Germany

The much-awaited VORN – The Berlin Fashion Hub kicked off last month. The Hub intends to become just that—a hub—for positive change in the fashion industry. The Hub would be a physical and digital space to create, communicate and teach collaboratively. Marte Hentschel, Co-CEO (Operations & Business Development), tells texfash.com what the Hub will look like.

RITTEC Umwelttechnik GmbH, based in Lüneburg, Germany, has succeeded in recycling textiles containing polyester and creating new textiles from the material itself. A digital product passport is one of the highlights of the project.

The current level of supply chain transparency in the leather and allied industries is dramatically low. Only 29 of the 100 major companies surveyed provide some information about their supplier base. And no, luxury brands are not frontrunners. A texfash.com report.

A report from the Sorting for Circularity Europe project says that as much as 74%—a total of 494,000 tonnes—of low-value, post-consumer textiles is readily available for fibre-to-fibre recycling in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. texfash.com reports.

The textile services sector, especially industrial laundries, which provide critical support to the healthcare and hospitality industries could be severely hit by the ongoing energy crisis in Europe. Many of these units are SMES and stand in the danger of having to shutter down if energy prices are not immediately capped.

Ethiopia, China, and Germany have renewed their commitment to scale up their triangular cooperation aiming at improving the environmental, social, and labour standards in the textile sector in Ethiopia and beyond. texfash.com reports.

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.