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Texaid / Texcircle
26.10.2022

Swiss Textile Recycling Project TEXCIRLCE

After two years of joint collaboration and research the Swiss Textile Recycling Project “Texcircle” comes to an end. Partners and stakeholders have worked on the vision of a textile cluster where materials flow in circular loops. The goal of the project was to develop high-quality yarns and products incorporating such a large amount of recycled textiles as possible. In the end, several product prototypes from carpets, socks, and curtains to pullovers, padding and accessories have been developed with at least 50 % recycled fiber up to 80 % recycled fibers and yarns.

Europe has a waste problem of 7.5 million waste of which only 30-35 % is collected and less than 1 % of the textile and clothing worldwide is recycled into textiles and clothing again. It is as well found that around 80 % of the impact of a textile product lies in the design.

After two years of joint collaboration and research the Swiss Textile Recycling Project “Texcircle” comes to an end. Partners and stakeholders have worked on the vision of a textile cluster where materials flow in circular loops. The goal of the project was to develop high-quality yarns and products incorporating such a large amount of recycled textiles as possible. In the end, several product prototypes from carpets, socks, and curtains to pullovers, padding and accessories have been developed with at least 50 % recycled fiber up to 80 % recycled fibers and yarns.

Europe has a waste problem of 7.5 million waste of which only 30-35 % is collected and less than 1 % of the textile and clothing worldwide is recycled into textiles and clothing again. It is as well found that around 80 % of the impact of a textile product lies in the design.

Together with the design research expertise of the Lucerne University of Applied sciences and arts, the spinning expertise of Rieter and the sorting and collection expertise of Texaid, systems should be created where products of high quality can be produced of recycled fiber. On board were the expertise of further Cluster partners of Brands, Retailers, and the public sector to see how a joint Cluster and system coukld be established.

The Project Texcircle and cluster is led by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Art  & Design, and in collaboration with Coop, Rieter, Jacob Rohner AG, Ruckstuhl AG, TEXAID as well as workfashion.com ag. Furthermore, Bundesamt für Zivildienst ZIVI, NIKIN AG, and Tiger Liz Textiles are supporting the project. The project is funded by Innosuisse.

Furthermore, collaboration partners from all over Europe contributed to the project to enable these prototypes and systems.

Through joint developments from the design, the collecting, sorting trials, tearing, and spinning trials until the actual production trials and product testing. The partners were able to recycle 2.5 Tons of pre-and post-consumer textile waste into product prototypes with a promising commercial interest. From socks, west, and pullovers to non-woven felts and accessories to carpets and curtains. Through our 2 years of collaboration, the teamcame across several hurdles in the textile recycling value chain which could be tackled. This was a proof of concept that a circular system is possible and the industry now has to enable this at full scale.

Quelle:

Texaid / Texcircle

Marchi & Fildi Group presents the selection of metalloplastic yarns with GRS certification of its Gleaming line, coming from 100% post-consumer recycled polyester (c) Marchi & Fildi Group
Linea Gleaming
24.11.2021

Italian spinning group launches new metalloplastic yarns

  • Marchi & Fildi Group presents the selection of metalloplastic yarns with GRS certification of its Gleaming line, coming from 100% post-consumer recycled polyester

With the goal to expand the offer of yarns coming from recycled raw materials for a textile more attentive to the consumption of resources, the MFT division of the Marchi & Fildi Group completes the range of metalloplastic yarns of its Gleaming collection with the insertion of 100% recycled polyester yarns coming from post-consumer material and with the GRS (Global Recycle Standard) certification.
Starting from recycled polyester with traceable origin, in compliance with environmental and social criteria extended to all the phases of the supply chain, metalloplastic yarns are obtained with the same esthetic features and performance, compared to similar products based on virgin raw materials.

