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04/20/26  NATULON® Zipper Series Surpasses 50% of YKK’s Global Zipper Sales (4/20/26)
  Accelerating the transition to 100% sustainable textile materials for fastening products

04/20/26  Tipping the Scale: Mass Balance in Chemical Recycling (4/20/26)
  New paper explores how mass balance is applied across complex textile value chains

04/16/26  Lean and Sustainable Manufacturing (4/15/26)
  Lean and Sustainable Manufacturing

04/15/26  INDA 2026 Supply Report Highlights Resilient Growth and Sustainability Focus in North American Nonwovens Industry (4/15/26)
  INDA 2026 Supply Report Highlights Resilient Growth and Sustainability Focus in North American Nonwovens Industry

04/15/26  Lower CO2, stronger bonds: Indorama Ventures enables customers’ performance at Techtextil Recycled, bio-based, and binder fibers that help cut emissions and improve cost-in-use
  Lower CO2, stronger bonds: Indorama Ventures enables customers’ performance at Techtextil. Recycled, bio-based, and binder fibers that help cut emissions and improve cost-in-use (4/15/26)

04/14/26  Archroma showcases innovations delivering performance without compromise at Techtextil 2026 (4/14/26)
  With solutions for every major technical textile segment, the industry innovator eliminates the performance-sustainability tradeoff

04/14/26  Functional Fabric Fair Spring 2026 Delivers Strong Turnout and Forward-Looking Innovation (4/14/26)
  Functional Fabric Fair Spring 2026 Delivers Strong Turnout and Forward-Looking Innovation

04/13/26  RISE® Conference to Be Held in Conjunction with IDEA®27 (4/13/26)
  Expanded Format Brings Innovation and Technical Insight to a Global Audience

04/09/26  Knowledge in action: What to expect from the INDEX™26 seminars in Geneva (4/9/26)
  Knowledge in action: What to expect from the INDEX™26 seminars in Geneva

04/08/26  Bailey – Feel the cool
  Bailey – Feel the cool

04/08/26  HeiQ Innovation is Coming to Techtextil 2026 (4/8/26)
  HeiQ Innovation is Coming to Techtextil 2026

04/07/26  2025 Nonwoven Production in Greater Europe: European Nonwovens Industry Remains Strong Amid Challenging Market Conditions (4/7/26)
  2025 Nonwoven Production in Greater Europe: European Nonwovens Industry Remains Strong Amid Challenging Market Conditions

04/03/26  Indorama Ventures supports Southeast Asia’s textile customers with reliable regional supply and global innovative portfolio (4/3/26)
  First-time exhibitor at Indo Intertex in Jakarta showcases diverse fiber & yarn portfolio

04/02/26  Orta and Archroma launch denim collection dyed with wool waste (4/2/26)
  Premium denim mill ORTA debuts a FiberColors® collection at Kingpins Amsterdam, using Archroma’s dyes made from pre-consumer wool waste

04/02/26  Hohenstein reports 50% emissions reduction goal in 2025 sustainability report (4/2/26)
  Report highlights Scope 3 supply chain emissions and ongoing sustainability initiatives

04/01/26  Digitizing the sense of touch – emtec Tactile Sensation Analyzer at ITF Intertex Portugal 2026 (4/1/26)
  Digitizing the sense of touch – emtec Tactile Sensation Analyzer at ITF Intertex Portugal 2026

03/31/26  PV - Montréal: The programme finally revealed! (3/31/26)
  Join us on April 21 and 22 at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal to discover a rich and inspiring program: 24 conferences , more than 30 speakers and a diversity of themes at the heart of current industry issues.

03/27/26  Texworld, Apparel Sourcing, and Home Textiles Sourcing Open Registration for Summer Events in New York and Los Angeles (3/27/26)
  Texworld, Apparel Sourcing, and Home Textiles Sourcing Open Registration for Summer Events in New York and Los Angeles

03/27/26  Danish Partnership Launches Initiative to Recycle Ship and Hotel Textiles for a Sustainable Future (3/27/26)
  Carpets and upholstery fabrics from ships and hotels have untapped recycling potential.

