The latest solution born from the partnership between Huntsman Textile Effects and Sciessent ensures that globally textile mills and brands now can offer clothes, apparel and home textiles that have longer protective layer against microbes and odour. As per the understanding, Huntsman Textile Effects will be the exclusive distribution partner of Sciessent’s Agion® Antimicrobial, Lava […]
Lenzing, in a bid to enhance sustainability in the denim industry has introduced TENCEL™ modal fibre with Indigo Color technology. The process uses one-step spun-dyeing to pump indigo pigment directly into the TENCEL™ Modal fibres. For this, it has been awarded with the EU Ecolabel for its efforts in achieving high environmental standards throughout their […]
By K. Gopalakrishnan Pratibha Syntex , a sustainability-oriented manufacturer of knitted textile products, is a global brand known for its professionalism, its enduring motto of ‘fashion should not cost the earth’ and for its strong community welfare spirit. Shreyaskar Chaudhary, Managing Director and CEO, elaborates about the company’s philosophies, strategies and vision. It is a […]
With COVID-19 pandemic lingering and proliferating in some parts of the world again, the need for anti-microbial textiles has been on the rise. The Israeli company Sonovia that develops industrial solutions such as sono-based technology, along with Germany-based Brückner Textile Technologies which makes fabric finishing machinery and technology developer, and Weber Ultrasonics which is an […]
Celebrating womanhood in a unique way, Anish India Exports and Jeanologia have launched the world’s first fully sustainable garment finishing plant in India, 100% managed and led by women. Called Laundry 5.Zero, world’s first eco-efficient operational center is a joint project of Anish India Exports (AIE) and Jeanologia. The plant delivers zero discharge and 85% […]
The article highlights how Swedish company Polygiene transformed the pandemic-driven challenges into unique opportunities while also elaborating about its vision for the future There’s no question that 2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for millions of people around the world. Industries and businesses have been hit hard with the retail, food and beverage, travel, […]
The LYCRA Company, a global leader in fiber and textile solutions for the apparel industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its first performance offerings made from 100% textile waste. COOLMAX® and THERMOLITE® EcoMade fibers made from textile waste are the result of a strategic collaboration between The LYCRA Company and ITOCHU Corporation, a […]
For World Water Day, Enrique Silla, CEO at Jeanologia, has highlighted that “after COVID, the next global crisis will be the water crisis, we have had big crisis throughout history like the economic crisis of 1929 or petrol crisis, but without a doubt, if we don’t take adequate measures, the next will be the water […]
A 2-year pilot project has been launched by Fashion for Good in collaboration with global textile manufacturer, Arvind Limited and leading brands such as Kering and PVH Corp. The pilot project is all about using resource-efficient c by Materra. Materra offers precision agriculture, real time data tracking and environmental control to facilitate resilient cotton farming. […]
“The world faces an invisible crisis of water quality that is eliminating one-third of potential economic growth in heavily polluted areas and threatening human and environmental well-being”, according to a World Bank report released in August 2019. And the situation hasn’t changed much with the beginning of 2021. The pandemic has definitely changed the way […]
ABFRL awarded ‘Most Sustainable Company’ by S&P Global Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) recounts its sustainability journey in the financial year 2019-20 and how it is adopting the concept of new normal in the pandemic times. Named ‘Transition – From Process-led to Product-led’, the report trains focus on driving sustainability beyond ABFRL’s operations based […]
Now, ISKO Vital+™’s Supreme line of face coverings will have the protection of SANITIZED AG’s silver-based patented polymer matrix technology. The Swiss antimicrobial hygiene giant ensures that its technology reduces bacteria up to 99.99% on the surface of the material. Independent laboratories have tested and confirmed that the Sanitized® additive is also effective against viruses. […]
From sustainable forestry to carbon sequestration to conservation of land and water, Birla Cellulose is ensuring that VSF provides the ultimate environment-friendly fashion choice. Cellulose, the biodegradable and most abundant organic polymer on Earth, lends itself naturally to sustainability. The Aditya Birla Group offers an entire range of cellulosic fibres derived from natural and sustainable […]
A sustainable business is one that can live within the constraints of a two degree sustainable world. A business that can reduce its impact on the externalities, as required by the shrinking legal space within which it must operate, as well as one that can adapt to external factors that are driven by global megatrends […]
Now, a higher degree of sustainability is a reality in Lee denim thanks to H&M’s collaboration. The positive change will be visible at every stage of design and production – from H&M’s first ever 100% recycled cotton jeans to back patches made from cork and jacron paper. In a first, H&M will also share Life […]