WSA & Sportstextiles

07/06/2024

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Houdini measures up to planetary boundaries

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Houdini Sportswear

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Salomon lands on the Champs-Élysées

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Salomon

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VF hires luxury veteran as president of TNF

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VF Corporation

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Boardriders finds new home in Europe

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Boardriders ZA

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Novel waterless dyeing solution for cellulosics

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Lenzing Group

31/05/2024

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AAG commits to decarbonisation programme

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Active Apparel Group

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Etam Olympics capsule sports a Pyratex fabric

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ETAM ®

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New marketing manager for Hyosung Europe

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Performance Textiles

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Cradle to Cradle to release new standard

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Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

24/05/2024

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Novel closed loop material concept

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International - Solucell

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Egypt: UNIDO unveils roadmap for circular textiles

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UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO Egypt

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Industry boost for Bloom Labs

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Mental health focus as Champion enters weighted wearables market

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Champion USA

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On trots out new Cyclon references

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17/05/2024

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Almond waste colours Vollebak’s latest collection

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Vollebak

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Wool value chain in France prepares to unveil new structure

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Haider Ackermann joins high-flying Canada Goose

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Canada Goose

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Textile recycling start-up secures investment from Decathlon

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’elit

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First Indian brand signs up to Bluesign

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bluesign technologies Technosport

10/05/2024

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Emissions reduction success for VAUDE



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Hilke Anna Patzwall

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Arvind’s new textiles president charged with expansion

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Arvind Limited

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Q1 results show Lenzing Group ‘heading in the right direction’

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Solid quarter from Acushnet

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Acushnet Company FootJoy Acushnet Company / Titleist Golf Titleist

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Taiwanese tie-up takes Lycra further along road to reduced impact

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The LYCRA brand Company DAIREN CHEMICAL CORPORATION.

28/03/2024

Ventile's first job was to save lives. During the Second World War, British fighter pilots were sent on reconnaissance missions, taking off from merchant ships. But with no way to land back on the ships, ejecting into the sea was treacherous and the outlook was grim: only 20% survived the cold water. The Royal Air Force realised they needed new clothing, and the Shirley Institute in Manchester developed the tightly woven material using extra-long staple cotton which proved a game changer for the pilots: once wearing Ventile, the survival rate jumped to 80%.

This fabric, initially made in the UK but now under the ownership of Switzerland-based Stotz & Co, has since found itself a home in some high-end global brands, keen to harness the power of the natural performance fabric. WSA caught up with Daniel Odermatt, Ventile brand director, to find out how the company not only keeps its relevance over 80 years but is also adapting to demand for eco offerings and embarking on a steep growth trajectory.

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28/03/2024

Cannes-based show MarediModa prides itself on offering premium fabrics for the swimwear sector. The longstanding heritage of the exhibitors was reflected in the high-quality and skilful fabric offerings.

WSA spoke to Alistair Williamson, The LYCRA Company’s vice-president of Europe and South Asia, about the company’s recent developments and strategy.

Plus, we learn about the summer 2025 collections from some of Europe’s leading textiles manufacturers, including Sensitive® Fabrics by Eurojersey, Taiana, Wegal & Tricotel S.p.A. and EUSEBIO S.R.L.

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The Cannes-based show prides itself on offering premium fabrics for the swimwear sector. The longstanding heritage of..read more

19/03/2024

Adidas Golf has introduced a new material that uses a mechanical process to add stretch to a fabric without adding elastane. The yarns are coiled, or twisted, to act like micro-springs within the fabric structure.

https://sportstextiles.com/News/167983

12/03/2024

The latest issue of WSA is now available now!

How effective are at breaking down synthetic and making them and reusable? We look at the latest developments.

Cooking oils and fruit stones are among new raw materials being harnessed to make auxiliaries; we also examine agricultural waste, including from pineapple and banana, that could be spun into .

Under Armour and Celanese tell us how a multi-year R&D project has resulted in a stretch fibre that can be recycled; and we hear from Polartec how its partially bio-derived nylon product is gaining traction in the cycling and outdoor sectors.

We examine some of the big brands’ sustainability targets and consider how their elite shoes fit into their ethos, while Equip’s Debbie Read tells us about the expansion of Rab’s down recycling programme.

This issue closes with an eye-opening Dialogue from Emma P. (Mason) Zwiebler, the acting CEO of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. She has referred to inactivity as ‘human’ climate change because of the seriousness of the long-term consequences for people’s health.

Read the magazine online at www.sportstexiles.com, and catch the team and the magazine at the upcoming textiles shows!