  • Marchi & Fildi Group presents the selection of metalloplastic yarns with GRS certification of its Gleaming line, coming from 100% post-consumer recycled polyester

With the goal to expand the offer of yarns coming from recycled raw materials for a textile more attentive to the consumption of resources, the MFT division of the Marchi & Fildi Group completes the range of metalloplastic yarns of its Gleaming collection with the insertion of 100% recycled polyester yarns coming from post-consumer material and with the GRS (Global Recycle Standard) certification.
Starting from recycled polyester with traceable origin, in compliance with environmental and social criteria extended to all the phases of the supply chain, metalloplastic yarns are obtained with the same esthetic features and performance, compared to similar products based on virgin raw materials.

“Thanks to our commitment in the research of materials, we are able to propose metalloplastic yarns produced with 100% recycled material; the film used for the production of flat yarns, too, is in recycled polyester, with a quality level that is suitable for cutting – the Company explains -. Till now it was possible to find in the market only metalloplastic yarns with not recycled polyester flat yarn, twisted with certified fibers. This represents an important step forward to implement a circular economy possibility for this kind of products too”.

The Gleaming yarns GRS certified can be supplied in gold and silver, colors and transparent, in various counts, widths and types; they are suitable for use in flat and circular knitting, weaving, hosiery and as a component in fancy yarns.

The Gleaming line, with a wide selection of yarns in stock service, represents a completion of the offer of the Marchi & Fildi Group. The Gleaming yarns are offered in different thicknesses, widths and types with both metallized and transparent, iridescent, refracting and phosphorescent effects. The collection also includes items with special features of resistance to chemical and dyeing treatments. The Gleaming metalloplastic yarns find application in the world of fashion and furniture, for creative and fancy yarns and fabrics, accessories and decorations. Products with refractive features are also used in technical items like uniforms and workwear, sport garments and accessories, external ribbons and labels.

Quelle:

Marchi & Fildi Group

25.02.2021

GOTS certifications in 2020 reach five figures for the first time

In 2020, the number of GOTS certified facilities grew by 34% globally, to a new high of 10,388 from 7,765 in 2019. 16 GOTS Approved Certification Bodies report that over 3 million people in over 72 countries were working in GOTS certified facilities.

Significant increases are seen in all regions. Top 10 countries for certified facilities are India (2,994), Bangladesh (1,584), Turkey (1,107), China (961), Germany (684), Italy (585), Portugal (449), Pakistan (391), USA (167) and Sri Lanka (126).
GOTS approved chemical inputs now number 25,913, an increase of 13% in 2020. This confirms that these inputs are increasingly used as a risk management tool by wet processors to satisfy legal and commercial residue requirements.

“The exceptional increase in this unprecedented year shows that decision makers value GOTS as an important tool to drive sustainable transformation in a comprehensive way - from field to fashion. Using organic fibres and processing them under strict GOTS criteria definitely provides a credible and strong base for market players to be successful in the future” says GOTS Managing Director Claudia Kersten.

In 2020, the number of GOTS certified facilities grew by 34% globally, to a new high of 10,388 from 7,765 in 2019. 16 GOTS Approved Certification Bodies report that over 3 million people in over 72 countries were working in GOTS certified facilities.

Significant increases are seen in all regions. Top 10 countries for certified facilities are India (2,994), Bangladesh (1,584), Turkey (1,107), China (961), Germany (684), Italy (585), Portugal (449), Pakistan (391), USA (167) and Sri Lanka (126).
GOTS approved chemical inputs now number 25,913, an increase of 13% in 2020. This confirms that these inputs are increasingly used as a risk management tool by wet processors to satisfy legal and commercial residue requirements.

“The exceptional increase in this unprecedented year shows that decision makers value GOTS as an important tool to drive sustainable transformation in a comprehensive way - from field to fashion. Using organic fibres and processing them under strict GOTS criteria definitely provides a credible and strong base for market players to be successful in the future” says GOTS Managing Director Claudia Kersten.

