Image: Shawmut Corporation Shawmut Corporation has launched Shawmut Insights™, a proprietary life-cycle assessment (LCA) system that provides detailed visibility into the environmental impact of automotive and industrial textile products. Shawmut Insights is designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers understand environmental impacts, from raw materials to end-of-life, across Shawmut’s range of [...]

Image: Indorama Ventures Indorama Ventures’ fibers business and Jiaren Chemical Recycling have formed a joint venture to accelerate circularity in the global textile industry. Both partners plan to leverage the joint venture to unlock up to 100,000 tonnes (110,231 U.S. tons) of textile-recycled PET spinning capacity annually. “Mismanaged textile waste as well as the next [...]

Image: Navis TubeTex Navis TubeTex has announced a new partnership with Icomatex, a European manufacturer of stenters and textile finishing equipment. Under the agreement, Navis TubeTex will become the exclusive U.S. representative for the Icomatex stenter line. Navis TubeTex will now offer two complementary stenter platforms, including Marshall & Williams stenters and Icomatex stenters. “Our [...]

Image: Archroma/Innovo Fiber LLC Archroma, a global specialty chemicals company, and Innovo Fiber LLC, owner of the patented Fibre52® system, have announced a distribution partnership to expand Fibre52 technology to mills and brands worldwide. When paired with Archroma’s AVITERA® SE reactive dye range, the combined system reduces resource use across pretreatment and dyeing, setting a [...]

Image: AATCC The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced that the association will host the Coloration Conference, Feb. 24–25, 2026, at the StateView Hotel in Raleigh, N.C. This event will bring together professionals from across the textile and color industries to explore the latest trends, technologies, and innovations shaping the future [...]

Image: Rieter Rieter, a manufacturer of machinery, automation and digital solutions for spinning mills based in Switzerland, has announced that it will adjust its group structure beginning Jan. 1, 2026. This restructuring is in preparation for the company's acquisition of the Barmag Division of OC Oerlikon, which is expected to be completed in the last [...]