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22 December 202220 December 2022

Converting the textile industry to bio-based raw materials

How can we scale up sustainable (bio-based) textiles recycling?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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13 September 20228 September 2022

Green Shape Label for Sustainable Outdoor Products on the Road to Success

VAUDE increases its credibility and independence

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8 September 20222 September 2022

Hyosung TNC Commercializes World’s First Bio-based Spandex

"Creora® bio-based" is made by using a natural material extracted from corn instead of coal, and it obtained already a global eco-friendly certification

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30 August 202222 August 2022

New Method Can Remove Dyes From Wastewater

The findings offer a new potential method for cleaning wastewater after use by textiles, cosmetics or other industries

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8 August 20223 August 2022

Recycled synthetics vs renewable fibres: Balancing sustainability

Compared to conventional production, so-called ‘preferred fibres’ – says global non-profit organisation Textile Exchange – improve environmental and/or social sustainability outcomes and impacts

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5 August 20223 August 2022

Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto successfully starts up ANDRITZ pilot line for post-consumer textile recycling

Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto (LSJH) in Paimio, Finland, has successfully started up a new ANDRITZ pilot line for research and development work on post-consumer textile recycling

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3 August 202229 July 2022

Eastman partners with award-winning TextileGenesis™ traceability technology to provide track-and-trace solutions for Naia™ brand

Following sustainable fibers from feedstock to store stocks

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2 August 202227 July 2022

Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon team up to advance circularity in the textile industry

After achieving milestone in packaging recycling, Carbios’ unique biological technology fundamentally changes the circularity of fibers

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21 July 202218 July 2022

Simplifyber Secures $3.5M Seed Investment to Reinvent How Clothing is Made, with Sustainable, Advanced Manufacturing

Led by fashion designer Maria Intscher-Owrang, company will leverage its additive manufacturing technology to bring economically competitive biodegradable garments to market

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19 July 202214 July 2022

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

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18 July 202213 July 2022

Biopolymers from wood and chitin for sustainable textile solutions

DITF researchers are testing CO2-binding wood as a raw material for high-tech textiles and investigating possible uses for chitosan, for example as a binder substitute in coatings for previously petroleum-based systems

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12 July 20227 July 2022

ReHubs 2022: circulating textile waste into value

Transforming a societal challenge into an opportunity

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TechVision Fonds I and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in textile recycling startup EEDEN

Textile recycling rethought: Innovative process enables upcycling of old clothing

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8 July 20225 July 2022

Recycling Atelier Augsburg: Efficient approach to more successful textile recycling

The focus of the Atelier is on upcycling and Design 4 Recycling of a cycle-oriented process

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4 July 20224 July 2022

nova Experts Introduced: Mika Plum, M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

Sustainability Department

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Infinited Fiber picks site of shut paper plant in Finnish Lapland for its planned EUR 400 million textile fiber factory investment

Recycling and green transition took a step forward when a Finnish company announced its plans to build a factory re-using textile waste

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1 July 202224 June 2022

Opening the door to Bio-based Nonwovens in Reusable Textiles – Kelheim Fibres wins Techtextil Innovation Award

In close cooperation with the STFI, the company developed nonwovens which can be used as a stand-alone solution or integrated into a textile structure

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30 June 202224 June 2022

Stella McCartney to launch first Frayme handbag using mycelium

After four years of development and around eight iterations, Stella McCartney is about to launch an initial small run of 100 Frayme handbags using a mycelium-based leather alternative, MYLO

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27 June 202221 June 2022

Vegetable-based fur

The Dutch company Geneus Biotech has grown biobased mink fur in the lab which is called FUROID and is made of vegetable feedstock through a biotechnological process

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23 June 202222 June 2022

Avantium forms PEF Textile Community with five leading companies to develop PEF yarn applications

The companies of the PEF Textile Community aim to further reduce CO2 emissions in support of the UN Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal objectives and explore sustainable solutions for various applications

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17 June 202211 June 2022

The circular textile economy is rapidly approaching

Worn Again Technologies announces plans to build a new textile recycling demo plant in Winterthur Switzerland

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14 June 20229 June 2022

Lanzatech and Zara collaborate on CCU fashion

Capturing and repurposing carbon emissions from industrial processes limits the direct release of these emissions into the atmosphere and helps limit the use of virgin fossil resources

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9 June 20224 June 2022

Lenzing boosts circularity and traceability through collaboration with UTEXBEL

Together both firms to provide 80,000 prison personnel shirts for FPS Justice security guards using fabric with TENCEL™ branded lyocell fibers with REFIBRA™ technology

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Biosynthetics can be part of the fashion and textile industry’s journey towards a regenerative and circular future, says Textile Exchange

We need to transition away from the extraction of virgin fossil fuels but include existing preferred materials like recycled synthetics, and new areas of innovation, like biosynthetics made from natural, renewable sources such as agricultural waste, food crops, or plants

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2 June 202230 May 2022

The future of textile recycling

Recycling of fibers is on the right track, but there are challenges that have to be overcome in order to make it common commercial reality have to be sorted

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30 May 202224 May 2022

Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe’s resource independence

The new EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles is going to ensure that by 2030 textile products placed on the EU market are long-lived and recyclable, as much as possible made of recycled fibres, free of hazardous substances and produced in respect of social rights and the environment

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17 May 202211 May 2022

TomTex Raises $1.7M to Make Leather Alternatives Using Shellfish and Mushroom Waste

AlleyWatch caught up with TomTex CEO and Founder Uyen Tran to learn more about the business, the company’s strategic plans, recent round of funding, and much, much more…

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9 May 20224 May 2022

Cellulosic Fibers – A World of Opportunity

Tecnon OrbiChem predicts a 135 million ton annual requirement by 2030

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4 May 202228 April 2022

Archroma and Stony Creek Colors to enter strategic partnership to produce Indigold™ high-performance plant-based pre-reduced indigo at scale

The dyestuff will be sold as a 20% concentration in a soluble liquid form that displays similar performance to comparable synthetic indigo products available on the market