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Hybridworks secures $3.2 million investment to propel textile recycling innovation

Hybridworks, a cutting-edge textile recycling technology company, announced a $3.2 million seed-series equity investment from a private Midwest-based investor. The new investment marks a significant milestone in its mission to revolutionize the textile industry with the most scalable and energy-efficient renewable textile technology in the industry. "This investment marks a pivotal moment for Hybridworks. It [...]

By ATA|2023-10-05T06:19:59-05:00September 27, 2023|

Better Cotton calls for eradication of HHPs

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, and its partners in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coalition have issued a position paper demanding a global phase-out of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) across agricultural supply chains. Ahead of the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), set to take place in Bonn, [...]

By ATA|2023-09-25T06:27:44-05:00September 25, 2023|

Pantone 2024 Fashion Color Trend Report

Pantone LLC, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announced the Fashion Color Trend Report Spring Summer 2024 edition for London Fashion Week (LFW). This season’s report features the top ten standout colors as well as the five new core classics we can expect to see as [...]

By ATA|2023-09-22T06:57:42-05:00September 22, 2023|

In memoriam: Galynn Nordstrom

Galynn Nordstrom, a longtime editor of Specialty Fabrics Review magazine, died on July 14, 2023. She was at the helm of the Review for more than 15 years and used her deep knowledge of the specialty fabrics industry to create a publication of lasting significance. Nordstrom was quite active in the Twin Cities publishing community, [...]

By ATA|2023-09-20T06:33:49-05:00September 19, 2023|

Accelerating Circularity, Goodwill Industries test textile feedstock hubs

The Walmart Foundation has granted $1.2 million to support Goodwill Industries International Inc. and Accelerating Circularity to develop skills, systems, and infrastructure at participating Goodwill organizations to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling feedstock. This transformation is critical to the circular textile economy. The partnership with Goodwill is intended to develop skills, systems, and infrastructure at local [...]

By ATA|2023-09-08T14:03:21-05:00September 8, 2023|

AATCC 2023 Future Leaders Award Recipients

The AATCC Future Leaders Award recognizes promising young professionals in the fields of textiles, apparel, and related material sciences, provides acknowledgement and recognition to enhance their careers, engages these young professionals in the work of the Association, and brings their insights and needs to the forefront. These young professionals are the future of the textile [...]

By ATA|2023-08-29T14:22:51-05:00August 29, 2023|

President Biden signs “Invent it here, make it here” executive order

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order while visiting Maine on Friday to encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the United States. Biden landed in Maine for the first time since taking office, packaging his signing of the executive order with a speech at a textile factory in Auburn and a fundraiser in Freeport. The [...]

By ATA|2023-08-02T06:53:23-05:00August 2, 2023|

Italian textile machinery 2Q23 confirms drop in order intake

Salvadè added that, “Feedback from over 400 Italian companies that took part in ITMA is positive." During the second quarter of 2023, the orders index for textile machinery, as compiled by the Economics Department of ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, dropped significantly compared to 2022 April – June 2022 period (-30%). In [...]

By ATA|2023-07-31T13:01:52-05:00July 31, 2023|

Fibretrace, SGS announce new fiber integrity protocol

Photo credit: Artistic Apparels Digital and physical traceability provider FibreTrace® and SGS, the global leader in testing, inspection and certification, will work in partnership to develop a new fiber integrity protocol for the textile industry. This will strengthen confidence in product claims across a range of materials for brands worldwide. As consumer demand and market [...]

By ATA|2023-07-26T09:08:15-05:00July 26, 2023|

Circular footwear

Photo: Chris DeStefano/Royal DSM Fashion for Good launches new pilot with brand partners adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando, and footwear recycling innovator FastFeetGrinded to test and validate the innovative footwear recycling process to support the uptake of recycled content in footwear, driving the change towards a more circular footwear industry. Globally, 24 billion shoes are [...]

By ATA|2023-07-25T14:04:59-05:00July 25, 2023|