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EasyTurf unveils eco-friendly artificial grass fiber
January 31, 2014 | EcoNote
EasyTurf, Vista, Calif., will soon unveil its artificial grass fiber innovation, Marquee Fiber. The new product is a result of FieldTurf’s innovative Precision Polymer Geometry (PPG) technology, their latest line of environmentally-friendly, soft, resilient artificial grass fibers along with EasyT…
EasyTurf unveils eco-friendly artificial grass fiber
January 31, 2014 | EcoNote
EasyTurf, Vista, Calif., will soon unveil its artificial grass fiber innovation, Marquee Fiber. The new product is a result of FieldTurf’s innovative Precision Polymer Geometry (PPG) technology, their latest line of environmentally-friendly, soft, resilient artificial grass fibers along with EasyT…
Bio-based faux leather in development
January 27, 2014 | EcoNote
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products announces that Susterra® 1,3-propanediol (PDO) has been selected by Poliser, a division of the Flokser Group, as the biobased building block material for its new artificial leather fabric containing about 70 percent biocontent. The new eco-friendly artificial l…
GreenSource: Sustainable water quality
January 21, 2014 | EcoNote
Local officials and the South African Water Research Commission worry about water quality and quantity in the northwest province of South Africa. Severe drought and groundwater pollution from mining, industrial activity and agricultural irrigation raise serious concerns about drinking water supplies…
OEKO-TEX® releases webinar on STeP
January 11, 2014 | EcoNote
The International OEKO-TEX® Association has produced a prerecorded webinar providing information on the new OEKO-TEX® STeP certification system for sustainable textile production operations. The webinar entitled “STeP by OEKO-TEX®: Sustainable Textile Production” is presented in English and i…
Trützschler and Voith awarded quality certificate
January 11, 2014 | EcoNote
Voith Paper and Trützschler Nonwovens recently reached an important milestone: a nonwovens fabric from the jointly developed production process successfully passed the official INDA and EDANA test, and became certified as “flushable.” For the producers, this has been a small but economicall…
Archroma’s sustainability service honored
December 10, 2013 | EcoNote
Archroma, a producer of color and specialty chemicals, today announced that its ONE WAY sustainability service has been honored with the ICIS Innovation Award for Best Business Innovation. The service is being recognized for its approach to textile manufacturing based on the conviction that both eco…
Heytex offers new foam-coated textile blockout
November 12, 2013 | EcoNote
German fabric manufacturer Heytex offers HEYblue® digitex® eclipse, the first foam-coated textile blockout in five-meter widths, and a new definition of reproduction quality for large-format prints. Developed for demanding applications, it serves as an absolutely reflection-free and opaque blockou…
Sustainability revitalizes New England manufacturer
November 12, 2013 | EcoNote
The “Cool Globes” exhibits in Boston, Mass., promote sustainability through artistic expression. One particular globe, created by artist, Karen Ami, is titled “Manufacturing a Green Way.” American Engineered Fabrics Inc. (AEF), New Bedford, Mass., embodies this message with its 1…