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28/02/2024

Working with Ecco Leather and Spoor, Swedish brand Icebug has slashed carbon emissions for the nubuck leather in its autumn-winter 2023-2024 collection in half.

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A decision to use leather made from traceable hides has allowed Icebug to cut in half the  carbon emissions it..read more

26/02/2024

H&M tests supercritical CO2 dyeing at Arvind

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21/02/2024

Ambercycle, a producer of regenerated polyester from waste textiles, tells WSA how investment from Inditex will help it reach new heights.

Ambercycle looks to have received a game-changing boost in its bid to begin commercial-scale production of regenerated..read more

20/02/2024

Stricter rules proposed for European textiles waste
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14/12/2023

Outsole manufacturer Vibram has become the first footwear brand and sole supplier to join Swiss testing body Bluesign’s 800-strong network of system partners.

This initial pair-up was motivated by the need to assemble “a new, rigorous method of analysis and certification [for verifying] the sustainability level of footwear”, the shoe company’s global sustainability director, Marco Guazzoni, tells WSA. It is hoped that their work together could one day lead to the formulation of industry-applicable guidelines, methodologies and standard, the partners shared.

https://sportstextiles.com/WSA/167139

15/11/2023

“When we first started working to transition carpet wool into the apparel sector, everyone thought we were mad” – find out how Andy Wynne and the team at TMC (The Merino Company) in New Zealand developed a new spinning technique over five years to add durability to its merino wool offering, naming the latest product Herculan. Its Nuyarn “performance” merino is favoured by brands including The North Face, Salewa and Ortovox.

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21/09/2023

The latest issue of WSA magazine is out now!

Our main technical articles cover speeding up the biodegradation of synthetics, the growing market for remanufactured or upcycled fabrics, and non-fossil as a raw material for fibres .

Elsewhere, we track clothing group MAS’s interest in cellulosic yarn HeiQ AeoniQ, the hidden worth that clothing waste can have, the return to the apparel market of fibre developer ADVANSA, and the strategy behind Coats new footwear division.

The Global Organic Textile Standard tells us about a project with the European Space Agency to map organic cotton fields using satellites, and we celebrate pioneering work that Vibram Group is carrying out to secure, one day, bluesign certification for footwear .

We hope you enjoy the read!

https://sportstextiles.com/News/166292

05/07/2023

SPONSORED CONTENT Affiliated companies ADVANSA and Asia Pacific Fibers (APF) join forces to launch REMOTION®, a premium for and , made from recycled ocean-bound bottles with full end-to-end from Prevented Ocean Plastic™. REMOTION® offers a breakthrough solution for innovative that merges ocean protection with built-in . The fibres break down in marine environments to prevent pollution of the oceans, a pervasive problem which can be the consequence of fibre-shedding from apparel laundry wastewater.



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28/06/2023

Producers of manmade cellulosic fibres would like us to believe their wood-based yarns possess performance properties that make them suitable alternatives to polyester and polyamide. Does this theory have legs? Should sports apparel brands reconsider their fibre choices, or not?

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21/06/2023

SPONSORED CONTENT Italian company CIFRA presents the first collection of sports and athleisure garments made through the use of SENSIL® Nylon 6.6 obtained from the biogas of organic waste combined with an elastomer derived from corn.

SENSIL® ByNature, produced by the global Nylon 6.6 leader NILIT, is a next-generation Nylon yarn that uses Biomass Balance (BMB) technology by replacing fossil raw materials with renewable ones. Derived from biogas produced from organic waste, this yarn is a first for the fashion and sportswear industry. Compared to conventional Nylon in this new approach renewable resources are used as raw material at the very early stages of the production process, reducing 1400 kg of CO2 equivalent per ton of conventional Nylon 66. Every step of the process is monitored and the entire system is ISCCplus certified.

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01/06/2023

** WSA MAGAZINE - NEW ISSUE OUT NOW!!**

A new issue of WSA magazine is now available, providing analysis of eye-catching developments in for use in and products. A theme that runs through a number of the articles this time is the increasing use of raw materials to make . We recount the strides that groups as diverse as established industrial group Toray Industries, Inc. and start-up Genomatica have taken to make more renewable. There is a detailed update of developments in using plant-based raw materials in manmade and another on plants as an interesting source of alternative down-like materials. We conclude with an exclusive conversation with the managing director of the Fashion for Good innovation platform, Katrin Ley. She says the time has come for some of the innovations the incubator platform has supported to scale up....and lots more!


