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Karl Mayer opens Textile Innovation Center

Karl Mayer, based in Germany, has officially launched its
Textile Innovation Center (TIC), marking an important step
toward advancing global textile innovation and collaboration. The
facility was inaugurated during a special opening...

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Aegis Fibretech develops material for fusion neutron shielding

Aegis Fibretech, a spin-out from the University of Birming
ham, has presented early test results showing that its new
electrospun materials can capture and contain neutrons gener
ated in nuclear fusion processes after they slow down.<...

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Accelerating Circularity to improve T2T recycling collaboration

Accelerating Circularity has introduced Textile-to-Textile
Circularity Foundations, an in-person workshop designed to
improve coordination and practical implementation in textile-to
textile recycling systems. The programme focuses on...

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Fashion for Good launches  Project FAE to strengthen  textile recyclin23/05/2026

Fashion for Good launches Project FAE to strengthen textile recyclin

Fashion for Good has introduced Project FAE (Feedstock
Activation Europe) to build the sorting and pre-processing
systems required to convert non-re-wearable post-consumer tex
tiles into textile-to-textile recycling at a larger scale...

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Claras Materials LLC to strengthen textile supply for recycling

Claras Materials LLC has announced its launch as a spe
cialised supply chain company focused on post-consumer
textile raw materials. The company aims to support the grow
ing chemical recycling and fibre-to-fibre (T2T) sectors, which <...

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Kornit acquires PrintFactory and launches the Atlas Matrix

At its recent Konnections 2026 event held in Hollywood,
Florida, Kornit Digital unveiled the new Atlas Matrix uni
fied digital production system and simultaneously announced
the aquisition of PrintFactory, a Netherlands-based technol...

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TJX Companies removes fur, angora, mohair from its products

TJX Companies, the parent company of TJ Maxx and TK
Maxx, has decided to remove all natural fur from its col
lections. This includes angora, which comes from rabbits, and
mohair, which is sourced from angora goats.
The decision fo...

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Dual-coating Tacnera from Freudenberg

Freudenberg Performance Materials is launching Tacnera – a
new technology for silicone foam dressings used in advanced
wound care.Unlike classic silicone adhesive layers, Tacnera
combines polyurethane foam, a proprietary coating t...

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Nanofibre route to PFOA capture

Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered a re
newable, bio-based polymer membrane capable of efficiently
capturing toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water and offering a
potential new route to more sustainable water tre...

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Walmart backing for unspun

Leading brands including Walmart have signed letters of support
for San Francisco-based unspun’s plan to build domestic manu
facturing capacity in the USA, using an AI-enabled 3D weaving tech
nology designed to bring apparel manufac...

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Robots also need protection

Recently concluded Texprocess exhibition in Frankfurt, workwear
manufacturer Alsico EU and design software specialist Style3D/
Assyst attracted considerable attention by demonstrating two hu
manoid robots in protective clothing develo...

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Dimension-Polyant launches hyperTEC Series

As the market leader in high performance fabrics for packs
and technical gear, the team behind X-Pac fabrics is
introduing hyperTEC, the brand’s latest family of advanced per
formance fabrics engineered for demanding applications s...

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Cool-to-the-touch Bailey from Outlast

Outlast Technologies is introducing a new fabric called Bailey
which combines an exceptionally high heat absorption
capacity with a naturally cooling surface.
Excess body heat is absorbed instantly, creating a noticeably
cool sen...

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LSKD to adopt enzymatically recycled nylon 6.6

Australian activewear brand LSKD has signed a ten-year
partnership with circular materials innovator Samsara Eco
to integrate enzymatically recycled nylon 6.6 into its product
range.
Under the partnership, LSKD will transition ke...

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Alternative to activated carbon

Biomaterials startup Adsorbi, based in Gothenburg, Sweden,
has announced the commercial launch of Arbomax, a new
family of high-capacity cellulose-based filter media engineered
for active airflow environments.
The company is also...

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