory output just...

‘Naturalls’ denim links low-input cotton, renewable LYCRA and low-water finishing

Fibres
The Climate Week NYC capsule brings crop innovation, stretch fibre, Pakistani denim manufacturing and Italian finishing chemistry into one...

TESTEX marks 180 years as textile testing expands from quality control to global compliance

Testing
The Swiss institute’s evolution from silk conditioning to international testing and certification mirrors the textile industry’s shift from simple...

Confitex wins INDEX and Hygienix awards for washable nonwoven hygiene products

Nonwovens
The technology turns traditionally disposable nonwovens into products that withstand 30-plus wash cycles, opening a potential new reusable category...

Archroma and Lameirinho commercialise single-step dyeing with up to 97% less water

Dyeing & Finishing
The InOneGO process combines coloration, fixation and softening in one pad-dry step, targeting major reductions in processing time, water,...

Inditex targets US for next growth phase as Zara expands beyond major coastal cities

Apparel
Zara’s owner plans 20 US expansion projects through 2027, using online demand data and larger stores to pursue growth...

Tonello, Asahi and Asons Open Sri Lanka garment-finishing Innovation hub

Dyeing & Finishing
The new facility combines washing, dyeing, laser, ozone and drying technologies in one development centre, shortening the route from...
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