Japanese denim manufacturer Akita Hose has transformed a former mass-production jeans factory into a specialist operation ...

The Lycra Company will highlight progress in producing spandex from renewable raw materials and developing textile-to-textile recycling technology at the Textile Exchange Conference 2026, taking place ...

US textile recycling technology developer Circ is joining forces with Chinese chemicals and fibre manufacturing giant Huafon ...

Henkel has opened its Innovation and Interaction Centre (IIC) for 3D printing at its Tallaght site near Dublin in Ireland. The IIC, which is the first in a new generation of global industrial customer ...

Specialist German producer of circular knitting machines for medical stockings Merz launched a new four feed machine with reciprocating heel and toe movement at last month’s ITMA. The Merz CC4 II ...

Researchers in North Carolina and Houston have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings and turbine blades and can repair itself more than 1,000 ...

Owens Corning (OC) is to sell its glass reinforcements business to the Mumbai, India-headquartered Praana Group for $755 million. The business, part of the company’s Composites segment, manufactures ...

FiberTite single-ply roofing membranes manufactured by Seaman Corporation, of Wooster, Ohio, have received an industry-leading 40-year reference service life (RSL) through a cradle-to-grave ...

The new Divide Fusion stretch hoodie from Boulder, Colorado-based performance specialist Artilect integrates new materials to offer the next level of sustainable moisture management and ...

Reju, the Paris-headquartered textile-to-textile regeneration company, has selected the site for its first US-based industrial plant. The ‘future regeneration hub’ will be sited in Rochester, New York ...

Since Nike’s flat knitted Flyknit technology debuted in the Flyknit Racer running shoe in the London Olympics in 2012, the innovative manufacturing process has, according to the company, reduced waste ...

Barcelona-headquartered MEL Composites has reinforced its partnership with Técnico Solar Boat through the successful hull infusion of the São Gabriel 01, an 8-metre-long hydrogen-powered hydrofoiling ...