ESPOO - Recycled textile producer Infinited Fiber Company's regenerated Infinna fibre is to be made available to consumers for the first time in a limited collection of jeans from H&M brand Weekday.Just 64 pairs of the jeans, made with 50 per cent Infinna and 50 per cent organic cotton, go on sale on the brand's website tomorrow - Thursday 4th February - in what Infinited Fiber Company describe as a significant milestone.Infinna is chemically recycled from 100 per cent textile waste

Bluesign, a solution provider for a sustainable textile production, has completed 2020 revision of its chemical substances lists. Coming into effect on January 29, 2021, revision incorporates new scientific knowledge on the toxicological and ecological profile of substances, new legal classification of chemical substances, new legal consumer safety limits.Further, the revision also includes revised risk assessments based on the Bluesign Critera for chemical assessment, feedback from experts of t

MUNICH – Functional textile manufacturer Sympatex has increased the proportion of bio-based material content in its membrane to more than 25 per cent.The company says the achievement, which follows several years of research, involves sourcing bio-based materials from organic waste streams and will be rolled out this year."At the same time, Sympatex will ensure that the membrane not only retains its high performance values in terms of breathability as well as water- and windproofness, but al

NEW YORK – A new report published by the Changing Markets Foundation (CMF) says that the global fashion industry has become ‘dangerously dependant’ on cheap synthetic fibres.Fossil Fashion: The Hidden Reliance of Fashion on Fossil Fuelsestimates that based on the increasing use of synthetic fibres in the industry, predominantly in low-cost fast fashion, the material’s market share will grow from 69 to 73 per cent within the next 10 years – with polyester expected to account for 85 per cent of th

REINACH – Archroma has partnered with US-based CleanKore to improve the environmental credentials of denim through a new yarn dyeing process that claims to give jeans bright white abrasion effects without the need for hazardous potassium permanganate sprays.The new indigo ring-dyeing process works by altering the oxidation/immersion ratio of dyed yarns, coupled with tweaking processing speeds, to inhibit indigo dye penetration from the surface to the inside of the yarn. This then gives a circula

The latest episode of "Preferred Fabric from Textile City -- Live Stream Series of Suppliers"is going to be carried out from 9:30-10:30a.m. on February 4th. At that time,Guansong Textile,JiechuangTextile will show youcorduroyfabric and four way stretch fabric respectively.

THE HAGUE - A new initiative which aims to promote the transition towards a circular economy will launch tomorrow with proposals outlining the opportunities and barriers in key industries including textiles.The Circular Economy Action Agenda is led by PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy), a forum of more than 100 leading politicians, business leaders and NGOs.The project is launched online tomorrow, Thursday, 4th February, when a number of key figures will discuss how the variou

Fibretrace rolls out Fibre Impact Module (FIM) – an integrated benchmarking tool that collects impact data from farms including carbon emissions, water use, energy consumption and other environmental performance data as shared by farmers and their agronomists and third-party verified.Image Courtesy: www.ecotextile.comFIM is the evolution of Fibretrace, a tool launched in 2018 for establishing transparent textile supply chain through traceability. FIM combines traceability with impact measurement

A group of buyers engage in business simultaneously with more than 300 readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh, underscoring the industry's major vulnerability, a survey found. Zara, H&M, Li & Fung and Walmart are the top four brands out of 3,600 retailers that had business during the last four years with around 300 Bangladeshi RMG factories.Pic: ShutterstockKiK, C&A, Next, LPP, Kmart and Mango are the six brands that have been sourcing from more than 200 local garment fa

B-Flex has launched BF Windstop, a heat transfer vinyl for softshell. Softshell is a fibre with a very particular finish which makes customisation very difficult. It is made of polyester, and heat pressing can also cause dye migration in the fibre. The company offers heat transfer vinyl for various decoratives like standard vinyl, glitter, and printables.Pic: B-FLEXUp until now, there was not a heat transfer vinyl film specifically for this type of garment. For a heat transfer vinyl to work prop