Along with an expanded range of Tencel fabrics, KG Denim is building up its offering of lightweight 100 percent organic cotton fabrications. KG Denim rep Vinay Shetty described organic cotton as the “new normal,” adding that most customers begin their conversations nowadays with inquiries about...
Next door, in the southernmost hall, the Lenzing Pavilion returned, and showcased about 20 companies that create Tencel fabrics. This hall was also the home to numerous educational seminars sponsored by Lenzing as well as returning interactive Textile Talks discussion series...
Hülya Aksu, development and sourcing manager for Turkey-based Ekoten Fabrics, reports that 10 percent of his company’s offerings includes sustainable fibers, an increase from previous years. He pointed out that Tencel is eco-friendly and has features that add softness and superior performance compared to viscose....
Denim has always been an inherently cotton based product, but today the introduction of multi blend spinning and advanced technology with Lycra T400, Tencel, modal and polyester has transformed the denim business....
Fiber innovator Lenzing Group and Reca Group, which manufactures labels, hangtags and packaging, were the main sponsors of the event. Supporting partners include Tonello, Lectra, Riri Group and The Tailor Pattern Support....
In addition to the Isko awards, I-Skool supporting partners including Reca, Lectra and Lenzing named their winners. For example, Lenzing’s Alternative Fibers Award was bestowed on Polimoda student Andrea Grossi,...
“Designers want to know what is new, but they need it in a package that is easy for them to adopt,” she said. “They can’t take a lot of time to do all of it. The storytelling is there. Everyone has their own story. Each...
Potential contamination is why mills like Candiani in Italy opt to use pre-consumer fibers, their own cutting-floor scraps among them, in their recycled denim. Candiani works with Lenzing to blend its recycled cotton with Refibra, a type of Tencel that the Austrian fiber manufacturer creates...
Austrian cellulosic fibre producer Lenzing Group is to form a joint venture with reconstituted wood product manufacturing company Duratex to investigate the construction of what the companies claim will be the largest single line dissolving wood pulp (DWP) plant in the world...
The Lenzing Group, one of the top manufacturers of specialty cellulosic fibers, and Duratex, a major producer of industrialized wood panels for the Southern Hemisphere, have formed a joint venture to investigate building the largest single line dissolving wood pulp (DWP) plant in the state...
For Lenzing, one step in its ongoing endeavor to leave a lesser impact on the environment, has been repurposing post-industrial cutting-room scraps as part of its Tencel Lyocell with Refibra technology, which blends cotton with tree fibers to create an environmentally-friendly fiber....
And also in regard to sustainability, Tricia Carey, director of global business development for denim at Lenzing, described the current state of the denim market as “tentative,” and added that “There is confusion about how to address sustainability and how to integrate technology into new...