News SaXcell to open Netherlands pulp plant in 2027 ENSCHEDE – Dutch textile recycling innovator SaXcell has confirmed plans to open a pulp plant in the Netherlands in early Read More »
News Primark tightens criteria in its circular guidelines LONDON – Primark claims 5 per cent of clothing units sold in 2024/25 were ‘circular by design,’ 20 per cent Read More »
News Adidas, BESTSELLER and Inditex back textile recycling project AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project to help unlock post-consumer textile waste for textile recycling in Read More »
News RE&UP recycles 20,000 pairs of jeans for denim capsule EINDHOVEN – RE&UP, Madewell and ISKO have turned 20,000 pairs of post-consumer jeans into feedstock for a new textile-to-textile denim Read More »
News AAFA challenges California textile EPR rollout WASHINGTON – The American Apparel & Footwear Association has challenged California regulator CalRecycle over the state’s new textile EPR scheme. Read More »
News Adriano Goldschmied, ‘Godfather of Denim’, dies aged 82 MILAN – Adriano Goldschmied, the Italian designer widely credited with helping turn jeans into a premium fashion category, has died Read More »
News Lycra Company partners with Texhong on renewable fibres SHANGHAI – Lycra Company is targeting China’s stretch yarn market through a new partnership with Texhong International Group focused on Read More »
News AI used in China to slash textile sorting times ZHANGJIAGANG – A Chinese textile recycler says an AI-powered sorting machine can process 100kg of used clothing in just two Read More »
News Spiber relaunches under new leadership TOKYO – Spiber has relaunched under new leadership, with the Japanese biomaterials company sharpening its focus on commercialisation. Chief executive Read More »
Euratex backs calls to block EU’s dangerous chemicals database 13th December 2018 No Comments BRUSSELS – Industry lobbyists, including representatives from the textile industry, are trying to kill a tool intended to allow citizens to trace harmful chemicals in Read More »
2018 Year in Review 13th December 2018 No Comments Our rundown of the key trends and issues in global apparel and textile industries in 2018… Feeling the heat The fashion industry is finally Read More »