All Ingredients Brands articles
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News briefsLenzing promotes COO Kasperkovitz to CEO
Austrian cellulose fiber group returns to profit and bets on internal succession to hold its recovery course
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ArticleSympatex rescued, but the hard question remains
The brand survives, but whether Pidigi can fund the R&D needed to keep Sympatex competitive against Gore-Tex is the deal’s central open question.
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ArticleYKK joins ZDHC as signatory supplier in May 2026
YKK’s ZDHC membership brings chemical transparency to a supply chain tier brands rarely reach
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News briefsYKK wins Red Dot for 3D Composite Puller
The Japanese fastening giant partnered with Variloom to develop a customizable, bio-based zipper puller that sidesteps traditional molding entirely.
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News briefsVuori makes Tom Holland a financial partner
The British actor takes a creative, strategic and financial stake in the California activewear brand’s international expansion push.
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ArticleLifeLabs scales WarmLife with South Korean production partner
The San Francisco materials science company has enlisted a South Korean textile specialist to scale its temperature-regulating textile innovation
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News briefsHyosung TNC, sugarcane and the future of spandex
The world’s largest spandex maker is building a fully integrated sugarcane-to-fiber supply chain.
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ArticleRethinking how insulation handles moisture
Moisture is down insulation’s oldest enemy. Two suppliers debuted a system at Munich designed to fight it from both sides.
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ArticleBASF targets sports footwear outsoles with new material
Three-grade outsole material platform claims 41% lower carbon footprint than rubber, targeting running, hiking and lifestyle footwear manufacturers.
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ArticleLycra files for bankruptcy
The fiber supplier behind activewear and denim across global supply chains files with near-unanimous creditor backing for a 45-day restructuring.
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ArticleThermore launches T2T insulation made from textile waste
The Milan-based insulation supplier’s new free fiber draws 80% of its content from post-industrial textile scrap — not downcycled.
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ArticleAdvanced materials brand enters women’s activewear
The Hong Kong brand’s debut women’s range uses graphene-infused fabric designed to move from morning workouts to the office and back.
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ArticleWhy trade fairs are critical infrastructure in tariff-disrupted markets
Sporting goods manufacturers are rediscovering fairs as essential tools for material validation. LTP Group explains why tactile interaction has become a strategic necessity.
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ArticleEU’s new Ecodesign law takes effect
The new regulation requires companies to disclose discarded items and limit waste, with large firms required to comply by February 2027.
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ArticleLifeLabs and the science of a cooler swing
A materials science company chose golf, not Everest, to prove its cooling fabric works where people actually play. The strategy reveals how innovation reaches mass markets
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ArticleWHITESPACE partners with eVent for PFAS-free pants
This choice reinforces the brand’s commitment to sustainable technical materials in premium snowboarding apparel.
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ArticleRoica 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.
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ArticleLycra 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.
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ArticleLenzing, OceanSafe pioneer circular fiber
Lenzing and OceanSafe have teamed up to develop biodegradable performance fibers, setting new sustainability standards for global sportswear.
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ArticlePolartec® AirCore™: A new era of breathable, weather-resistant, stretchy, non-PFAS laminates
Polartec’s newest innovation merges cutting-edge nanofiber technology with sustainability.