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16/05/2023

Backpacks and CORDURA® Advanced Fabrics announce the by MYSTERY RANCH collaboration featuring CORDURA® Advanced Fabrics, for the Parisian fashion house’s Summer 2023 men's collection. Partnering for the first time, DIOR’s new and combine the formal with the informal, the practical with the purely aesthetic, and culture with the demands of . Available, exclusively in DIOR retail locations worldwide and on Dior.com, CORDURA® and MYSTERY RANCH are thrilled to share the details of this unique collaboration. Cordura
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03/05/2023

A revamped format for the ISPO Award programme has given footwear its own category. In 2022, 12 different , boot and ideas were among the winners.
The ISPO events in Munich have re-emerged in changed forms since covid-19. The pandemic brought major disruption to ISPO Munich and OutDoor by ISPO in 2020, 2021 and 2022, prompting important changes to the timing and format of both events.

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05/04/2023

The first technical to be produced with a non-fluorinated GORE-TEX Brand membrane landed in stores towards the end of 2022. Over a decade in the making, many of the industry’s biggest names have recognised this material as a potential game-changer and welcomed it with open arms.
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29/03/2023

Outdoor sports group , GOLDWIN INC. , has been running its own race for over 70 years. It is now working closely with an array of partners, including AI technology provider .io , to keep pace with new, low-waste technologies and stay ahead of the curve.

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14/02/2023

Specialist developer of performance fabrics Polartec has named Eric Yung as its new managing director. He was previously its director of international sales.
Parent company Milliken has decided to group Polartec with its government and defence business units in a new division of the company, which will be led by Dr Ramesh Kesh, who has worked at Milliken for almost 30 years.
Milliken said that in promoting Eric Yung (pictured) to his new role it was “reaffirming and strengthening its commitments to the Polartec brand and partners”. Mr Yung will also now become a vice-president of Milliken.

Specialist developer of performance fabrics Polartec has named Eric Yung as its new managing director. He was..read more

20/01/2023

Twelve partner organisations from six different Alpine countries are preparing to launch a new European Commission-funded project called . A formal launch event will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on January 23.

In the build-up to the event, the project partners said that the Alpine regions of Europe have a “rich textile heritage, brimming with specific aesthetics and know-how”. They insisted that these traditions are based on the values of circularity and local resources.

They added: “As consumers grow increasingly critical of globalised value and turn to more lifestyles, the Alpine could contribute to a reterritorialisation of textile value chains.”

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18/01/2023

Hugo Boss has launched a first product made from with HeiQ ’s
fibre, a polo shirt in its Boss Green range. The garment is made from 87% AeoniQ and 13% polyamide.

The brand is presenting AeoniQ to consumers as “a revolutionary cellulosic yarn made from certified wood pulp, featuring the same performance attributes as ”. It said it had used the fibre in the new garment because it wants to replace to reduce its impact on the planet.

https://sportstextiles.com/News/163910

Hugo Boss has launched a first product made from with HeiQ’s AeoniQ fibre, a polo shirt in its Boss Green range...read more

16/01/2023

French bioplastics specialist Carbios has entered into an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership alongside biotechnology firm Novozymes, a major enzyme producer headquartered in Denmark.

The deal will build on the two companies’ existing joint development agreement, first signed in 2019, which saw them work together to research enzymatic solutions to plastic pollution from terephthalate (PET) and acid.

French bioplastics specialist Carbios has entered into an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership alongside..read more

09/01/2023

Textiles developer HUMAN Material LOOP , founded in Amsterdam by designer Zsofia Kollar in early 2021, has revealed that entrepreneur and outdoor enthusiast Leonardo Antonio Avezzano travelled to the Argentinian Andes on January 8, to test how its plastic-free gear performs on Mount Aconcagua.

He will now test Human Material Loop’s latest technologies, made from fibre recovered from waste, on his own body, documenting the process and answering questions via digital storytelling platform The School of Travel.

Textiles developer Human Material Loop, founded in Amsterdam by designer Zsofia Kollar in early 2021, has revealed that ..read more

06/01/2023

Montana-based outdoor brand FORLOH has unveiled a new as part of its Expedition Series. It said the garment has down with a fill power above 800 and uses materials and an entirely US-based supply chain and US-made materials. It comes with a lifetime warranty.

Forloh worked with performance down fill supplier DOWNLITE to develop what the brand has referred to as “a major breakthrough in down technology”.

The three-layer shell of the parka is seam-sealed for protection against , but is and , the brand continued.

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Montana-based outdoor brand Forloh has unveiled a new parka as part of its Expedition Series. It said the garment has..read more