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Smart Textiles / New Developments

3 February 2026

Early Smart Textiles Reshape How Clothing Functions as a Platform for Sensing and Health Monitoring

Worn on the neck, and paired with a smartphone, the actuators can help people with vision loss navigate their environment.

Researchers traced the evolution of wearable technology from an early smart shirt developed for battlefield monitoring to current textile- and skin-based approaches used in hospital, rehabilitation and assistive contexts. The work showed how fabrics and epidermal interfaces could collect, process and deliver data unobtrusively, supporting applications ranging from patient monitoring to navigation support and injury prevention.

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Other Updates
Smart Fabrics / Assistive Clothing
Textile-native manufacturing methods are being used to knit or weave actuation, sensing and power-routing functions directly into garment structures.

Smart Clothing Moves Closer to Everyday Use With New Public Research Backing

  • Staff Writer

29 January 2026
Material Innovation / Robotic Fabrics
Tests reported in the study showed that aligning shape memory alloy fibres through the X-crossing geometry delivered unusually high force without sacrificing flexibility.

New Fabric Design Allows Clothing to Deliver Powerful Mechanical Assistance Without Rigid Components

  • Staff Writer

27 January 2026
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Material Innovation / The Alternatives Commentary
Scaling sustainable materials depends on system readiness, aligning innovation with sourcing, infrastructure compatibility, governance, and compliance across value chains.

From Fibre Innovation to System Readiness: What It Really Takes to Scale Sustainable Materials

  • KD Sharma

15 January 2026
Dyeing Sector / New Tech Interview
Waterless dyeing shifts the sustainability conversation from incremental efficiency gains to fundamental changes in how colour is applied and fixed.

A New Dyeing Architecture Challenges Established Textile Process Orthodoxy

  • Subir Ghosh

14 January 2026
 
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CIRCULARITY / RECYCLING / SECONDS / WASTE
Rsesearchers have found a new, sustainable material for sandblasting denim. They found that the grit obtained from grinding mussel shells has better abrasive qualities than other materials used in the textiles industry.

Discarded Mussel Shells Can Replace Garnet Abrasives in Industrial Denim Sandblasting Processes, Study Finds

Researchers from the University of the Basque Country have demonstrated that ground mussel shells can function as an effective and more sustainable abrasive for denim sandblasting. The study shows the waste-derived material delivers comparable abrasion to garnet, reduces material consumption through reuse, and avoids environmental and health drawbacks linked to traditional finishing methods.

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FLASHPOINT: CLIMATE
GHG Emissions / Localisation
Industry groups have referenced the paper when examining how localised production and renewable energy could intersect with existing supplier networks and certification mechanisms for sustainable apparel manufacturing.

Lifecycle and Microfibre Assessment Finds Regional Manufacturing Can Outperform Global Polyester Supply Chains

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 Update

5 November 2025

Locally produced circular sportswear could have a smaller environmental footprint than a conventional polyester garment reference, a new lifecycle and microfibre assessment has modelled. Renewable-energy use, shorter transport routes, and circular design choices together could reduce climate impacts and microplastic emissions, the researchers have contended.

Climate Action / WRAP Roadmap
Collaboration between signatories, retailers, and charities has expanded reuse and recycling networks, capturing thousands of tonnes of textiles that would otherwise have become waste.

Circular Dreams at Risk: WRAP Sounds Alarm on Textile Growth Outpacing Climate Targets

  • Staff Writer
 Update

29 October 2025

Climate action NGO WRAP has unveiled a new UK Textiles Pact Roadmap to fast-track circularity and environmental progress across the industry. Despite per-tonne cuts in carbon and water use, soaring production volumes and linear business models threaten to erase those gains. The Roadmap strengthens collaboration, targets upstream emissions, and supports policy reforms for a resilient circular future.

 
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FOCUS: COTTON
The rise in imports reflects short-term domestic supply constraints and competitive global prices, particularly for higher staple-length cotton.

‘MSP Isn’t Distorting Prices’: CCI Head on Imports, Yields, and the Road to Cotton Stability

The single largest cotton trading company and a public sector undertaking under the Union Ministry of Textiles, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), established in 1970, undertakes price support and commercial purchase operations to safeguard the economic interest of farmers in the cotton growing regions and to ensure its smooth supply to the textile industry. A Q&A with its Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, Lalit Kumar Gupta.

Richa Bansal
From sowing to spinning, every segment of India’s cotton value chain is under stress, affected by rising costs, outdated technology, and fragmented policy oversight across ministries.

Frayed Futures: India’s Cotton Crop Unspooling Fast

  • Richa Bansal
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Swapneshu Baser
Swapneshu Baser
Managing Director
Deven Supercriticals Pvt Ltd
The central engineering challenge was not making an existing dyeing process faster but eliminating the fundamental reasons why both conventional and prior-art CO₂ dyeing processes are slow. In conventional water-based dyeing, time is consumed by diffusion-limited exhaustion, repeated baths, fixation, washing, and multiple auxiliary chemical steps.
MORE: A New Dyeing Architecture Challenges Established Textile Process Orthodoxy

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Mekdes Mesfin
Mekdes Mesfin
Founder and Creative Director
Demii Design
One of the biggest challenges is competing with the speed and pricing of mass production. Handwoven fabrics require time, patience, and craftsmanship—qualities that often clash with the fast-paced rhythm of today’s fashion market. Another major challenge is the shortage of modern equipment that could enhance the quality and consistency of the weavers’ work. Many artisans rely on outdated tools, which limits their potential to meet larger-scale or high-end production demands.
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FOCUS: LEATHER
The AILPA 2025 exhibition underscored Kolkata’s emergence as a global platform connecting Indian manufacturers with international leather buyers.

India’s Leather Industry Repositions as Global Buyers Converge on Kolkata

Kolkata’s hosting of AILPA 2025 represented more than an industry event—it symbolised India’s recalibration within shifting global trade currents. Amid market disruptions and evolving tariff landscapes, the city emerged as a key platform connecting manufacturers and international buyers, highlighting the sector’s growing capability, design sophistication, and readiness for the premium export market.

Vasan Suri
Lineapelle 2025 demonstrated that the industry is ready to communicate in a different way. The collaboration between UNIC, Lineapelle, La Conceria, Is It Leather?, and voices like Volkan’s marks the beginning of a more open, consumer-connected era. But collaboration must extend to influencers, educators, and storytellers, people who can speak the language of the next generation of consumers.

The Power of Storytelling, Community and Leather’s Next Chapter

  • Blake Garavaglia
 Commentary

14 October 2025
 
 
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