26 January 201824 January 2018 Wood for clothing, reducing microplastics in our seas VAUDE participates in the TextileMission research project
11 January 20189 January 2018 A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning fashion’s future Download the report, infographics
12 December 20178 December 2017 RU prof ‘discovers shinier, stronger’ golden fibre Bangladesh researcher developed high quality natural fibres from everwhere-plant with help of yet unknown microorganisms
6 December 20174 December 2017 Textile Industry in Desperate Need of Sustainable Sources NC Partnering CEO Jukka Kantola elaborates on trends in textiles and what the bioeconomy can do there
28 November 201724 November 2017 OEKO-TEX® Conducts One-of-a-Kind Consumer Textile Sustainability Study More than 11,000 consumers around the world voiced opinions about clothing and home textiles
24 November 201722 November 2017 Ten Innovative Biobased Clothing Items Clothes made from novel biobased materials are becoming more widespread. Here are ten of our favourites
13 November 201713 November 2017 Circular clothing: the next step in sustainable fashion Metabolic communications intern Hanna Dijkstra looks at the dirty secret of the fashion industry
9 November 20177 November 2017 DuPont and Unifi join together to create eco-friendly cold-weather apparel insulation Collaboration will give customers the freedom to choose a new type of environmental friendly garment insulation without compromising performance
18 October 201716 October 2017 A company just inked the first ever deal to supply US-grown hemp fiber to an apparel company This fiber supply contract marks a historic milestone in the U.S. Hemp Industry, and particularly for American-made hemp textiles
9 October 20173 October 2017 Tierra introduces new 100% bio-based jacket Deterra Jacket is fully free from fossil based material and uses exclusively bio-based elements
28 September 201726 September 2017 Digitalization to boost circulation of clothes Digitalization will transform the textile industry from the shopping experience to the recycling of the materials. VTT is helping two Finnish industry pioneers NOMO and Remeo, to start the revolution
25 September 201721 September 2017 Fabric made from VTT’s recycled fibre feels half way between cotton and viscose First product models demonstrate that recycled fibre can be transformed into a yarn and pleasant fabric
22 September 201720 September 2017 Lenzing Opens New Application Innovation Center in Hong Kong Expansion of cooperation with partners along the value chain in Asia
5 September 201715 February 2018 EU funding for Metsä Fibre’s long-term development projects Long-term development projects aim to prove the commercial viability of new technologies to produce lignin-based products and pulp-based textile fibres, bark as a replacement for coal
How Sicilian oranges are being made into clothes New technique is currently being tested at the University of Catania and results are encouraging
7 August 20174 August 2017 Making clothes from milk It is possible to turn dairy waste into a surprising new material: fibres that can be spun and woven and used to make clothing and other textiles
26 April 201725 April 2017 Clothing industry turns to biotech The global textile industry reportedly accounts for 17-20% of global industrial water pollution
8 February 20176 February 2017 You’d Look Good in Designer Genes Genetic engineering will soon make commercial bluejean production cheaper than ever
26 January 201724 January 2017 5 minutes with… Anke Domaske, CEO and Founder of QMilch Interview reveals her journey from a microbiologist to making milk fibres and the challenges she has faced along the way
16 December 201615 December 2016 Biodegradable silk in Adidas shoes AMSilk GmbH claims to be the world’s first industrial supplier of synthetic silk biopolymers
7 December 20165 December 2016 Lenzing Number One in the World for Sustainable Wood Sourcing Ranked first by the Canadian environmental organization Canopy Planet Society
6 December 20167 December 2016 Scientists, Designers And Students Are Making ‘Vegan Leather’ From Kombucha Queensland University formed a collaboration for Australia's only kombucha bio-textile research program
22 November 201624 November 2016 adidas Unveils World’s First Performance Shoe Made From Biosteel® Fiber The adidas Futurecraft Biofabric features include being 100% biodegradable through a fully natural process
17 October 201613 October 2016 Silkworms fed carbon nanotubes or graphene produce stronger silk Chinese researchers team found, new silk showed more orderly crystal structure, causing the silk to conduct electricity
22 September 201620 September 2016 Seven-figure grant for Finnish researcher producing carbon fiber from wood Michael Hummel, the recipient of the much sought-after ERC Starting Grant, knows that there is a great need for more affordable carbon fibre
21 September 201619 September 2016 Evonik brings the “Kö” into the exhibition halls of K 2016 Garments are made 100 percent of innovative biopolyamide fibers based on VESTAMID® Terra
6 September 20161 September 2016 Technip and METabolic EXplorer sign agreement to evaluate combined polymer technology Evaluation to include a technical and commercial review with the goal of bringing a bundled technology package to the market
26 August 201624 August 2016 DuPont Industrial Biosciences Collaborates with Anta on Chinese Delegation’s Olympic Champion Uniforms New Generation of “Dragon Uniform” Key Ingredient is DuPont™ Sorona® Renewably Sourced Fiber
15 August 201611 August 2016 Food-Based Textiles: “A-Peel” as Alternative to Leather Leather-like alternatives gaining increasing popularity for a number of reasons
