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CCI launches COTTON USA Mills Performance Index
June 13th, 2023
An essential new benchmarking tool for spinning mills launches today at ITMA 2023 that allows mills to evaluate their performance vis-à-vis others and definitively show the positive impact of U.S. cotton: the COTTON USA Mill Performance Index™. "The benchmarking capability of this tool from Cotton Council International (CCI) has the potential to transform a mill's performance," said […]
Inditex, Jeanologia develop Air Fiber Washer
June 12th, 2023
Inditex and Jeanologia have jointly developed Air Fiber Washer, the first industrial air system designed to extract microfibers during garment fabrication and thus reduce subsequent shedding in domestic laundering. Microfibers are small particles with a length of less than 15 millimeters that are shed from textiles, especially during initial domestic washes. This is one of […]
Ambercycle, Shinkong Synthetic Fibers form strategic partnership
June 8th, 2023
Ambercycle and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation announced a strategic partnership to enable circularity in apparel. The collaboration aims to accelerate the production of high-quality performance yarns using Ambercycle’s regenerated cycora® material, in response to the heightened demand of the industry. Textile-to-textile regenerated materials will radically improve the sustainability of apparel supply chains by reducing emissions, […]
Standard Fiber appoints Chad Altbaier, David Wang co- CEOs
June 7th, 2023
Chad Altbaier David Wang Standard Fiber, one of the world’s largest innovators and suppliers to the home textiles market, has promoted Chad Altbaier and David Wang as co-CEOs charged with leading the company in a bold new direction of advanced textile innovation, consumer-responsive product design and unparalleled global production capabilities. Altbaier, previously the company's CCO, […]
YKK achieves 100% renewable energy purchasing
June 6th, 2023
YKK Group’s comprehensive energy conservation and sustainability programs have increased energy efficiency and have greatly reduced carbon output. The Macon, Ga., facility (shown here) has substantially decreased electricity consumption by idling non-essential air compressors. Photo: YKK Group YKK Corporation announces that the number of YKK locations that have switched 100% of their electricity consumption to […]
Modern Meadow partners with Navis Tubetex
June 5th, 2023
Modern Meadow Bio-FREED™ is a one-step, foam-based highly efficient dyeing system that uses 95% less water, 75% less energy, 80% less dyes and chemicals, and no salts compared to traditional dyeing. Modern Meadow, a biofabrication company specializing in the development of sustainable materials, announced its strategic partnership with Navis TubeTex, a provider of high-technology finishing […]
Woodspin ramps up production of Spinnova
June 1st, 2023
Finnish sustainable textile pioneer Spinnova and the world’s largest pulp producer Suzano have officially opened their first commercial-scale facility producing wood-based SPINNOVA® fiber. Operated by Woodspin – Spinnova and Suzano’s joint venture – the plant will produce 1,000 tons of sustainable, recyclable and fully biodegradable textile fiber from responsibly-grown wood each year. This facility marks […]
Avery Dennison elects Deon Stander CEO
May 24th, 2023
Avery Dennison Corporation announced that its board of directors, as a result of a planned succession process, has elected Deon Stander, as president and chief executive officer, effective September 1, 2023. Current chairman and CEO, Mitch Butier, will serve as executive chairman of the company’s board of directors. “It has been a privilege to have […]
Trevira GmbH is now Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany GmbH
May 23rd, 2023
Trevira GmbH has been renamed Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany GmbH. For some time already, Trevira has been an affiliate of Indorama Ventures, Thailand, which acquired the German company in 2011, initially together with a joint venture partner, and then completely in 2017. After numerous other international company acquisitions, Indorama Ventures now has 147 locations in […]
Birla Cellulose partners with TextileGenesis
May 22nd, 2023
Birla Cellulose, the pulp and fibre business of the Aditya Birla Group, is a sustainability focused Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) producer. Staying ahead of the sustainability curve Birla Cellulose makes tracer enabled sustainable man-made cellulosic fibre and integrates with traceability platform. Birla Cellulose has collaborated with TextileGenesis™, a block-chain enabled digital traceability platform which tracks […]