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Innovation For More Sustainable Textile Coatings
11/28/2023
Climate protection requires the industry to gradually move away from petroleum and other fossil raw materials and instead use raw materials from renewable sources. That’s why Covestro is increasingly relying on alternative raw materials, including those from biomass.
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Strengthens Spider Silk Production Operations With Sericulture Experts From India
11/27/2023
Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("Company" or "Kraig Labs"), the biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of spider silk, today announced its continued investment into building its world-class team with the addition of leading sericulture consultants from India.
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HeiQ Unveils HeiQ Skin Care - A Probiotics-Infused Textile Technology
11/21/2023
HeiQ introduces a 100% biobased and long-lasting cosmetic finishing technology for textiles to the market. The newest addition to the HeiQ portfolio harnesses the power of active probiotics and selected prebiotics to enhance the skin microbiome, turning the human's largest organ into the best-looking one.
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X-Rite Pantone Textile Color Hub Revolutionizes Digital Color Approval And Specification
11/20/2023
In fashion, apparel, and home goods, color is paramount, influencing textile aesthetics and customer satisfaction. Achieving the desired colors sustainably and efficiently across the global supply chain has long been challenging for brands and textile suppliers.
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KRONOS And Covestro Demonstrate Pigmented Ink Solutions For More Sustainable Textile Printing
11/16/2023
The textile industry aims to reduce its environmental footprint. Switching from analog printing to digital printing using pigment inks can enable an 85 percent reduction in waste materials, a 55 percent lowering of energy consumption, a 60 percent reduction of water consumption, and a 95 percent decrease of CO2 emissions, and represents an opportunity to make textiles more sustainable.
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Asahi Kasei Exhibits At ISPO Munich 2023
11/14/2023
Asahi Kasei will exhibit its solutions for a more sustainable material life cycle in the sportswear industry at ISPO Munich 2023, the leading international sports trade fair, from November 28 to November 30 in Munich, Germany.
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The LYCRA Company Launches New LYCRA FiT400 Fiber
11/14/2023
The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative and sustainable fiber and technology solutions for the apparel and personal care industries, announced today the launch of new LYCRA FiT400 fiber for knits.
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SaXcell And Birla Cellulose Sign Memorandum Of Understanding For Recycled Fiber Production To Accelerate Circularity
11/9/2023
Textile recycling innovator SaXcell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aditya Birla Group’s, Birla Cellulose, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of man-made cellulosic fiber.
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New TEXTRONIC Lace For The Most Leavers-Like Lace In Warp Knitting
11/8/2023
KARL MAYER launches a new TEXTRONIC Lace for the production of delicate lace articles with a uniquely contrasting fabric appearance. The products of the newcomer - the MT 84/1/40 S - feature an exceptionally light, transparent fabric ground on which the filigree patterning with 3D flossing stands out strikingly.
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Far Eastern Group And Ambercycle Partner To Decarbonize Fashion
11/2/2023
DRIVE Catalyst, the investment arm of Taiwanese conglomerate Far Eastern Group, one of the world's largest virgin and recycled polyester textile makers, has invested US$5 million in Ambercycle as part of a strategic effort to scale textile-to-textile regeneration in the apparel industry.