GOTS version 6.0, to be implemented from 1 March 2021, includes stricter social and environmental criteria. Certified Entities will now have to calculate the gap between wages paid to 'Living Wages'  and will be encouraged to work towards closing this gap. Specific references to OECD Due Diligence Guidance and Good Practice Guidance for Social Criteria and Risk Assessment as well as Ethical Business Practises have been explicitly included.

Quelle:

Global Standard

35. Internationale Baumwolltagung Bremen: Baumwollverarbeitungsprozesse (c) © Bühler AG
05.02.2021

35. Internationale Baumwolltagung Bremen: Baumwollverarbeitungsprozesse

In wenigen Wochen geht die Internationale Baumwolltagung Bremen weltweit an den Start. Die Bremer Baumwollbörse und das Faserinstitut Bremen als Organisatoren präsentieren dieses Mal eine zukunftsgerichtete Tagungsplattform im digitalen Format. Für Professionals aus Wissenschaft und Praxis ist sie von überall auf der Welt besuchbar. Neben den Themen wie Produktion, Nachhaltigkeit im Baumwollsektor, neue, spannende Produkte aus Baumwolle gelten die technischen Vorträge als das Herz der Bremer Tagung.

Der technische Fortschritt gewinnt an Dynamik
Die Verfahren der Baumwollverarbeitung werden immer produktiver und intelligenter. Dies verdeutlichen Vorträge aus der Textilforschung und dem Textilmaschinenbau zu Fertigungsprozessen. An beiden Konferenztagen findet jeweils eine Sitzung unter der Leitung von Stefan Schmidt, Referent für Wissenschaft und Technik beim Industrieverband Veredlung, Garne, Gewebe und technische Textilien (IVGT), Frankfurt, statt.

Vorgestellt werden unter anderem:

In wenigen Wochen geht die Internationale Baumwolltagung Bremen weltweit an den Start. Die Bremer Baumwollbörse und das Faserinstitut Bremen als Organisatoren präsentieren dieses Mal eine zukunftsgerichtete Tagungsplattform im digitalen Format. Für Professionals aus Wissenschaft und Praxis ist sie von überall auf der Welt besuchbar. Neben den Themen wie Produktion, Nachhaltigkeit im Baumwollsektor, neue, spannende Produkte aus Baumwolle gelten die technischen Vorträge als das Herz der Bremer Tagung.

Der technische Fortschritt gewinnt an Dynamik
Die Verfahren der Baumwollverarbeitung werden immer produktiver und intelligenter. Dies verdeutlichen Vorträge aus der Textilforschung und dem Textilmaschinenbau zu Fertigungsprozessen. An beiden Konferenztagen findet jeweils eine Sitzung unter der Leitung von Stefan Schmidt, Referent für Wissenschaft und Technik beim Industrieverband Veredlung, Garne, Gewebe und technische Textilien (IVGT), Frankfurt, statt.

Vorgestellt werden unter anderem:

Aus rezyklierten Rohmaterialen werden neuartige Produkte
Stephan Baz ist Bereichsleiter für Stapelfasertechnologien im Bereich Forschung und Entwicklung des Deutschen Instituts für Textil- und Faserforschung (DITF), Denkendorf. „Wie verhält sich recyceltes Rohmaterial beim Verspinnen?“ Diese Frage diskutiert Baz in seinem Vortrag und bezieht hier unter anderem Baumwolle, Polyester und technische Fasern aus Carbon mit ein.*

Verspinnen von Fasern zu Qualitätsgarnen mit hohem Kurzfaseranteil
‘Spinning with a high short fiber content‘ lautet das Thema eines informativen Vortrages von Harald Schwippl, Leiter der Technologie und Prozessanalytik bei der Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Winterthur, Schweiz.*

Verbesserte Kardiertechnologie für mehr Qualität und Produktionsleistung
Ralf Müller ist Leiter Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich Spinnereitechnologie bei der Maschinenfabrik Trützschler GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach. In seinem Vortrag stellt Müller ein neues Verfahren zur Regulierung eines optimalen Kardierspaltes als Abstand zwischen der Trommel- und der Deckelgarnitur vor.*

