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08/05/2015

The Rolls Royce of textiles

Alternative raw materials, environmentally friendly processes, the living wage – there are many facets to the subject of sustainability. Textile Network spoke with representatives of four German textile companies in different fields and applications about the opportunities and challenges in the production of sustainable products.

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A good atmosphere at the workplace: an auditor and a worker in conversation at a Jack Wolfskin factory Photo: Jack Wolfskin

A good atmosphere at the workplace: an auditor and a worker in conversation at a Jack Wolfskin factory Photo: Jack Wolfskin

 
A good atmosphere at the workplace: an auditor and a worker in conversation at a Jack Wolfskin factory Photo: Jack Wolfskin

A good atmosphere at the workplace: an auditor and a worker in conversation at a Jack Wolfskin factory Photo: Jack Wolfskin

 
Although the leaves of the stinging nettle can cause pain and itching if you touch them, the fibres of the nettle plant are surprisingly soft. Matt...

Although the leaves of the stinging nettle can cause pain and itching if you touch them, the fibres of the nettle plant are surprisingly soft. Mattes &Ammann are researching this unassuming plant (or weed) and, with textile designer Gesine Jost, developing a collection made from the fibres of the Asian nettle and its botanical sister, the domestic stinging nettle Photo: Mattes & Ammann

 
A clear message at Dibella: The commercial textiles manufacturer is switching to fairly traded organic cotton Photo: Dibella

A clear message at Dibella: The commercial textiles manufacturer is switching to fairly traded organic cotton Photo: Dibella

 
A green setting: the Christ tannery in Uruguay. The company's own eucalyptus plantation is used to offset CO2 Photo: Christ

A green setting: the Christ tannery in Uruguay. The company's own eucalyptus plantation is used to offset CO2 Photo: Christ

 
Rolls Royce Photo: fotolia

Rolls Royce Photo: fotolia

 
Christoph Larsen-Mattes (left) and Werner Moser (right), both of Mattes &Ammann, support textile designer Gesine Jost in her enterprise Photo: Matt...

Christoph Larsen-Mattes (left) and Werner Moser (right), both of Mattes &Ammann, support textile designer Gesine Jost in her enterprise Photo: Mattes & Ammann

 
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