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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Spiber relaunches under new leadership
TOKYO – Spiber has relaunched under new leadership, with the Japanese biomaterials company sharpening its focus on commercialisation. Chief executive
Infinited Fiber completes €40m funding round
8th March 2024
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HELSINKI – Finnish textile recycling technology and business, Infinited Fiber Company, has completed a two-part financing round totalling €40m. The funding includes investments from new
US$1 trillion to decarbonise fashion supply chains
18th November 2021
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WASHINGTON – Decarbonising global fashion supply chains to achieve a net-zero fashion industry by 2050 will cost more than one trillion dollars, claims new analysis
Brands charging punitive fines for late delivery, claims supplier
16th November 2018
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LEICESTER – A UK apparel retailer is raking in a seven figure sum annually by charging clothng garment manufacturers for late delivery, claims a prominent
Myanmar workers “not benefitting” from wage rise
14th November 2018
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YANGON – Garment workers in Myanmar are unlikely to benefit from recent minimum wage increases as factories have upped production targets to compensate. New research
Amazon clothing listings up 27% in eight months
13th November 2018
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NEW YORK – The amount of clothing retailed on Amazon increased by 27 per cent between February and September 2018. Most of the increase was
Bangladesh facing supply chain chaos if Accord exits this month
9th November 2018
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DHAKA – 532 factories could potentially be declared ineligible to produce for Bangladesh Accord signatory companies by 1 January 2019 if the Bangladesh Accord leaves
HeiQ and DuPont partner on PFC-free water-repellent
8th November 2018
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ZÜRICH – A new PFC-free water-repellent for leather has been established by Swiss textile technology business HeiQ and DuPont Consumer Solutions, a business unit of
Sri Lanka trade benefits threatened by political turmoil
6th November 2018
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s duty-free access to the European Union is under threat after the country’s president replaced the elected Prime Minister with a nationalist
Sir Philip Green headlines dent Topshop popularity
2nd November 2018
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LONDON – Arcadia brands such as Topshop and Miss Selfridge “face huge challenges” in the months ahead if the results of a new poll of
