Large companies across the EU are prohibited from destroying unsold clothes, clothing accessories and footwear. Medium-sized companies will be subject to the same rules from 2030. The measure, introduced under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Prod...

As brands have faced increasing pressure to shorten time to market and respond more quickly to chang ing consumer demand, more companies are choosing to consolidate product development and manufacturing with a single partner. To cater for this,...

Recover, a global producer of low-impact recycled cot ton fiber, has partnered with Turkey-based Ünteks Group to develop circular knit fabrics and garments made with recycled cotton. The collaboration combines Recover’s recycled cotton fibre...

DeepFabric has launched its AI agent platform de
signed specifically for supply chain operations,
including businesses in the apparel and textile industries.
According to the company, the platform is now
commercially available and...

DeepFabric has launched its AI agent platform de
signed specifically for supply chain operations,
including businesses in the apparel and textile industries.
According to the company, the platform is now
commercially available and...

San Diego-based Algenesis Labs has received the 2026
ACS Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Small
Business category for its Soleic platform of plant-based
polyurethane materials. The biodegradable material family
is designed to ...

The EU-funded BioFibreLoop project has introduced a new virtual modelling tool called Digital Twin to help researchers and manufacturers develop bio-based, non-toxic functional textiles more efficiently. The tool allows users to test textile em...

Agricultural biotechnology company Avalo has selected Advance Denim as its first mill partner for the denim market across China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Under a multi-year agreement, Advance Denim will receive exclusive access to Avalo’s premi...

Spain-based research center AIMPLAS is developing new enzyme-based recycling methods for marine plastic waste through its Oceanzyme project. The initia tive aims to find sustainable ways to recycle plastic litter recovered from the ocean, inclu...

Spain-based research center AIMPLAS is developing new enzyme-based recycling methods for marine plastic waste through its Oceanzyme project. The initia tive aims to find sustainable ways to recycle plastic litter recovered from the ocean, inclu...

Researchers at Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed programmable knitted textiles that can perform functions beyond traditional fabrics. The innovation allows knitted materials to act ...

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) has launched the Chemical Protective Textile Challenge to identify commercially available and mature textile materi als capable of protecting against hazardous chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid, ...

Biotechnology company AMSilk is preparing to increase the large-scale production of its silk proteins through its partnership with Ajinomoto Foods Europe (AFE). As part of the next phase of their collaboration, which began in 2023, the two comp...

Biotechnology company Carbios has successfully
demonstrated the use of its enzymatic biorecycling
technology for textile-to-textile recycling. The company
tested the process on complex PET-rich textile waste un
der conditions tha...

X-Rite Pantone, a global leader in colour standards and colour science, has announced a strategic partnership with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), part of the State University of New York (SUNY), to strengthen digital colour educatio...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy (MIT) have developed a new recyclable yarn that
offers stretch and strength similar to spandex, providing a
more sustainable alternative for producing lightweight and
stretc...

The Centre for Research in Information and Communica tion Technologies (Citic) at the University of A Coruña has joined a new international research project funded by Inditex to develop sustainable textile materials from waste generated by the...

Goodwill Industries has partnered with Western University and Fanshawe College in Ontario, Canada, to develop new technologies that improve textile recycling and reduce the amount of donated clothing ending up in landfills. The collabo ration f...

Hyosung TNC has announced plans to expand the pro
duction of spandex for personal hygiene products at its
manufacturing facility in Brazil. The expansion is part of the
company’s strategy to strengthen its global production net
...