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BioAce is part of a EU programme to develop high performance sportswear production of which will reduce overall emissions, waste and water compared to the production of garments made from virgin, petroleum-based synthetic fibres. texfash.com reports.

A survey of 19,000 consumers across the US, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, China, India and Brazil, has found that consumers are not paying a premium for "sustainable" products yet. About 70% admitted to feeling wary of corporate sustainability claims and commitments.

Munich Fabric Start is a big event, packed with diverse and distinct verticals within the event ecosystem. See this in the backdrop of the array of exhibitors and the diversity of visitors, and, presto, it becomes an indubitable place to gauge the pulse of the industry and palpable elements that will become trends in the near future. The best person to throw light on all this is Sebastian Klinder, Managing Director of Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH. A conversation with texfash.com.

It was a lot about price factor and innovations as the curtains came down on the three-day Munich Fabric Start. A post-event update.

The 36th International Cotton Conference will be embedded inside a Cotton Week. With the motto ‘Cotton Decoded’, the event will explore cotton research as well as a wide range of topics along the entire supply chain.

The three-day Munich Fabric Start event kicked off on Tuesday confirming its standing as one of the most important European fabric fairs and trend authority: full exhibition halls, exciting highlights and innovations, new areas and a large number of visitors comprising international buyers, designers and product managers.

Vegan, completely biodegradable and produced with bio-fabrication, AMSilk’s products are environment friendly and make a significant contribution to a future zero-waste society. Ulrich Scherbel, Managing Director at AMSilk, the world’s leading supplier of innovative high-performance biotech materials, talks to texfash.com about how he aims to make smart performing biotech materials part of everyday life.

Munich Fabric Start has unveiled a one-stop solution for holistic fashion sourcing at this year's event later this month. The new feature for international manufacturing, which will be running concurrently with Munich Fabric Start and Bluezone, is called ‘The Source’.

Kelheim Fibres GmbH from Kelheim in Bavaria and the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI) in Chemnitz have been awarded the Techtextil Innovation Award in the 'New Concept' category for the development of novel, thermally bonded nonwovens based on cellulose for the production of reusable products with high absorbency.

In March this year, Fashion Council Germany (FCG) published a landmark report on the environmental impact of the German fashion industry titled German Fashion Footprint. The first of a kind, the report is a treasure trove of information. The Council's Managing Director Scott Lipinski talks about the lessons learnt and the way forward in this freewheeling interview.