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Prioritising traceable and carbon positive fibres in Vietnam

Vietnam Fashion Enterprise extends partnership with Fibretrace and Good Earth Cotton to advocate carbon positive and traceable solutions for textiles and fashion. Vietnam-based manufacturer, Fashion Enterprise, has extended its partnership with Fibretrace and Good Earth...
A crowded Knitting Area, as Filo fulfilled hopes for revival. © Filo

Filo puts the spotlight on fibres

Milan Milan show offers certain amount of optimism and a business-like agenda, despite gathering international uncertainties. Filo 57 Milan, February 23- 24 in the modern setting of the MiCo centre introduced Autumn Winter 2023/4. It was...
Leila and Neeka Mashouf of Rubi, based in North Carolina, which is one of the eight selected innovators. The company is developing carbon-negative textiles with synthetic biology and has just raised $4.5 million in seed funding. © Rubi

Eight new innovators promoted by Fashion for Good

Developing technologies that can scale with major brands. Amsterdam Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good is welcoming eight innovative companies into its 2022 Global Innovation Programme. They are: Dyerecycle (UK), which is working on technology to recycle both dyes...
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Circular textile sourcing event returns to Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia RAW TO A T by RawAssembly, is a responsible, regenerative, and circular sourcing event for the fashion and textiles sectors. Designed to increase awareness of sustainable solutions and to drive forward new collaborations and...
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Winners of Shima Seiki student competition announced

Castle Donnington, United Kingdom Shima Seiki Europe’s student competition awards two weeks industry specialist training to two knitwear students. Shima Seiki Europe has named the winners of its annual student competition. The UK based company’s Student...
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Women in Textiles Summit reconvenes

Braselton, GA, USA Women in textile industry reconvene at summit, leave enriched, energized, empowered. Enriching, empowering and energizing. These are just some of the attendee descriptions of the Industrial Fabric Association International's (IFAI’s) Women in Textiles...
Jyoti Sharma as Head of Region - South Asia. © Organic Cotton Accelerator

Organic cotton organisation expands operations

Amsterdam Organic Cotton Accelerator announces Jyoti Sharma to head up South Asia region. The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA), a multi-stakeholder organisation dedicated to organic cotton, has announced the appointment of Jyoti Sharma as Head of Region...
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New schedule announced for Performance Days events

Performance Days winter fair to be held at MOC on 3-3 November 2022, as one-off venue. Preparations are now in full swing for the Performance Days team for the upcoming edition of the fair, which...
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Creative minds in demand

Frankfurt, Germany Application opens for Texprocess Innovation Award 2022. Texprocess 2022, which takes place from 21 to 24 June, will once again showcase innovative approaches to textile processing. Companies and research institutes can submit their forward-looking...
New state-of-the-art lyocell plant with a capacity of 100,000 tons will help serve the growing demand for sustainably produced fibres. © Lenzing Group

Lenzing opens world’s largest wood based fibres plant

Prachinburi, Thailand Project delivered on schedule and at budget after two and a half years of construction despite challenges arising from a global pandemic. The Lenzing Group, the world’s leading supplier of wood-based specialty fibres, is...