Bekaert Textiles has launched Purotex, a environmentally friendly, microencapsulation treatment for mattress ticking designed to help create a clean and healthy sleep environment. The patented treatment, which meets the Ökotex 100, class 1 standard, is applied during the textile ...

Collections from Peter Ingwersen of the label Noir and the African designers Marina Spadafora, Imane Ayissi and Kofi Ansah will be just some of the highlights at a fashion show to mark this year’s World Congress on Organic Cotton in Switzerland. Running as part of the UN Year of Natural Fibers ...

Hyosung has been awarded the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification for its Mipan Regen range of recycled nylon and polyester yarns which are derived from post-consumer waste. The Korean-based synthetic fibre producer, which is best ...

UK-based Coats has added to its range of environmentally friendly products with the global launch of 100% organic cotton threads under the EcoVerde brand. Certified to GOTS by the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) in Switzerland, the Coats EcoVerde organic cotton sewing ...

The EOG Sustainability Working Group (SWG), part of the European Outdoor Group, revealed that it is considering adopting its US counterpart’s sustainability measurement index, further boosting the level of collaboration between European and US-based outdoor apparel brands. As part of its ...

The focus of this year’s Organic Exchange Global Conference, which takes place from October 20 – 22, 2009 in Seattle, USA, will be expanded to look at all major aspects of sustainable textiles. Where traditionally the conference has focused mainly on the cotton and especially the organic cotton industry, the Organic ...

A team of scientists at the university, led by Dr Richard Blackburn, as part of spin-out company DyeCat Ltd have a developed a unique dyeing process that creates coloured polymers inside textile fibres via a patented catalytic dyeing process. The team has been working on this new developed over ...

Japanese fibre producer Teijin has gone on the eco-textile offensive with two new announcements in New York and Tokyo about progress on recycled polyester clothing and green bioplastic textiles for cars. The company said in Tokyo that that the Mazda Motor Corporation has now began leasing the new Premacy ...

Despite the difficult retail sector, most brands selling organic cotton remain upbeat about the market for organics with many brands and retailers planning to expand their offers in 2009 and 2010. Texas-based non profit organisation The Organic Exchange says in its soon to be released 2008 Market Report that ...

In the fashion world, bamboo has become a favorite for yoga wear and dance clothes due to its very soft texture. Bamboo is also touted to be a sustainable alternative to cotton. Bamboo, the plant, is ...