Israel

Perspectives are varied, and it is not an open-and-shut case against US Prez Donald Trump as his political opponents would have us believe. The tariff calculations could be questionable and the unilateral announcement should be decried, but what’s amply clear is this: trade will never be the same again.

Research, experimentation, and countless iterations. Persistence, collaboration, and innovation, and then 2020 where it all began. The priority at the next-gen material science company, Balena, that develops high-performance biopolymer materials, is to continue disrupting the materials industry by innovating and developing cutting-edge circular materials to replace hazardous, non-compostable plastics currently used in various industries. Chief Executive Officer David Roubach talks products and the journey this far.

Israel’s Shenkar, an academic institution, has developed an innovative polymeric fibre or thread, that aims to assist future soldiers on the battlefield in dealing with toxic gas attacks by changing the colour of their clothing from yellow to green.

The number of polybags produced annually to store, transport and protect apparel and footwear stands at a staggering 180 billion. Fashion has a packaging problem too, and providing a sustainable solution is TIPA Corp with its compostable alternative. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daphna Nissenbaum talks about fashion’s problems and TIPA's innovative solutions.

The Red Sea crisis is far from over, and the fashion world is having a trying time grappling with it. What is now needed is a West Plus One policy—a sellers’ strategy. Keep supplying to the West, but build alternatives too so that you can export to others when routes to the West are disrupted.

Israel’s Sonovia is ready to install the revolutionary 100% reusable and hydrosulfite free dyeing technology at the industrial indigo dyeing line of Italy’s PureDenim.

Israeli archaeologists have discovered the earliest evidence of cotton in the ancient Near East during excavations at Tel Tsaf, a 7,000-year-old town in the Jordan Valley, the Times of Israel has reported.

With the debut of its cinnamon-scented slides – made entirely out of Balena's game-changing, fully compostable and biodegradable material – the company is setting new standards for durable, flexible and sustainable alternatives to plastics in fashion.

The commercialisation of the tech collaboration between fashion-forward Italy’s PureDenim and alpha geek Israel’s Sonovia to minimise use of water and enhance dye durability is expected in H2/2023. A texfash.com report.

Digital technology is key to unleashing creativity, answering the call for more sustainability, more precisely and cost-effectively answering consumer demands, and providing the process digitisation necessary to make onshoring/nearshoring profitable and eliminate unnecessary supply chain complexity and risk, says Ronen Samuel, the Chief Executive Officer at Kornit Digital. A texfash.com Special.