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TextileGenesis

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

18 April 2025

1 minute

The integrated system offers two distinct paths for yarn mills purchasing American Pima cotton fiber, providing flexibility and transparency in tracking cotton consumption.

Trust Protocol and Supima Combine Forces for Enhanced Cotton Traceability

Cordova, U.S.: In today’s market, consumers and brands alike are increasingly demanding transparency and accountability in supply chains. Traceability, the ability to track a product’s journey from origin to consumer, is crucial for verifying sustainability claims, ensuring responsible sourcing, and building trust. By providing verifiable data on a...

Traceability / eTrackit

1 December 2023

2 minutes

Textile Exchange’s eTrackit system works by electronically tracking certified materials for each key product transformation, as well as every time products are transacted between a seller and a buyer. Business rules are built into the system, and inventories are transacted in real-time to reduce operational processing and data turnaround time.

Textile Exchange’s Traceability System eTrackit Now Commercially Available

Textile Exchange’s electronic traceability system for certified materials has now been made commercially available for the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Content Standard (RCS).

Staff Writer

Traceability / Indian Cotton

19 April 2023

4 minutes

There are over one million Better Cotton farmers in India, and it is one of the largest producers of Better Cotton globally. However, domestic supply chains are amongst the most complex in the world and are far more fragmented than in other regions.

Better Cotton's Traceability Technologies to Track Indian Cotton’s Journey from Field to Shelf

Better Cotton is piloting innovative traceability technologies through India’s cotton value chain to provide end-to-end visibility. The new traceability framework will allow greater flexibility and visibility of the physical flow of cotton through supply chains as the network grows.

Staff Writer

Acquisition / Traceability

8 December 2022

3 minutes

The TextileGenesis platform captures shipments across 5-6 supply tiers, from sustainable fibre-origin to retail i.e. 'fibre forwards' approach to traceability and not garment-backwards.

First Big Traceability Acquisition: Lectra Acquires Majority Stake in TextileGenesis for €15.2

Traceabilty sector just got the first big push as Lectra reported acquisition of 51% of the capital and voting rights of TextileGenesis for a whopping €15.2 million. The TextileGenesis system creates radical transparency from fibre to retail, and ensures authenticity & provenance of sustainable textiles against generics.