A new report from Textile Exchange reveals the market share gains for preferred fiber and materials–those with improved social and environmental impacts–grew significantly in 2020, but also stresses ...

The textile industry is facing a pivotal moment of transformation. Consumers are no longer passive recipients of fashion; they are more informed and actively seeking brands that align with their ...

“I had done a lot of mid-infrared spectroscopy throughout my career; I thought NIR would be a slightly different part of the spectrum,” Amanda Forster, a materials research engineer and textile ...

Ugandan researchers are transforming discarded banana stems into textiles, hair extensions and sanitary pads, positioning the East African nation to capitalize on growing global demand for sustainable ...

Infinna fiber creation in wet spinning process at Espoo pilot. Just weeks after fashion’s leading textile-to-textile recycling company went bankrupt, its peer, Infinited Fiber Company (IFC), closed a ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has been added to Textile Exchange’s list of preferred fibers and materials. The Trust Protocol will now be one of 36 fibers and ...

Nordic Bioproducts Group, a Finnish startup, has created a new plant-based textile fiber. The company is a spinoff from Aalto University in Finland, which created a patented technology called ...

Today, one of the largest international problems is textile waste. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that each year over 15 million tons of textile waste ends up in ...

Nordic Bioproducts Group (NBG, Espoo, Finland) reports that it has successfully spun a new plant-based textile fiber, Norratex, which is manufactured without any toxic chemicals or expensive solvents.