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