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Techtextil 2024

Our impressions from Frankfurt

Techtextil and Texprocess will take place in Frankfurt from 23 to 26 April 2024. The textile network team was on site for two days and had a look around the exhibiting companies. By Susanne Böhm

Ocean Safe/CHT

Next-gen biodegradable polyester

The partnership between Ocean Safe and CHT highlights a shared dedication to promote sustainable practices in the textile industry. This collaboration assists companies in meeting their sustainability objectives and drives positive change by providing innovative solutions ... By Christine Heywood

Textile Genesis/The Good Cashmere Standard

Forging a new partnership

With this collaboration, Textile Genesis continues to expand its network of partners, confirming its central position in the ecosystem of players promoting the emergence of more sustainable fashion on a global scale. This Lectra Group company announced a strategic partnership ... By Editorial staff

Review of the industry - week 16/2024

At this point, we present the five most read articles of the past week. The ranking is based on your click behavior on the website. By Sven Ramer

Ingeborg Neumann, President of the Confederation of the German Textile + Fashion Industry (texil+mode) and Vice President of German industry association BDI © imo

27/01/2020 – Europe, the Textile Continent – Opportunities and Risks, Part 1

Europe, the Textile Continent – Opportunities and Risks, Part 1

It all depends on Europe!

No Green Deal without textiles – Ingeborg Neumann talks to textile network in the first part of this year’s series on “Europe, the Textile Continent – ... By Editorial staff

The Hermes Barometer provides current findings on the subject of “Risk Prevention and Supply Reliability within the Supply Chain”. © Hermes

27/01/2020 – Risk prevention in the supply chain

Risk prevention in the supply chain

The current Hermes Barometer

It is quite alarming: Broad majority of companies still lack integrated risk management. By Editorial staff

Thoughts at the beginning of the year from editor-in-chief Iris Schlomski. © Brian Jackson/stock.adobe.com

27/01/2020 – 2020 – what now?

2020 – what now?

Make life better and more beautiful

Nowadays the concept of sustainability has finally gained a prominent place in our collective consciousness. By Editorial staff

The Wear It Innovation Summit will galvanize wearable tech stakeholders to co-create the future of the wearable technologies industry on June 10-11th at Kalkscheune Berlin. © Wear It Berlin

27/01/2020 – Europe’s leading conference on wearable technologies

Europe’s leading conference on wearable technologies

Wear It Innovation Summit: Register now!

This year on June 10–11th at Kalkscheune Berlin. Discount for textile network readers! By Editorial staff

Europe’s first open-house development centre for intelligent sensor textiles started operations near Lake Constance in November. © Oertel

24/01/2020 – Advancing towards “emotional” computers

Advancing towards “emotional” computers

New development centre for intelligent sensor textiles

With innovative products and technologies Smart Textiles Lab aims to find new ways to add value to textiles with integrated electronics. By Hans-Werner Oertel

The new premium collection of zippers is made from plastic waste that has been collected within 50 km of the coastline of Sri Lanka. © YKK Europe

24/01/2020 – Wicket 2+3: Zippers made of plastic waste from the sea

Wicket 2+3: Zippers made of plastic waste from the sea

ISPO 2020: YKK presents Natulon Ocean Sourced

Working to address the problem of marine plastic, YKK announces its new Natulon Ocean Sourced collection of zippers made from ocean bound plastic. By Editorial staff

The innovative technical textiles from Jumbo-Textil are high-tech solutions with outstanding properties. © Jumbo-Textil

23/01/2020 – Rubber ropes as a replacement for steel springs

Rubber ropes as a replacement for steel springs

High-tech solutions by Jumbo-Textil

Hugely resilient, enormously hard-wearing, extremely precise in their elasticity: The advantages of elastic narrow textiles. By Editorial staff