26 August 202520 August 2025 From food packaging to fashion How edible and biodegradable materials are shaping the future of clothing
19 July 202214 July 2022 Auch Hennes & Mauritz investiert: Biogarn-Hersteller AlgiKnit sammelt 13 Millionen US-Dollar ein Die Wachstumsambitionen des Unternehmens wurden mit der Eröffnung einer neuen Produktionsstätte im US-Bundesstaat North Carolina in diesem Monat unterstrichen
H&M Group joins funding for seaweed yarn maker Algiknit Algiknit, which makes yarn from kelp seaweed, closes its US$13m Series A funding with help from H&M CO:Lab, the investment arm of H&M Group and announces a new US-based manufacturing facility
13 January 20227 January 2022 Seaweed Yarnmaker AlgiKnit Unveils New Facilities To ‘Help Cut The Fashion Industry’s Emissions In Half’ The new innovation hub will bring together all R&D and manufacturing capabilities in one location
9 April 20208 April 2020 Not just biofuels: Algae’s next wave A growing number of materials scientists and manufacturers are turning from land to sea in search of more sustainable biomass feedstocks
10 April 201816 April 2018 Bio-leather made from apples – one of the 15 start-ups aiming to change fashion The unsustainable nature of much of the world’s clothing has been publicised heavily in recent months
3 April 201828 March 2018 Sustainable textile innovations: bio yarn made from kelp fibres Biomaterials research company AlgiKnit extracts alginate and combines it with other renewable biopolymers to produce yarn, which can be used in textile manufacturing
29 March 201828 March 2018 Global Change Award 2018: Ernteabfälle und Algen helfen beim Wandel der Modebranche Fünf textile Innovationen aus fünf verschiedenen Nationen teilen sich das Preisgeld von 1 Mio. Euro der H&M Foundation
GCA 2018 Winner: Making bio-textiles from food crop harvest waste Five winning innovations from 5 different countries shared a 1 million euro grant from the H&M Foundation
