LATEST HEADLINES

• Eastman Naia™ Cellulosic Staple Fiber Debuts At Première Vision

  Eastman, the maker of sustainably sourced Naia™ cellulosic filament yarn, announces the expansion of its Naia™ fiber portfolio at Première Vision-Paris (PV), the international fashion and textile exposition, Feb. 11-13. With the introduction of its new cellulosic staple fiber, Naia™ offers another versatile eco-conscious material choice for sustainable fashion

• Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Implements New Measures To Ensure Year Round Production And Quality Of Its Commercial Silk Production

  Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (“Company”), the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, announced that it has implemented new quality assurance management and production procedures at Prodigy Textiles, the Company’s Vietnamese subsidiary, based on lessons learned from its production rollout

• Genomatica Hits Industry-First Milestone In Nylon Sustainability

  Eighty years after nylon’s first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica achieved a new milestone for the material — its production of the world’s first renewably-sourced ton of the key ingredient for nylon-6, made from plants instead of crude oil

• Huntsman Textile Effects Partners With Xenon Arc To Form Navicolor Dedicated Marketing Channel To Better Serve The US Market Singapore

  Huntsman Textile Effects and Xenon arc today announced the formation of NaviColor, a dedicated marketing channel to service the unique needs of select customers in the United States textiles and apparel industry

• Hohenstein Advances Textile Sustainability With Microfiber Analysis

  Hohenstein has completed the development of its new method for analysing microfibre shedding from textiles. Using dynamic image analysis, the method quantifies shedding behavior and reveals previously unattainable data with practical implications for material development throughout the supply chain