Fiber & yarn
Fiber & yarn
Medical Textiles with Infection Protection
In collaboration with Heraeus, the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) are developing fibers and textiles with a novel infection protection system. The basis is an antimicrobial...
Fiber & yarn
Metsä Group’s Kuura Textile Fibre Shows Competitive Greenhouse Gas Emission Level
Metsä Group has completed a new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of its Kuura textile fibre. The assessment shows...
Fiber & yarn
New Acoustically Transparent Textile Crafted from Recycled Plastic Bottles
Global textile manufacturer and designer of contract fabrics, Camira has launched RePlay Zero 170, an acoustically transparent, wide...
Exhibition News
Focus on Market Opportunities: Techtextil and Texprocess 2026 with Adapted Hall Layout and New Product Areas
The leading international trade fairs Techtextil and Texprocess strengthen their offering for the upcoming edition from 21 to...
Fiber & yarn
The Good Cashmere Standard® (GCS) Launched Its Third Model Farm in Inner Mongolia, China
Supported by the North American textile company J.Crew and other partners in the textile chain, The Good Cashmere...
US cotton industry speaks out over China tariff threat
The increasingly fraught trading relationship between the United States and China has led to an outcry from the cotton growers of America for the...
Taiwan’s Far Eastern to acquire Texas polyester plant
Taiwanese polyester and textile maker Far Eastern New Century Corp (FENC) plans to spend $375 million to acquire a US-based polyester plant through a joint venture...
Idéal Fibres & Fabrics Comines (IFFC) receives Textile Industry Award
Idéal Fibres & Fabrics Comines received the Textile Industry Award during the award ceremony of the “Trophées de l’Industrie des Hauts-de-France” (Trophies of the...
Lenzing 2017 revenue increases 5.9% to 2.26 billion euro
For fiscal 2017, Lenzing Group, a supplier of global textile and nonwovens industry with high-quality, botanic cellulose fibres, has recorded revenue growth of 5.9 per cent...
Global interest in African cotton growing
Global interest in Africa is growing. The US and Russia don’t want to be sidelined in the Dark Continent by strategic super-investor China. At...
Total Testing Center is already a hit with spinners
Total Testing Center :: Integrated data analysis with USTER® TESTER 6 brings multiple advantages for owners, managers and yarn sellers
Uster, Switzerland, 20th March, 2018...
ITMF :: Extraneous Matter, Progress, but Still No Testing Instrument
ITMF International Committee on Cotton Testing Methods (ICCTM)The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with technology innovators in the private sector to...
EURATEX – New strategic course and leadership team
EURATEX is pleased to announce the launch of a new strategic course to strengthen the voice of the European textile and apparel industry with...
Kelheim Fibres gets USDA’s Biobased Product label
Kelheim Fibres
Kelheim Fibres :: The Bavarian Viscose specialty fibre manufacturer Kelheim Fibres has qualified for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The...
Demand for synthetic fibres grow faster than cotton to 2025
Demand for synthetic fibres
Demand for synthetic fibres: Consumer demand for textile products - including clothing and home textiles - will grow by 2.8% per...