Baumwollverunreinigungen vor Verarbeitung minimieren
Oswald Baldischwieler, Product Manager Online-System bei der Uster Technologies AG, Uster, Schweiz, präsentiert Ergebnisse von Praxisstudien des Total Contamination Control-Systems (TTC) der letzten fünf Jahre aus 236 Spinnereien in neun maßgeblichen Textilproduktionsländern wie China, Indien, Bangladesch, Pakistan, Türkei oder Vietnam.*

Weniger Haarigkeit bei feinfädigen hochwertigen Ringgarnen
Stuart Gordon ist ein führender Wissenschaftler bei der Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in der Abteilung für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung mit Sitz in Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australien. Die Kontrolle der Haarigkeit von Ringgarnen gilt als wichtiger Forschungsschwerpunkt innerhalb der Ringspinnerei.*

 

*Weitere Informationen finden Sie im Anhang

Quelle:

Bremer Baumwollbörse

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Varvaressos presents SUPREME GREEN COTTON
07.04.2020

Varvaressos presents SUPREME GREEN COTTON®

SUPREME GREEN COTTON®: the water-saving, GMO-free and 100% traceable material

A satellite-powered drip irrigation system, made in Europe and a set of influential eco-certifications that grant 100% traceable products and attest corporate responsibility. These are the innovations behind the  collection by Varvaressos S.A. European Spinning Mills.

FROM SMART COTTON FIELDS…
Water usage is one of the pressing issues in cotton production. Varvaressos uses Israeli technologies and expertise in water management and has customized a sustainable technology that allows reducing water consumption up to 40%. Thanks to the advanced drip irrigation system, plants are watered and fed without wasting water. Another critical issue of cotton production is GMO. All the farmers and producers are carefully selected to guarantee the highest GMO-free quality as well as the most sustainable standards in line with EU strict regulations.

SUPREME GREEN COTTON®: the water-saving, GMO-free and 100% traceable material

A satellite-powered drip irrigation system, made in Europe and a set of influential eco-certifications that grant 100% traceable products and attest corporate responsibility. These are the innovations behind the  collection by Varvaressos S.A. European Spinning Mills.

FROM SMART COTTON FIELDS…
Water usage is one of the pressing issues in cotton production. Varvaressos uses Israeli technologies and expertise in water management and has customized a sustainable technology that allows reducing water consumption up to 40%. Thanks to the advanced drip irrigation system, plants are watered and fed without wasting water. Another critical issue of cotton production is GMO. All the farmers and producers are carefully selected to guarantee the highest GMO-free quality as well as the most sustainable standards in line with EU strict regulations.

…TO RESPONSIBLE GINNING AND SPINNING PROCESS
Varvaressos has taken care of its territory, meeting the economic needs and increasing the productivity of local farmers and business. Indeed, the whole supply chain is located within 200 km by the company. To prove that, the company allows the customers to trace the production phases through a QR-Code

…AND SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE SOLUTIONS
The company introduces the first textile developments that use SGC created by European leading companies. Both woven and knit proposals mainly 100% SUPREME GREEN COTTON® highlighting at best the versatility of the fiber.

CERTIFICATIONS AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
The collection’s  is guaranteed by certifications such as the MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® which attests the transparency and traceability. The company has also obtained the STeP by OEKO-TEX® - Sustainable Textile Production - certification for environmentally friendly and socially responsible production facilities along the textile chain, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
 

 

Weitere Informationen:
Varvaressos Sustainability cotton OEKO TEX
Quelle:

GB Network Marketing & Communication

Warping Mill (c) Velener Textil
02.03.2018

Internationale Baumwolltagung Bremen 2018

  • Innovative textile Prozesse

Veränderungen sind gut: Innovationen in der textilen Verarbeitung führen zu mehr Effizienz in den Prozessabläufen. Diesem Themenkomplex widmet sich auf der Internationale Baumwolltagung in Bremen am Mittwoch, dem 21. März die Session  „Textile Processing“ und liefert ansprechende Beispiele dazu.

