27 March 202324 March 2023 Six Materials Nominated for the Innovation Award “Renewable Material of the Year 2023” New materials will enable sustainable products in areas such as textiles, cosmetics, packaging, as well as elastic and biodegradable materials for a variety of applications. Participants at the “Renewable Materials Conference” will vote for the winners
20 March 202315 March 2023 Carbios joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s circular economy network and aims to “make plastic waste and pollution a thing of the past” Carbios fully adheres to Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s vision for a circular economy for plastic. Its revolutionary biorecycling and biodegradation technologies already match the actions defined by the Foundation
16 March 202313 March 2023 Circa enables sustainable textile recycling with Textile Change With Cyrene™, Textile Change is expecting to achieve a safe, low carbon, less energy intense process, while ensuring a high yield that will address increasing market demand for recycled textiles
15 March 202314 March 2023 Bacteria-Based Cellulose Fibre NullarborTM (“No Trees“) Wins “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2023” Award Against Strong Competition The collaboration between Nanollose (AU) and Birla Cellulose (IN) with tree-free lyocell from bacterial cellulose called Nullarbor™ is the winning cellulose fibre innovation 2023, followed by Renewcell (SE) cellulose fibres made from 100 % textile waste, while Vybrana – the new generation banana fibre from Gencrest Bio Products (IN) won third place
13 March 20238 March 2023 CELLIANT with REPREVE Shortlisted for Drapers Sustainable Fashion Award Drapers noted this year was the highest number of entries they’ve ever received and it truly is an honor as the sustainable textile space becomes more competitive
9 March 20236 March 2023 Textile microplastics: New standard assesses fibre release, biodegradation and ecotoxicity for the first time Studies have shown that washing textiles releases microfibres into the wash water, which cannot be sufficiently retained by wastewater treatment plants
8 March 20231 March 2023 Can clothes ever be fully recycled? The world's first commercial-scale textile recycling mill is a milestone in tackling fashion's colossal waste problem
7 March 20232 March 2023 Spinnova: Woodspin plant completed in 2022 The factory has started up and has been producing fibers since February 2023 - company has already drawn up business plans for a second plant
3 March 202328 February 2023 Protecting the climate during textile production – polyester fibers bind CO2 Under the new collaborative EU-project with leadership of the French company Fairbrics are 17 project partners from 7 European countries will contribute their special expertise and further develop the process technologically and make it suitable for industrial use
2 March 202327 February 2023 Lenzing and NFW partner to provide sustainable leather alternatives for fashion The plant-based MIRUM® is a categorically unique material class, perfect for luxury accessories, fashion, footwear, automotive, and home goods
28 February 202323 February 2023 From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse
15 February 202310 February 2023 Polestar Vehicle Seat Integrates Bio-Attributed PVC Polestar is undertaking an ambitious project with multiple partners to decarbonize the complete production of its vehicles
13 February 20238 February 2023 Textile and food waste mixes biodegradation for composite mycelium materials Researchers of Fabricademy found various micro-organisms such as fungi are capable of biodegrading cellulose and other complex plastic molecules
10 February 20237 February 2023 Fashion for Good Sorting for Circularity Advances into the US Market Project expands to the North-American market to drive fibre-to-fibre recycling
9 February 20237 February 2023 Fairbrics Raises €22 M to Bring to Market its CO2-Based Polyester Fiber and Reduce the Textile Industry’s Carbon Footprint €17 M come from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program and 5 M€ from Partners to the Technology Upscaling Project
