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Repreve introduces two new recycled textile offerings
August 26th, 2024
Unifi, based in Greensboro, N.C., has launched two new products it calls “regenerated performance polyester.” The company is the maker of Repreve recycled polyester. The white, dyeable polyester filament is made of 100 percent recycled polyester feedstock, with at least 50 percent coming from textile waste, rather than single-use plastic bottles. Similar to Repreve’s black […]
Partnership will scale up decarbonized, circular polyester
June 24th, 2024
Hyosung TNC, sustainable textile maker, says that it has partnered with Ambercycle, a material science company, to become the first manufacturer in South Korea to introduce a textile-to-textile, circular polyester into supply chains. The collaboration advances the partners' shared vision of a circular textile ecosystem that repurposes end-of-life products into high-performing fibers for brands looking to curb […]
The future of polyester (as we know it)
April 24th, 2023
HeiQ AeoniQ™ has been commercialized by Hugo Boss. Photo: Hugo Boss Where would we be without polyester textiles? Fibers created from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are ubiquitous in our apparel, home furnishings, automotive, filtration and personal care industries. In 2021, they represented 57.57 percent of the global fiber market, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. […]
Teijin offers recycled fiber breakthrough
May 7th, 2021
Fibre manufacturer Teijin has developed technology to mass produce a new version of its Nanofront ultra-fine polyester. The Japanese company has described Nanofront as the world’s first nanofiber to be made from recycled polyester raw materials. It also said that the new technology it has developed will enable it to produce all of its polyester […]
Hyosung expands recycled fiber offerings
July 27th, 2020
Fiber manufacturer Hyosung has expanded its 100 percent recycled fiber offering. In addition to its Global Recycle Standard (GRS) 100 percent recycled creora® regen spandex collection, the company will present a series of new recycled polyester and nylon yarns in the coming weeks. These new products include 100 percent recycled regen askin polyester with cooling […]
Argar ONE
May 28th, 2019
Argar put a spotlight on the technical and sustainability characteristics of its product line, ONE, at a hands-on meeting at Techtextil 2019,a recent Innovation in Textilesarticle reported. To meet the goal of creating textiles with lower impacts on the environment, ONE fabrics use recycled PET and organic cotton that are GRS and GOTS certified, meeting criteria for […]
Piave Maitex new line: Again
May 23rd, 2019
Italian knitted fashion fabrics producer Piave Maitex recently launched a new line called Again. Piave Maitex is a European producer of elastic fabrics, underwear fabrics and sportswear fabrics. The dyeable and transfer printable fabrics are designed to combine functionality with sustainable features in performing jerseys, a recentKnitting Industryarticle reports. Two Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified […]
Adidas aims to eliminate virgin polyester by 2024
July 30th, 2018
Sportswear manufacturer adidas wants all its clothing and footwear products to use only recycled polyester, sportstextiles.com reports. “Our goal is to get rid of virgin polyester overall by 2024,” Eric Liedtke, adidas’ head of global brands, told the Financial Times. He explained that, because of the volume of polyester used in the company’s footwear and […]