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Ecobanner by GALE Pacific wins WOO award for sustainability
June 19th, 2024
GALE Pacific™, a technical fabric solutions provider based in Malborne, Australia, announced that Ecobanner has won the sustainability award at the World Out of Home Organization (WOO) Awards. The award was accepted by WOO’s partner oOh!media. The awards were announced at WOO’s annual Congress in Hong Kong and recognize innovation that marks an important step […]
FibreTrace announces partnership with Target and Cargill
June 18th, 2024
FibreTrace®, a real-time fiber traceability technology, has announced a partnership with Target Corp. and Cargill. FibreTrace integrates luminescent pigments into raw cotton during the initial stage of processing, creating a unique signature that enables the pigments to be tracked and identified across the supply chain. This data is then securely uploaded to Blockchain and shared […]
Juki America announces partnership with Coloreel
June 14th, 2024
Torbjörn Bäck (left), Coloreel CEO, and Masanori Awasaki (right), president and CEO Juki America. Image: Juki America/Coloreel Juki America, an industrial and domestic sewing machine manufacturer based in Tokyo, Japan, and Coloreel, a technology company based in Jönköping, Sweden, announced the two companies are partnering to expand Coloreel’s thread dyeing technology to the sewing industry. […]
The Mitchell Group names Roslyn Muney as director of brand strategies
June 13th, 2024
Roslyn Muney, The Mitchell Group's new director of brand strategies. Image: The Mitchell Group The Mitchell Group, a coated textile provider based in Chicago, Ill., announced that Roslyn Muney has joined the textile manufacturer as its new director of brand strategies. In her new role, Muney will primarily be responsible for identifying and targeting new […]
SPESA announces early bird registration open for 2024 Executive Conference
June 12th, 2024
The Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) announced the opening of early bird registration for the 2024 Executive Conference set for Oct. 8–10 at Le Mount Stephen in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Early bird registration is open until Friday, July 12. “Montréal is an exciting location for the 2024 Executive Conference,” says Michael […]
ATA Japan announces 30th Anniversary Celebration and Networking Event
June 11th, 2024
The Advanced Textiles Association Japan (ATA Japan) announced its 30th anniversary. To celebrate, ATA Japan will host a 30th Anniversary Celebration and Networking Event on July 18, 2024, at Hotel Hankyu International in Osaka, Japan. This milestone marks three decades of innovation, collaboration and growth within the advanced textiles industry. Event details Date: Thurs., July […]
Textiles from plant waste project is funded
June 10th, 2024
An academic researcher at the University of California, Riverside, has received a $1.45 million federal grant to advance the production of textiles from plant waste. The process, known as co-solvent-enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation (CELF), is described as a biomass pretreatment technology because it extracts lignin, a robust component of plant cell walls found in wood chips […]
DITF to participate in recycling wind turbine blades
June 10th, 2024
The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) is one of 14 partners from seven countries participating in an effort to deal with composite waste in the wind energy sector. Funded by Horizon Europe and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), “REWIND” stands for Efficient Decommissioning, Repurposing and Recycling to increase […]
Hiding in plain sight
June 10th, 2024
Everything we talk about on this site has to do with textiles in some way. It’s required when you work for an organization that represents the interests of those working in the textile industry. It is not required, however, that the textiles be obvious. They just have to be … in there somewhere … but […]
Textiles and alternative energy
June 10th, 2024
Pvilion's solar fabric combines shelter with power generation. Photo: Pvilion. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the amount of renewable capacity added to energy systems around the world grew by 50 percent in 2023, reaching almost 510 gigawatts (GW), with solar PV accounting for three-quarters of additions worldwide. The IEA forecasts that U.S. solar […]