8 February 20237 February 2023 Outstanding start in January: Heimtextil 2023 showed great internationality and set the course for sustainable transformation The Green Village with its Green Lectures paved the way for discussing with certifiers, industry experts and NGOs about solutions, best practices and challenges around sustainability in the contract business
6 February 20231 February 2023 AIMPLAS collaborates in a new European project to make blueprint for reducing textile waste by 80% The tExtended project started last December and will achieve this objective by developing and demonstrating effective textile recovery, waste valorization and recycling processes
3 February 202331 January 2023 Clothing reuse has a 70 times lower environmental impact reveals new study EuRIC paper revealed that a massive 3kg of CO2 is saved for each high/medium-quality clothing that is reused
2 February 20237 February 2023 From Fibre Production to Recycling and Policy – The Final Program of the Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 International experts will discuss hot topics along the entire cellulose fibre value chain at the upcoming Cellulose Fibres Conference, 8–9 March 2023 in Cologne and online
Von der Faserproduktion über Recycling bis hin zu politischen Rahmenbedingungen – Das finale Programm der Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 Internationale Experten und Expertinnen diskutieren auf der kommenden Cellulose Fibres Conference vom 8. bis 9. März 2023 in Köln und online aktuelle Themen entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette der Cellulosefasern
31 January 202327 January 2023 HeiQ AeoniQ™ turns into a piece of garment for the first time by HUGO BOSS HUGO BOSS reveals the first Polo Shirt replacing 87% polyester with HeiQ AeoniQ™ fiber
23 January 202320 January 2023 Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2023 – From Hygiene Products, Sustainability Improved Technologies to Cellulose from Textile Waste and Banana Production Waste Six award nominees will present promising sustainable solutions for the industry in the field of cellulose fibres value chains. The full innovation potential of the cellulose fibre industry will be displayed to a wide audience in Cologne (Germany), and online
20 January 202316 January 2023 Melbourne 2023: Brand new Adidas women’s tennis collection Do not forget that this apparel is equipped with AEROREADY technology that absorbs moisture and makes players feel dry
18 January 202312 January 2023 Renewcell, pioneer in the circular fashion industry, applies new textile fiber preparation system using ANDRITZ ADuro green technology Shredders of the ADuro product line form the technological centerpiece of the system and shred used textiles in only one step, enabling a throughput of up to 60,000 tons of textile waste per year
16 January 202316 January 2023 Increasing fiber consumption in 2021 These positive trends contrast with the previous years; mainly because capacities are growing in Asia & Oceania again, led by China
11 January 20236 January 2023 EU countries prepare for textile recycling big bang A 2021 report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre found that around 4-6% of the EU’s overall environmental footprint can be traced back to textiles
10 January 202310 January 2023 Scientists Discover Enzymes That Could Make It Cheaper To Recycle Waste Polyester Textiles and Bottles Than Making Them From Petroleum Using machine learning, NREL-led team discovered variants of 'plastic-eating' enzymes adapted to deconstructing all varieties of PET — even durable crystalline varieties
Vollebak releases “first piece of clothing ever” coloured with black algae dye Experimental clothing brand Vollebak and biomaterials company Living Ink have teamed up to create a T-shirt using black dye made from algae instead of petroleum, in what they say marks a major breakthrough for sustainable fashion
22 December 202220 December 2022 Converting the textile industry to bio-based raw materials How can we scale up sustainable (bio-based) textiles recycling?
