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Karl-Heinz Vaassen

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

10 June 2024

 3 minutes
The innovation is called CASCADE and focuses on steam as a heating medium in cylinder dryers. And for good reason: according to the IPCC report by ITMF Zurich, one tonne of steam cost between USD 20 and just under USD 27 internationally in 2021.

CASCADE: A Karl Mayer Group Solution for Verifiable Inline Energy Recycling on Sizing Machines and Dyeing Systems

OBERTSHAUSEN, GERMANY: Energy consumption is an important success factor for textile companies. For finishing companies, it can lead to costs of up to 15% of turnover. The industry average for energy expenditure is around 5%. 

For both economic and sustainability reasons, manufacturers are increasingly looking for innovative technical solutions...
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Event Roundup / EU Green Week Report
This year’s theme at the EU Green Week from 3-5 June, ‘Circular Solutions for a Competitive EU’ – emphasised the 3 Cs: Clean, Competitive, and Circular.

EU Green Week 2025 Signals Shift from Circular Economy Policy to Action

  • Tom Voege

9 June 2025
Snapshot / Recycling Crisis / I Feature
The textile recycling market is projected to grow, but investment remains concentrated in companies that can demonstrate material flow predictability

The Data Divide: How Traceability Gaps Are Crushing Textile Recycling Economics

  • Subir Ghosh

2 June 2025
 
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Supply Chains / Risks & Resilience Report
A key theme that was apparent across numerous panels is that it is no longer acceptable to send a supplier manual and request an audit alone. Tailored risk assessments and mitigation strategies are required.

What Brands Must Learn from Suez, Stoll and Space: A New Supply Chain Reality

  • Samantha Taylor

13 June 2025
Leader Speak / Alison Ward Interview
Sustainability in cotton supply chains is not just about reducing harm — it's about creating positive outcomes for people and planet. From empowering farmers and transforming processing, to ensuring brand accountability and consumer education, every stage must evolve in tandem.

Inside CottonConnect’s Push for Traceability and Sustainability in Global Cotton

  • Richa Bansal

12 June 2025
 
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Under Scanner / Nike Wage Theft Analysis
Without binding frameworks, supply chains will continue to operate on a model of plausible deniability and race-to-the-bottom pricing.

Nike's Unpaid Wages and Erosion of Corporate Credibility in Global Supply Chains

  • Special Correspondent

8 May 2025
Solutions / Recycling Crisis / V Interview
Cetia can sort the garments by composition and colour to obtain a homogeneous deposit for processing, and then run this deposit through its automated unravelling line. This line enables mechanical unravelling. Another approach is to consider “intelligent” dismantling to deconstruct a garment. It is currently developing an intelligent dismantling line to separate the various textile fabrics from elements such as buttons, zips, etc., so that each element can be recycled in its proper recycling route.

Inside Cetia’s Breakthroughs in Shoe Dismantling and Textile Sorting Technologies

  • Subir Ghosh

5 June 2025
 
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