Sustainability issues drive many of the innovations in the advanced textiles market. Products, projects and new ideas that support a healthier environment are discussed here. THREAD X Timberland collection is sustainable and “doing good”
April 9, 2018
Hip-hop dancer Phillip Chbeeb and ballet dancer Renee Kester offer each other different styles of dance to cohesively tell one story, demonstrating their “free movement” in Timberland® Killington Oxfords featuring the brand’s SensorFlex™ comfort system. Photo: Timberland. Timberland® has launched a line of products that use Thread International PBC Inc.’s Ground
Read MoreMacy’s chooses MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®
April 5, 2018
The Hohenstein Institute has announced that Macy’s will bring MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® labels to select private brand sheets and towels. Macy’s says that selecting the MADE IN GREEN label is a way to make the company’s sustainability initiatives visible to shoppers. Because the label is traceable, customers can
Read MoreGOTS hosts U.S. textile industry roundtable
March 15, 2018
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) hosted a roundtable for the textile industry in Charleston, S.C., in March, headlined “Making a Business Case for GOTS Certification.“ The event attracted brands, trade associations, textile manufacturers, organic certification agencies and organic cotton farmers. They heard and discussed presentations on topics ranging from
Read MoreOIA launches new sustainability platform
March 12, 2018
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) announces that it has launched a new education and content platform under its sustainability pillar on outdoorindustry.org. The platform provides tools and resources created by the OIA Sustainability Working Group (SWG), which has been addressing supply chain issues for over a decade. The site launch
Read MorePolyOne drives textile sustainability with colorant technology
March 6, 2018
PolyOne Corp. announces that it continues to advance its fiber colorant technology, ColorMatrix™ Fiber Colorant Solutions, which helps textile manufacturers, converters and brands improve sustainability efforts, operational efficiencies and market response rates. The company’s clorant solutions combine colorants and specialized melt-spinning equipment to provide an adaptive, innovative system for coloring
Read MoreCostco picks OEKO-TEX® standard for product screening
February 26, 2018
Costco has announced a partnership with the Hohenstein Group to integrate STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® certification into its Smart Screening Program to ensure safe, traceable and sustainable products. The program is designed to protect consumer and environmental health by removing chemicals of concern (COCs) from the products offered in Costco
Read MoreRICOSTA shoes will have Sympatex eco-friendly linings
February 26, 2018
Sympatex Technologies announces that RICOSTA shoes will use Sympatex 100 percent recycled lining materials in creating its eco-friendly children’s shoes. The linings consist of global recycled standard or bluesign® certified polyester fibers made from recycled PET bottles. According to Sympatex, compared to producing 1 kilogram of new polyester fibers, the
Read MoreTextile coating system without C8 developed
February 12, 2018
In response to the imminent ban on C8 fluorocarbon technology, due to emissions of PFOS and PFOA, Nano-Care Deutschland has developed a new textile coating system for water and oil repellency. The company set out to retain high standards of oil repellency while eliminating long-chain fluorination, the company says. The
Read MoreGeoTyping DNA tagging traces global cotton substitution
February 9, 2018
The GeoTyping Beta Program uses a known library of biomarkers that designate the DNA fingerprint of the cotton cultivar, including genus, species and one of 70 different geographic-cultivar-dependent genotypes.Applied DNA Sciences has announced its GeoTyping Beta Program. Cotton samples may be submitted during the month of February by brands and
Read MoreTransparency, systemic incentives to offset textile waste
February 7, 2018
A recent report by Reverse Resources says that an average of 25 percent of resources used to manufacture fabrics and garments is wasted. The company is offering ideas about how to reduce that figure. In an article in Raw Materials, researchers don’t pin the inefficiency on factories or label it
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