Fibres and Fabrics

Renewcell and CTA Green Fibre collaborate on recycled lyocell fibre

Renewcell and China Textile Academy Green Fibre have agreed on a long-term commercial collaboration to use Circulose in fibre production.…

NCTO highlights key opportunities and challenges for US textile sector

The National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) chairman David Poston delivered the trade association’s State of the US textile industry…

BRAIN Biotech and AMSilk to develop bio-based protein fibres

German companies BRAIN Biotech and AMSilk have collaborated to optimize the specific properties of structural proteins for various high-performance-oriented fields…

AATCC reveals global standard to measure fibre shedding

The AATC's new globally approved test method is called AATCC TM212-2021 and will standardise how fibre fragment shedding is measured…

Accelerating Circularity launches European project

Accelerating Circularity is launching a new project in Europe building on the success of its work to research, map, model and linking…

Brands back consumer-facing transparency programme

Columbia Sportswear, H&M, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger are among the names backing a transparency programme that aims to provide a consistent way for brands, retailers and…

Stahl gains ZDHC Level 3 for performance coatings

Leather chemicals and coatings company Stahl has been awarded ZDHC Level 3 for a range of performance coatings from its…

Eastman to boost Naia production capacity

Speciality materials maker Eastman is increasing its capacity to produce Naia filament yarn at its Barcelona, Spain, site in a move that will support…

World Cotton Research Conference postponed for second time

The World Cotton Research Conference (WCRC-7) has been delayed by a year for a second time due to ongoing pandemic…

Australian cotton investment reaches AUD150m milestone

Australia's national science agency CSIRO and Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) have reached a combined investment of more than AUD150m in research to ensure the…