RTI International, LOOM Carbon announce research collaboration

December 18, 2025  |  Industry News, News

RTI International, an independent scientific research institute, and LOOM Carbon have announced a strategic research collaboration. The partnership will enable the scaling of LOOM’s proprietary thermal chemical recycling platform, which turns non-recycled and hard-to-recycle textile waste into su…
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Registration opens for 2026 Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference

December 18, 2025  |  Industry News, News

Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) has announced that early bird registration is open for its 2026 Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference. The conference will take place on Tues., April 14, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. The event will be hosted at the Columbus …
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SuperCircle raises $24 million series A to scale retail waste management operating system

December 17, 2025  |  Industry News, News

SuperCircle, a textile waste management platform for retail brands, announced that the company has received $24 million in Series A funding led by Foundry. Other investors included BBG Ventures, Renewal Fund and Elemental Impact. The funding will allow SuperCircle to expand its artificial intelligen…
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AFFOA product accelerator program accepting project proposals

December 16, 2025  |  Industry News, News

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) announced the third round of its Product Accelerator for Functional Fabrics (PAFF 3.0). The program provides U.S textile manufacturers and startups access to AFFOA’s technical expertise and resources, with AFFOA covering labor costs enabled by gov…
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Shawmut releases life-cycle assessment system for automotive textiles

December 12, 2025  |  Industry News

Shawmut Corporation has launched Shawmut Insights™, a proprietary life-cycle assessment (LCA) system that provides detailed visibility into the environmental impact of automotive and industrial textile products. Shawmut Insights is designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier …
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Indorama Ventures, Jiaren Chemical Recycling announce partnership

December 11, 2025  |  Company News, News

Indorama Ventures’ fibers business and Jiaren Chemical Recycling have formed a joint venture to accelerate circularity in the global textile industry. Both partners plan to leverage the joint venture to unlock up to 100,000 tonnes (110,231 U.S. tons) of textile-recycled PET spinning capacity annua…
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Navis TubeTex announces U.S. partnership with Icomatex

December 10, 2025  |  Company News, News

Navis TubeTex has announced a new partnership with Icomatex, a European manufacturer of stenters and textile finishing equipment. Under the agreement, Navis TubeTex will become the exclusive U.S. representative for the Icomatex stenter line. Navis TubeTex will now offer two complementary stenter pla…
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Archroma, Innovo Fiber partner to expand Fibre52 technology

December 9, 2025  |  Company News, News

Archroma, a global specialty chemicals company, and Innovo Fiber LLC, owner of the patented Fibre52® system, have announced a distribution partnership to expand Fibre52 technology to mills and brands worldwide. When paired with Archroma’s AVITERA® SE reactive dye range, the combined system reduc…
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