Fashion

There have been capacity bottlenecks in sea freight between China and Europe for months. © donvictori0/stock.adobe.com

21/09/2021 – Freight costs

Freight costs

Pandemic brings record prices until well after Christmas

Importers of consumer goods from Asia will have to contend with a lack of freight capacities and exploding transport costs for goods from the Far East. By Sibylle Michel

Yarns and fibers play the starring role in Filo, to be used in clothing and home furnishing productions. © Filo

15/09/2021 – Under the sign of sustainability

Under the sign of sustainability

56th Filo edition with many innovations

The appointment with the 56th edition of Filo is scheduled for the 29th and the 30th of September 2021 at MiCo – Milan Convention Centre. By Editorial staff

Around 13,400 international trade visitors were on site in Munich this season. © Meisenbach Verlag

09/09/2021 – A successful start to physical trade fairs

A successful start to physical trade fairs

Munich Fabric Start: Expectations exceeded

Last week the physical fairs Munich Fabric Start and Bluezone took place for the textile industry in Munich. We were there too! By Sibylle Michel

Through the chemical recycling of PET, Rudolf Group’s R&D has studied new options which are additional to the traditional bottle-to-bottle recycling. © Rudolf Group

31/08/2021 – Textile chemistry

Textile chemistry

Cycle-Logic: upcycling of PET plastic bottles

Rudolf Group implements the manufacturing of chemical auxiliaries for textile based on chemically recycled PET plastic waste. By Sibylle Michel

Brands that use YourFit have decreased return rates by up to 48%, while increasing conversion by four times year over year. © 3DLook

27/08/2021 – Virtual 2-in-1 try-on solution

Virtual 2-in-1 try-on solution

3DLook has launched YourFit

3DLook has launched the first 3D solution that offers photorealistic virtual try-on functionality combined with highly accurate size recommendations. By Editorial staff

26/08/2021 – OrganIQ EMS Jeans

OrganIQ EMS Jeans

Sustainable jeans finishing

With the next generation, CHT’s OrganIQ family becomes a modular system: The OrganIQ EMS Jeans, which means Ecological Modular System for Jeans treatment. By Editorial staff

Nyguard still occasionally produces zippers from plastic that is not biobased: “But the proportion of renewable raw materials is moving strongly toward 100 percent.” © Evonik

24/08/2021 – Bio-based material for zippers

Bio-based material for zippers

Textile recycling in one go

“Why not make the zipper out of the same material as the tape it’s attached to?,” wonders Gabriele Mosso, CEO of Nyguard, the Italian zipper manufacturer. By Sibylle Michel