It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Marina Crnoja-Cosic

Event Roundup / Textile ETP

19 May 2025

6 minutes

The 2025 Textile ETP Annual Conference in Alcoy made one thing clear: regulation alone will not drive the textile industry’s transformation. Rather, it will be the decisions and collective actions of researchers, innovators, businesses, and policymakers that shape a sustainable future.

Decarbonisation in Textile Finishing: Engineering Solutions for a High-Impact Transition

The leitmotif across panels and presentations at the just-concluded 19th edition of the Textile ETP Annual Conference in the Spanish city of Alcoy was unmistakable: the textile sector is hungry for specifics. Companies—large and small—are calling for clearer guidelines, harmonised standards, and structured pathways to circularity and digital transition.

Hilde Heim

Report

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

25 March 2025

3 minutes

Textile ETP will co-lead this partnership, working closely with the European Commission and all European textile innovation stakeholders.

European Commission Boosts Textile Innovation with Launch of Dedicated Funding Programme

Brussels, Belgium: A major step in the implementation of the European Partnership for Textiles of the Future has been taken, as the European Commission and Textile ETP now begin the signature process of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Once signed, the partnership will be officially launched to drive sustainability, circularity, and innovation...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

5 September 2023

2 minutes

Through its Open Innovation approach, Kelheim Fibres fosters the exchange of ideas and knowledge to jointly develop sustainable solutions for the future.

Kelheim Fibres and MagnoLab join forces for Textile Innovation and Sustainability

Kelheim, Germany: The viscose specialty fibre manufacturer Kelheim Fibres has entered into a collaboration with MagnoLab, an international network of companies in the textile industry based in the Biella region. This partnership highlights the importance of collaboration between different companies to drive innovation and sustainability in the...

Fibre Innovation / Kelheim Fibres

26 June 2023

8 minutes

Kelheim Fibres sees two paths to make hygiene products more sustainable. First, by producing conventional single-use products using biobased materials instead of synthetics, thus making them biodegradable. Second, by replacing single-use products with reusable alternatives, ideally also based on biodegradable materials.

We All Need to Provide Facts and Figures that Underpin LCA and Recycling Processes

A leading manufacturer of specialty viscose fibres, Kelheim Fibres GmbH, has a portfolio of functional biodegradable viscose fibres for unique products. Marina Crnoja-Cosic, Director – New Business Development (Marketing & Communication) talks to texfash.com about the ongoing innovation, the route taken on sustainability and how the market for viscose is shaping up.

Richa Bansal

Interview

Exclusive

Innovation / Bio-based Nonwovens

21 June 2022

2 minutes

The Techtextil Award is intended to make cutting-edge developments visible, promote unconventional thinking and intensify the dialogue between researchers, manufacturers, and users—and thus exactly matches the philosophy of the fibre expert.

Kelheim Fibres wins Techtextil Innovation Award for Bio-based Nonwovens in Reusable Textiles

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.

Staff Writer

Cellulose Fibre and Sustainable Textiles 2025