03/27/26  INDA Announces Legislative Champion and Industry Advocate Awards (3/27/26)
  INDA Announces Legislative Champion and Industry Advocate Awards

03/26/26  Texworld, Apparel Sourcing, and Home Textiles Sourcing Open Registration for Summer Events in New York and Los Angeles (3/26/26)
  Texworld, Apparel Sourcing, and Home Textiles Sourcing Open Registration for Summer Events in New York and Los Angeles

03/24/26  How to determine the human touch of textiles: emtec’s TSA at the Functional Fabric Fair in Portland (3/24/26)
  How to determine the human touch of textiles: emtec’s TSA at the Functional Fabric Fair in Portland

03/13/26  EDANA unveils nominees for INDEXTM26 Awards: Highlighting the next generation of nonwoven excellence (3/13/26)
  EDANA unveils nominees for INDEXTM26 Awards: Highlighting the next generation of nonwoven excellence

03/12/26  Revived Replacement Elements for VISLON® Wins the iF Design Award 2026 (3/12/26)
  Revived Replacement Elements for VISLON® Wins the iF Design Award 2026

03/12/26  Bally Ribbon Mills Highlights High Performance 3-D Woven Composites (3/12/26)
  Joints, TPS technology, and other 3-D woven composites

03/11/26  eVent Fabrics and ALLIED Feather + Down Redefine Down Jacket Performance Through Moisture Management Innovation (3/11/26)
  stormburstLT laminate and 800FP ExpeDRY® down demonstrate system-level advancement at Performance Days Munich

03/09/26  Defossilisation through Innovation: One Week left to Submit Abstracts for the Renewable Materials Conference (3/9/26)
  Renewable Materials Conference from 22–24 September 2026 in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany): 80 presentations, 20 panel discussions, 16 workshops and an exhibition offer comprehensive networking with 400–500 participants

03/04/26  Asahi Kasei Advance to showcase high-performance non-woven and fibers at Techtextil 2026 (3/4/26)
  Asahi Kasei Advance to showcase high-performance non-woven and fibers at Techtextil 2026

03/03/26  Preliminary Conference Program Announced for the 2026 World of Wipes® (WOW) International Conference (3/3/26)
  Industry Leaders to Address Sustainability, Innovation and Regulation, June 29–July 2 in Nashville

02/26/26  INDA Opens Registration for FiltXPO™ 2026 (2/23/26)
  Global Filtration Event to Spotlight Advanced Technologies, AI, and Sustainable Solutions

02/18/26  Registration Open for Techtextil North America 2026 (2/18/26)
  Registration Open for Techtextil North America 2026

02/12/26  Global Bio-based Polymer Market to Grow by 11 % Annually Until 2030, Led by Europe and North America (2/12/26)
  New market data shows: Capacity expansions in Europe and North America drive growth – Asia remains major region

02/11/26  New DIN SPEC standardizes method to assess environmental impact of textile fragments in soil (2/11/26)
  DIN SPEC 19296 formalizes existing Hohenstein testing approach for biodegradability and ecotoxicity

02/05/26  The USA Industrial Fabrics Market Research Report Launches Its latest 2026 edition of - "Industry Trends and Forecast through 2031"
  the USA Industrial Fabrics Market Research Report - Industry Trends and Forecast to 2031

02/04/26  Comfort is now the defining metric in personal protective clothing and workwear (2/4/26)
  Comfort is now the defining metric in personal protective clothing and workwear

02/04/26  INDA on “Are Flushable Wipes Actually Flushable” (2/4/26)
  INDA on “Are Flushable Wipes Actually Flushable”

01/26/26  Functional Fabric Fair Successfully Launches Winter Edition in Orlando Alongside the PGA Show (1/26/26)
  Debut event expands North American footprint and reinforces reach in performance and sustainable fabric sourcing

01/22/26  eVent Fabrics Announces Partnership with WHITESPACE, Premium Snowboard and Apparel Brand (1/22/26)
  Founded by Shaun White, WHITESPACE selects eVent’s high performance 3-layer alpineST laminate for top-of-the-range Performance 3L Pant

01/21/26  Circular progress: Trevira® CS Eco fabrics can now be made using textile-recycled, permanently flame-retardant fibers and yarns (1/21/26)
  Circular progress: Trevira® CS Eco fabrics can now be made using textile-recycled, permanently flame-retardant fibers and yarns

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