Nachhaltig
Michael Tuschak, Mayer & Cie., Deutschland informiert über das 3-in-1-Konzept von Spinitsystems. Spinnen, Reinigen und Stricken sind in einer Maschine zusammengefasst. So kann der Herstellungsprozess von hochwertiger Single-Jersey-Wirkware stark verkürzt werden, was Energiekosten einspart und den CO2-Ausstoß reduziert.

Indigo
Ein alter Farbstoff kommt zu neuen Ehren. Dr. Dean Etheridge von der Texas Tech University, USA spricht in seinem Vortrag über ein innovatives Indigo-Färbeverfahren von Baumwoll-garnen mit Hilfe von Schaum. Dies spart große Mengen an Wasser und wird inzwischen schon vermehrt von großen Marken in der Jeansfertigung genutzt.

  • Innovative textile Prozesse

Veränderungen sind gut: Innovationen in der textilen Verarbeitung führen zu mehr Effizienz in den Prozessabläufen. Diesem Themenkomplex widmet sich auf der Internationale Baumwolltagung in Bremen am Mittwoch, dem 21. März die Session  „Textile Processing“ und liefert ansprechende Beispiele dazu.

Nachhaltig
Michael Tuschak, Mayer & Cie., Deutschland informiert über das 3-in-1-Konzept von Spinitsystems. Spinnen, Reinigen und Stricken sind in einer Maschine zusammengefasst. So kann der Herstellungsprozess von hochwertiger Single-Jersey-Wirkware stark verkürzt werden, was Energiekosten einspart und den CO2-Ausstoß reduziert.

Indigo
Ein alter Farbstoff kommt zu neuen Ehren. Dr. Dean Etheridge von der Texas Tech University, USA spricht in seinem Vortrag über ein innovatives Indigo-Färbeverfahren von Baumwoll-garnen mit Hilfe von Schaum. Dies spart große Mengen an Wasser und wird inzwischen schon vermehrt von großen Marken in der Jeansfertigung genutzt.

Effizienz
Amin Leder, Trützschler Gmbh & Co. KG, Deutschland stellt eine Technik vor, in der der Streckprozess zur Rotorgarnherstellung nicht in einer abgetrennten Maschine erfolgt, sondern in die Kardierung integriert ist. Damit ist es möglich, auch Baumwolle mit höherem Abfallanteil effizient zu verarbeiten.

Überblick
Harald Schwippel, Rieter, Schweiz, stellt zusammenfassend alle vier wesentlichen Spinnereitechnologien für Baumwolle - Ring Spinning, Compact Spinning, Rotor Spinning und Air-Jet Spinning - vor. Sein Vortrag bietet einen Überblick über die Möglichkeiten, die jedes dieser Verfahren in seiner heutigen Entwicklungsstufe zur Herstellung unterschiedlicher Garne bietet und die effizientesten Optionen für verschiedene Einsatzzwecke.

Noch mehr Wissen
Im Vorfeld der Internationalen Baumwolltagung organisieren das Faserinstitut Bremen und die Baumwollbörse am Dienstag ein spezifisches Seminar für Spinnereien, in dem es um den effizienten Umgang mit Verunreinigungen in Baumwolle, von der Eliminierung in der Produktion bis hin zur Entfernung in der Spulerei geht.

Im Rahmen der Experten-Session wird am Freitagmorgen z.B. der Austausch von neusten Forschungsergebnissen auf dem Gebiet von Entkörnungsverfahren im Zusammenhang mit Baumwollqualität diskutiert sowie das Thema Nachweisbarkeit von GMO-freier Baumwolle. Journalisten sind hierzu herzlich eingeladen.

 

Quelle:

Elke Hortmeyer, Rainer Schlatmann, Baumwollbörse