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Performance Days improves the alternatives for sustainable sourcing.

Performance Days improves the alternatives for sustainable sourcing

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The organization behind Munich’s Performance Days exhibition has announced several new elements intended to enhance visitors’ access to the newest advancements in sustainable textiles. Taking place at the Messe München exhibition center on the 4th and 5th of October 2023, the overall floor space has been enlarged to accommodate a new footwear section, additional stands, …

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Indonesian facility of Lenzing receives EU Ecolabel

Indonesian facility of Lenzing receives EU Ecolabel

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Lenzing’s manufacturing facility in Purwakarta, Indonesia, has been granted accreditation to the EU Ecolabel criteria for the production of cellulosic fibers. The facility, which recently underwent several technical improvements, will now produce fibers with the Lenzing Ecovero and Veocel brands for nonwoven applications. The factory is anticipated to help Lenzing reach its targets of reducing …

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Sustainable textile mill to be built by MYGroup

Sustainable textile mill to be built by MYGroup

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The waste management and recycling company MYGroup will spend £500,000 on a new sustainable textile factory at its current location in Hull, a project it describes as a “UK-first.” The city’s Morley Street recycling campus is home to a two-story, 1,300-square-meter factory that will house a full recycling and remanufacturing process for waste textiles, including …

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Deakin University and Xefco will reduce the water waste associated with dyeing jeans.

Deakin University and Xefco will reduce the water waste associated with dyeing jeans

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As part of its Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH), Australia’s Deakin University has partnered with Geelong-based startup Xefco to carry out new research that will revolutionize how garments, notably jeans, obtain their color. One of the most popular clothing items in the world, jeans are also one of the least eco-friendly, using over …

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Partners with WL Gore on proteins for eco-friendly textiles

Partners with WL Gore on proteins for eco-friendly textiles

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SEATTLE: Through a joint development agreement, WL Gore & Associates and Arzeda will work together to create sustainable textiles using the latter’s protein design technology. To build wholly new proteins and enzymes, Arzeda blends a physics-based protein design methodology with artificial intelligence algorithms. The basic materials needed in industries like textiles, food, home care, and …

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Textiles from Taiwan at Fashion World Tokyo

Textiles from Taiwan at Fashion World Tokyo

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As sustainability takes center stage, there is a paradigm shift taking place in the fashion business. A key industry in the fashion industry, textiles are changing to become more socially and environmentally responsible. The sustainable fashion textile business is poised to transform the way we approach style as consumers want more eco-friendly substitutes. Eco-friendly materials …

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Australian ethical clothing sector receives new funding

Australian ethical clothing sector receives new funding

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NEW YORK – The state of Victoria in Australia has announced a financial support package for Ethical Apparel Australia to advance the area’s sustainable apparel manufacturing industry. Manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and footwear are accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia to verify that strict guidelines, such as paying employees fairly and providing safe working conditions, are …

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Partnership for improved traceability between Alpine and FibreTrace

Partnership for improved traceability between Alpine and FibreTrace

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SINGAPORE – Singapore FibreTrace, a provider of traceability technologies, and Alpine Group, a maker of garments, are working together on an initiative to speed up supply chain transparency in the fashion industry. Through a combination of digital and physical technology, the FibreTrace system is intended to give visibility into the travel of textile fibers. It …

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Briefing highlights important concerns with sustainable fashion

Briefing highlights important concerns with sustainable fashion

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WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, representatives from the US fashion industry testified in a congressional briefing to inform lawmakers about some of the major problems the industry is now facing and to demand legislative action to support moral and sustainable business practices. Before New York Fashion Week, organizations like PoliticallyinFashion, Rebecca Ballard Advisory, Transparentem, and …

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The Indonesian plant's greener future is envisioned by Lenzing

The Indonesian plant’s greener future is envisioned by Lenzing

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JAKARTA – Lenzing, a specialist in cellulosic fiber, has finished several additional technical upgrades at its Indonesian manufacturing facility in Purwakarta. Since 2021, Lenzing has made more than €100 million in the location, converting the factory to renewable electricity and converting existing capacity to produce specialty viscose. The Purwakarta facility will now produce fibers with …

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