Consumer
Commercializing Smart Textiles – Challenges and Opportunities
Held in late 2024, E-Textiles: International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations, and Applications in Electronic Textiles, was hosted by the E-Textiles Network, and brought together many of the discussion …
Lenzing Takes Center Stage at Heimtextil, Bringing Latest Fiber Innovations to Global Brands and Customers
The environment has been the center of various discussions in recent years. People are more concerned about their ecological footprint and are seeking products produced with resource-efficient processes. Brands and …
Lenzing’s Pursuit for Tomorrow’s Denim: Pioneering Circularity in the Fashion Industry
The environmental impact of production processes and textile waste has long been a pressing concern in the fashion industry, with denim being perhaps the most pressing sector of all. As …
Brave New World of E-Textiles: Automotive, Robotics and Beyond
When I first entered the smart textiles industry, there was little knowledge of electronic textiles (e-textiles). People had this skeptical kind of curiosity, like they were something out of a …
Sparkling Sustainability in Hygiene
Sparkle makes planet-friendly period care products from renewable plant-based ingredients that do not contain conventional petrochemical-based plastics (such as polypropylene or polyethylene). Recently, IFJ caught up the Sparkle’s CEO and …