Net income at US based value-added and recycled fibres producer Unifi, Inc climbed 46.52 per cent year over year for fiscal ended June 28, 2015. A Unifi press release informed that net income for fiscal 2015 totaled to $42.2 million or ...
Tags: textile manufacture, fibres
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its international rankings of the Top 10 Countries for LEED, the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The Top 10 list highlights countries outside of ...
Procter & Gamble (P&G) Fabric Care has declared a green drive deploying recycled packaging via Post Consumer Recyclate (PCR) and making 230 million bottles out of it for flagship brands, such as Ariel, Dash, Lenor and Unstoppables. In its ...
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Levi Strauss & Co. said it has expanded its clothing recycling initiative to all Levi's mainline and outlet stores in the United States. In a press release, the denim jeans marketer added that is making it easier for consumers to recycle ...
Although UV technologies were first introduced around 20-30 years ago, it is still considered not to be a mature sector with plenty of innovations needed to overcome barriers to greater efficiencies. Over the last few years growth in ...
Malaysia's Penfabric has become the world's first integrated textile company undertaking yarn spinning, greige weaving to dyeing and finishing, to be awarded the STeP by Oeko-Tex certificate for sustainable textile production and with it, ...
Tags: integrated textile, yarn spinning
Vogue International, which owns OGX hair care products, has selected Avery Dennison's Global MDO film labels to cut down environmental fallouts of pressure-sensitive labels. With the adoption of the Global MDO film labels, the hair care ...
The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
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The 2015 edition of the annual Euratex Convention will be devoted to sustainable innovation in the textile and clothing industry. The Convention will be organised by the European apparel and textile confederation (Euratex) and its Italian ...
Tags: textile manfacture, apparel and clothing, clothing manufacture
As one of 30 finalists at the UK Royal Society of Chemistry's Emerging Technologies Competition 2015 in London on 29 June, Seren Photonics Ltd of Pencoed Technology Park, UK was awarded third place in the 'Materials' category for its ...
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For the second time, Surat, Gujarat-based textile dyeing company Zenitex has made it to the Limca Book of Records for winning top recognition for sustainable practices in the textile industry in India. Elated on achieving the ...
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American & Efird (A&E) one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of industrial sewing thread, embroidery thread, and ,, has announced the release of its 2014-2015 Sustainability Report which details A&E's achievements in the ...
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New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has inaugurated its new facility at Heerenveen in Netherlands, which is its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe. The firm has formed a partnership with Dutch cheese ...
Tags: dairy products, animal husbandry, milk, dairy Processing
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) has launched new bottles, remodeled and derived from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), for its Resource Natural Spring Water. Available in 700ml and 1L volumes, the bottle's material has been drawn ...
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Visitors to drupa 2016 will experience a conference program called 'the drupa cube' which forms part of the show's offering. With an emphasis on print and cross-media solutions, the cube's seminars will address the topic of innovation in ...