5 December 20222 December 2022 PANGAIA launches its new generation activewear 3.0 made from bio-based materials and chooses EVO® yarn, produced and distributed by Fulgar For the launch of its new Activewear 3.0 collection, Materials Science Brand PANGAIA has chosen EVO® bio-based yarn by Fulgar, the leading global group in the manufacture of man-made fibres
2 December 202230 November 2022 Hemp – an undemanding alternative to cotton? In the past, hemp was a globally widespread plant for fiber production and was almost completely displaced by cotton and later by synthetic fibers in the last century
30 November 202228 November 2022 ISPO 2022: Freudenberg presents sustainable product innovations for outdoor clothing, sports and active wear Wide range of innovative and sustainable interlinings for active sports outfits, stretch interlinings for yoga wear, Pilates & Co, and thermal insulations that combine perfect outdoor wearing comfort with high warmth retention
25 November 202222 November 2022 Premium Leather Producer ECCO Leather Partners With Ecovative to Pursue New Mycelium Materials The two companies will collaborate directly to develop the next generation of mycelium materials for footwear, fashion and apparel
Kelheim Fibres once again awarded with dark green/green shirt in Canopy’s Hot Button Report Kelheim Fibres is the only EMAS-validated viscose fibre manufacturer worldwide to regularly publish all relevant environmental data
23 November 202218 November 2022 Biomaterials take circularity forward NatureWorks has developed multiple processes to tackle plastics and textiles waste, for example Ingeo PLA, involving used PLA, broken down and repolymerized into PLA for use in other applications
10 November 20228 November 2022 ALIGNED, a project to improve environmental assessment in multiple bio-based sectors By bringing together scientific and industrial knowledge, the goal of the new collaboration project is to provide a systematic evidence-based methodology for decision-making
4 November 202231 October 2022 The future of TENCEL™: from linear to circular The TENCEL™ brand collaborates with partners who value waste management as the heart of an effective circular economy and embeds the circular economy in its business model, practices, and innovation
From flower waste to bio-leather One more of the projects on the Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress, where on the opening day the winners of the Young Scientist Award of Lenzing for innovative research work in the fiber and textile sector were awarded
3 November 202231 October 2022 Creating biomaterials from wool waste The new 3d-printing project of Petra Garajová, co-founder of the start-up p2lab is investigating the chemical properties of wool fibers through extracting keratin and implementing it in the fabrication of new biomaterials
2 November 202231 October 2022 Lenzing strengthens ambitions in textile recycling New consortium with 27 members include as well as Lenzing, the industry association Euratex, textile company Inditex, PVH, Decathlon and non-governmental organization Oxfam
Award for fair and sustainable textiles presented From numerous applications three winners for the Young Scientist Award of Lenzing for innovative research work were nominated and on the opening day of the GFC in Dornbirn (Austria), the prize money was awarded
27 October 202231 October 2022 Only four weeks left for your abstract submission: Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 8–9 March 2023 – hybrid event (on site and online), Cologne (Germany)
25 October 202220 October 2022 Kelheim Fibres partners with TextileGenesis for more transparency in the textile chain TextileGenesisTM uses blockchain technology to track and verify the use of sustainable fibres all the way from fibre to garment
21 October 202218 October 2022 Södra plans to add lignin to the range of forest-based sustainable alternatives to fossil materials Company seeks partners to develop its lignin-based alternatives and is always looking to develop new products from renewable timber products
20 October 202217 October 2022 Toray Develops ”Ultrasuede™ nu” using 100% Plant-based polyester for Headrest Covers of ANA Green Jet All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA), will adopt this developed material to the headrest covers in ANA Green Jet, the special aircraft from November this year
13 October 202210 October 2022 World Natural Fibre Update October 2022 The Discover Natural Fibres Initiative facilitates the exchange of information and works to advance the common interests of all natural fibres in the face of competition with oil- based and wood-based manmade fibres
12 October 20227 October 2022 CELLIANT® Viscose now available as flocked coating and fabric Partnership with Spectro Coating Corp. Expands Horizons for the World’s First In-fiber Sustainable Infrared Viscose
7 October 20225 October 2022 The LYCRA Company Announces Collaboration with Qore® to use QIRA® for Next Generation Bio-Derived LYCRA® Fiber at Scale The first renewable LYCRA® fiber made with QIRA® will be produced at The LYCRA Company’s Tuas, Singapore manufacturing site in 2024
21 September 202219 September 2022 Spinnova: Woodspin plant to be completed by the end of 2022 In the 1st half (H1) of 2022, the vast majority of Spinnova’s revenue was driven primarily by higher technology sales of the project deliveries to Woodspin and Respin
19 September 202214 September 2022 Textiles Matter: Heimtextil Trends 23/24 define the future of home and contract textiles The Heimtextil Trend Council offers insights into the future of the national and international market