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Archroma partners with Stony Creek
April 22nd, 2022
Archroma and Stony Creek Colors (“Stony Creek”) announced that they have entered a strategic partnership to produce and bring to the market Stony Creek’s IndiGold™ high-performance plant-based pre-reduced indigo at scale. Stony Creek extracts its dye from proprietary Indigofera plant varieties grown in partnership with family farms as a regenerative rotational crop. Stony Creek Colors […]
Plant-based fabrics set to boom
April 21st, 2022
Fabrics made from plant-based materials are set to boom in collections for the upcoming autumn/winter season, according to "Survey of the European fabric fairs for autumn/winter 2022/23", a 30-page report from the global business information company Textiles Intelligence. In particular, fibers derived from banana, pineapple and agricultural waste will prove to be especially popular. Environmental […]
Avient to acquire Dyneema
April 20th, 2022
Avient Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with Royal DSM (“DSM”) to purchase the DSM Protective Materials business (the “Dyneema business”). The purchase price of $1.485 billion is subject to certain customary adjustments. In conjunction with this proposed acquisition, Avient has also announced that it plans to explore sale options for its […]
Global technical textiles market projection
April 19th, 2022
The use of specialty yarns in compressive textiles for drug delivery, pain relief and other health-related issues holds potential for a wide range of self-care products, such as Nufabrx® knitted sleeves containing capsaicin for transdermal pain relief. Photo: RobSnapped. The global market for Technical Textiles is projected to reach US$208.5 Billion by 2024, registering a […]
Apparel supply chains hit by perfect storm
April 18th, 2022
Global apparel supply chains are under pressure as prices of fibers and other textile materials rise, energy costs soar and costs of freight escalate, according to "Talking strategy: apparel supply chains hit by perfect storm as costs rise on multiple fronts", a 6-page report from the global business information company Textiles Intelligence. The global cotton […]
AstenJohnson announces new nonwovens plant
April 14th, 2022
AstenJohnson, a global textile manufacturer headquartered in Charleston, S.C., with roots dating back to 1790, has selected Waco, Texas as the location for their eighth North American location. The company will invest over the next two years to build the 220,000 square foot facility. Kevin Frank, CEO and President said, “We are excited to add […]
India slashes cotton import duty
April 13th, 2022
The Ministry of Finance of India has announced that there will be no import duty on cotton for the period of April 14, 2022 through September 30, 2022. This news is welcomed by the Indian textile industry, which has been making calls to the government to allow duty-free import of cotton to stay competitive against […]
BASF joins UN hosted network
April 12th, 2022
Farmers who are part of the e3 Sustainable Cotton program commit to tracking eight sustainability measures on 100% of their eligible cotton acres, ranging from water use and pesticide management to soil conservation and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Fashion and agriculture may seem like two industries that are miles apart, but BASF’s e3 Sustainable Cotton […]
2022 Herman and Myrtle Goldstein Graduate Student Paper Competition
April 11th, 2022
The 2022 Herman and Myrtle Goldstein Graduate Student Paper Competition is now accepting entries. The oral portion of the competition will be held during the 2022 AATCC Textile Discovery Summit on October 4-6 at the Hilton University Place, Charlotte, N.C., USA. A completed official entry form must be submitted by May 9, 2022. Students can fill […]
RadiciGroup creates spacesuit for Mars missions
April 8th, 2022
A group of companies in the Italian textile industry, headed by RadiciGroup, has created the first spacesuit for analogue simulation fully designed and engineered in Italy for the Space Medicine Operations (SMOPS) Mars mission. This endeavor was promoted and organized by Mars Planet – the Italian chapter of the Mars Society headquartered in the province of Bergamo – under […]