Fibres

Wood-based specialty fibres major Lenzing Group has launched the Lenzing Ecovero with Refibra technology which identifies the fibre at every stage of the supply chain, ensuring traceability and transparency, and empowering brands and retailers to enable consumers to make informed purchases.

The spider’s web-spinning process has been used by researchers at the National University of Singapore to develop strong, stretchable, and electrically conductive soft fibres that can be used to make smart, functional textiles.

Sustainable forest management has become increasingly critical as the role of man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCFs) gains currency as preferred materials that play a vital role in the textile-fashion industry's efforts to embrace environmentally responsible and socially accountable approaches. A whitepaper by PEFC or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification equips brands and retailers on how to advance the traceability of MMCF materials.

A US-headquartered startup that’s harnessing nature’s blueprints for function and colour to create regenerative fibres that plug and play in today’s fashion industry, has announced a $3.7M seed funding to develop the company’s first product — biodegradable protein fibres.

Japan's Teijin Frontier has announced that it has developed a new foreign material removal technology that eliminates both polyurethane (PU) elastomer fibre and dyes from discarded polyester apparel.

In sync with the UNEP Ecosystem Restoration narrative, removing the “and/or” approach, global nonprofit Textile Exchange has updated the term “Preferred” to include a fibre or raw material that delivers consistently reduced impacts and increased benefits for climate, nature, and people, through a holistic approach to transforming production systems.

Natural Fiber Welding— the name says much about NFW’s vision for a world that will be material-rich and plastic-free. The people behind it claim to be “obsessed with leaving the world better than we found it” and so they are on a mission to invent and “manufacture shockingly sustainable materials” from plants. The CEO & Founder of NFW Luke Haverhals tells texfash.com how he is leading his company “a moonshot systems-level shift away” from petroleum-derived products and toxic chemistries.

With less than 1% of the global fibre market from pre- and post-consumer recycled textiles in 2021, the untethered production will ensure that the industry does not stay within the 1.5° pathway, the Preferred Fiber & Materials Market Report warns.

The Lycra Company, a global leader in developing innovative fibre and technology solutions for the textile and apparel industry, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Qore to enable the world’s first large-scale commercial production of bio-derived spandex using Qira.

Come 14 September and the city of Dornbirn in west Austria will play host to the 61st edition of the Dornbirn-Global Fiber Congress (GFC) 2022 — a three-day showcase of fibre innovations and deep dive sessions on sustainability, circular economy, recycling, smart functional surfaces, nonwovens, apparel & sports.