Ingredient Brands
WHITESPACE partners with eVent for PFAS-free pants
This choice reinforces the brand’s commitment to sustainable technical materials in premium snowboarding apparel.
Roica brings sustainable stretch back to ISPO
At ISPO Munich, Roica by Asahi Kasei will showcase degradable, recycled and mass-balance stretch fibers developed with seven European partners – reinforcing its sustainability mission.
Lycra opens its largest spandex plant, in China
The Lycra Company has opened its largest spandex factory in Ningxia Province, China, representing a €90 million investment to meet rising demand in the Asia-Pacific region.
Lenzing, OceanSafe pioneer circular fiber
Lenzing and OceanSafe have teamed up to develop biodegradable performance fibers, setting new sustainability standards for global sportswear.
Polartec® AirCore™: A new era of breathable, weather-resistant, stretchy, non-PFAS laminates
Polartec’s newest innovation merges cutting-edge nanofiber technology with sustainability.
Ortholite CEO Glenn Barrett: Some customers are pulling orders forward
Ortholite’s CEO shares insights on how his brand partners are reacting to the current geopolitical situation.
eVent Fabrics unveils high-performance laminate solution for a PFAS-free future
“We believe we have developed one of the first PFAS-free alternatives that is on par with long-lasting, high-quality PTFE,” says Chad Kelly, President of eVent about their new laminate solution.
Anti-synthetics group forms in US Congress
The Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus was established in the US House of Representatives on June 27. Among its founding members are Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Chellie Pingree (Maine), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (California), Grace Meng (New York), Julia Brownley (California) and Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler (New York) – all of whom belong to ...
Metamorfish makes customization infinite: “Everyone saw it as science fiction”
The problem with a bad fit could soon be over. Metamorfish has created a material with infinite customization possibilities.
BASF and Inditex unveil Loopamid, a circular Nylon 6 based entirely on textile waste
BASF and Inditex jointly announced on Jan. 23 a breakthrough in promoting circularity in the textile industry. With the launch of Loopamid, a Polyamide 6 (a synthetic polymer widely used in numerous textile applications due to its excellent mechanical properties and versatility, also known as Nylon 6) made from 100 ...
ASRV and Hyosung collaborate with tech-fabric
California-based ASRV, known for using advanced textiles to enhance consumer lifestyles, has once again embraced innovation for this year’s winter season. This time, they’ve incorporated Creora Aerosilver technology, developed by South Korea-based sustainable textile solutions provider Hyosung.
More industry stakeholders join Spiber to build global circularity solution
Spiber Inc. announced and welcomed new partnerships with DyStar, Kering’s Material Innovation Lab (MIL), Eileen Fisher Inc. and Johnstons of Elgin at the Biofabricate materials conference in Paris on Jan. 12-14. The companies joined Spiber’s Biosphere Circulation project, which presents a pioneering methodology for regenerating biobased and biodegradable textile and ...
YKK launches 3D configurator
YKK, the global fastening manufacturer, along with Vntana, a 3D Infrastructure Platform, has announced the launch of a 3D trim configurator to make it easier for brands to visualize trim options, design trims, and generate item codes instantly. The new platform, YKK Trim Creator, aims to bring standardization and efficiency ...
Polygiene posts higher net sales in Q1, sees decline in operating profit
Polygiene reported a rise in first-quarter sales, despite ongoing difficulties due to inflation, supply-chain constraints and the war in Ukraine. The Swedish firm reported net sales of 45.1 million Swedish kronor (€4.3m) for the three months to March 31, an increase of 7.5 percent compared to the same period last ...
JP Modatex premiers stretch linen with DuPont Sonora fibers
JP Modatex, an Indian manufacturer of premium and specialty ring spun yarns for apparel and home textiles, has managed to blend linen fibers with DuPont’s Sonora stable fibers, a partially plant-based polymer material, to create ring-spun linen-based yarns and fabrics that offer comfort stretch. As linen is so far impossible ...
Ortholite hires chief brand officer
U.S. insole specialist OrthoLite has hired Kristin Kohler Burrows as its new chief brand officer, a newly created position. Burrows joins the OrthoLite and Cirql teams with experience at footwear brands including Converse, Keds, Adidas, Fila and G.H. Bass, and was most recently a management consultant in the consumer and ...
Allied Feather + Down releases first down capsule collection in the U.S.
Allied Feather + Down has announced the U.S. drop of its first down jacket capsule collection. It will be available on Allied’s Zero Degrees North website. The collection of four jackets, originally released exclusively to the Japanese market this past autumn, is described as blurring the line “between outdoor performance ...
Hugo Boss invests in HeiQ Aeonic, Lycra opts for exclusive distribution rights
The German luxury fashion brand Hugo Boss AG has invested $5 million in HeiQ AeoniQ LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of London-listed HeiQ Plc) and an additional $4 million based on performance milestone agreements. Boss is the first company to acquire shares in the new continuous cellulosic yarn that is being ...
Primaloft
PrimaLoft, Inc., an advanced materials technology solutions company based in Latham, New York with offices in Munich, Germany and Xiamen, China, is the world leader in research and innovative development of comfort solutions with high performance insulations and fabrics. The PrimaLoft® brand, a registered trademark of PrimaLoft, Inc., delivers feel-good ...
Polygiene
Polygiene Stays Fresh Technology is the leading internationally recognized supplier of odor control and freshness technologies for clothing, gear and other materials. They bring the Scandinavian values of quality and care for the environment to life through their products and services. They stand for innovation and technology and provide service ...
