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Teijin to promote eco-polyesters at Interfiliere

2 September 2010, Tokyo - Teijin Fibers Limited, the Teijin Group’s polyester fibres business, announced today that it will participate in Interfiliere Paris 2010, where it will exhibit its range of eco-friendly polyesters. Interfiliere, the world's leading international trade fair for ...

   
   

Massif selects TEXbase for MLM

9 August 2010, Bozeman, Montana - Massif, a leading supplier of flame resistant, high performance apparel to the military, law enforcement and other high risk professions has chosen TEXbase to streamline their material development, colour approval and compliance processes. TEXbase is a &lsqu ...

   
   

Ethical Fashion Source Expo set for London in October

27 July 2010, London - The annual Ethical Fashion Source Expo will take place on Wednesday 6th October, running in parallel with the well established RITE International Conference at Central Hall, Westminster, London. The Expo brings together international manufacturers, suppliers and cooper ...

   
   

Ethics and eco-textiles join forces in London

21 July 2010, London - The environment and ethically sourced fashion will be on the agenda in London this coming autumn when leading non-profit organisations the RITE Group and the Ethical Fashion Forum run two major textile events alongside each other. Located together for the first time at ...

   
   

Oeko-Tex says farewell to Secretary General Raimar Freitag

14 July 2010, Zurich - After more than 17 successful years at the helm of the International Oeko-Tex Association, Raimar Freitag has transferred his responsibilities as Oeko-Tex Secretary General to his long-time colleague Dr. Jean-Pierre Haug, COO of the Swiss textile testing institute TEST ...

   
   

Intradeco converts dyehouse effluent to plant fertilizer

14 July 2010, Miami, FL – Intradeco Apparel Inc, a manufacturer of men’s, women’s and children’s clothing , has pioneered numerous energy efficient programs under its corporate sustainability objectives.  However, Intradeco’s most recent success has come fro ...

   
   

Ecotec yarns get Global Recycle Standard

13 July 2010, New York, NY - FildiUSA, a North American producer of recycled cotton yarn, has announced that its Ecotec recycled cotton-blend yarns have been granted Control Union’s Global Recycle Standard. The Global Recycle Standard validates both a yarn’s recycled content as we ...

   
   

Turkish knitter launches sustainable seamless collection

29 June 2010, Istanbul - Turkish knitter Eurotex Tekstil has introduced the world’s first seamless garments made from Biophyl sustainable yarns in its ‘Green is Smart’ collection. The new collection includes eco-active base layers with zonal patterns and elastic reco ...

   
   

Hanesbarands enters final phase in CRAiLAR commercialization

27 April 2010, Portland, OR - Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT) and Hanesbrands Inc. have jointly reviewed the results of their CRAiLAR Organic Fibers spinning trials and agreed to enter the final stage of their joint development agreement, which is expected to result in a comm ...

   
   

Hemp fibres could be used in fine gauge garments

23 April 2010, Portland, Oregon - Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT) has concluded further trials which it says prove the quality and volume capabilities of its Crailar hemp fibres and expands applications to include tee-shirts and finer gauge knit garments. The company recently ...

   
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