From the Sector

The ISPO Textrends judges have selected YKK's DynaPel™ water-repellent zipper as the Best Product in the accessories category. The competition, held twice a year in conjunction with the ISPO trade show, recognizes the most innovative performance textiles, components, and apparel.

Designed to be compatible with garment recycling systems, the DynaPel™ zipper uses GTT’s EMPEL® technology instead of the standard PU film to achieve its water repellency. The lack of a PU film helps remove one of the barriers of textile-to-textile recycling of performance apparel by eliminating the urethane material, which presents challenges to garment recycling processes.

Conventional chemical and mechanical garment recycling systems cannot process the polyurethane film commonly used on water-repellent zippers, necessitating the removal of zippers from garments before recycling.  This additional processing step often deters recyclers from accepting garments with PU zippers, resulting in unnecessary waste.

EMPEL® technology uses advanced green chemistry devoid of PFAS and a specialized manufacturing process that allows the chemistry to penetrate the yarn and encapsulate it with a water-repellent layer through molecular cross-linking. The molecular cross-linking creates an extremely durable layer that is highly resistant to abrasion and invisible to the eye.

Responsible innovation plays a leading role at GenovaJeans, the initiative dedicated to new-generation jeans GenovaJeans, the initiative held in Genoa from 5 to 8 October and dedicated to the new generation of jeans, set the premises for the creation of a community dedicated to this iconic, revolutionary and innovative garment.

30 prominent industry leaders, divided into three categories (heritage, new creatives and production chain) created a inspiring experience in historic venues in the heart of the city. Presented in-group exhibitions, they forged a circular journey from the design to the creation of jeans, from the ingredient to the final outfit, and vice versa.

Heritage brands, exploring the history, evolution and best practices of this iconic garment, were hosted inside the Biblioteca Universitaria and included Blue Blanket Division, Blue Of A Kind, Diesel, IMIJT35020 By Canova, Incotex Blue Division, Mud Jeans, Pepe Jeans, Roy Roger's, Stefano Chiassai and Tela Genova.

The new creatives, a new generation of designers who have adopted innovative eco-design strategies to create smart jeans, were present inside Edificio Metelino in the Darsena area and included Andrea Grossi, Gilberto Calzolari, Gimmijeans, Jeanne Friot, Marcello Pipitone with Albiate 1830, Ksenia Schnaider, Patine, Regenesi, The Blue Suit with ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei and Zerobarracento.

The production chain, composed of companies in the supply and value chain, representing the major stages in the production process, were made up of Albiate 1830 - Albini Group, Cadica, Candiani Denim, Circulose®, Officina39, Pure Denim with Bemberg™ By Asahi Kasei, Soko, Tencel™, Tonello, YKK Italia and were housed inside the Ex Oratorio di San Tommaso.

The responsible innovation, ethics and transparency adopted by each company taking part in the circular journey of GenovaJeans were explained through a QR code powered by C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity Lifestyle And Sustainable Synergy) that provided information on the garments, their composition, production phases and company values.

Shanghai - ROICA™ lands in Shanghai to showcase its complete range of premium stretch fibers for the modern wardrobe and disclose its visionary approach and strategy for a cutting-edge and sustainable fashion.

On show, leading material innovator Asahi Kasei introduces a premium stretch fiber starting from the ultimate ROICA Eco-Smart™ Family. The certified and multi-awarded range has astonished the textile world for its hyper-performative features. “The new premium stretch is synonymous of transformation: from standard to speciality, from basic to special, from ordinary to clever and from standard to Smart.” Explains Shinichiro Haga, Senior Executive Manager - ROICA™ Division.

Sustainability and a responsible approach are the true core of research and development to create high-tech engineered yarns.Such visionary imprint imbues all ROICA™ innovations:

• ROICA Eco-Smart™ family: A true world-first with the most contemporary sustainable range of responsibly produced premium ingredients. ROICA Eco-Smart™ family offers 2 sustainably designed stretch yarns

- ROICA™ EF is GRS by Textile Exchange certified, thanks to the fact that more than 50% of yarn content comes from the recycling of pre-consumer waste.
- ROICA™ V550 yarn got the Cradle-to-Cradle® Innovation Institute’s GOLD LEVEL Material Health certificate for impacts on human and environmental health. This yarn is also Hohenstein Environment Compatibility Certificated, signifying at its end-of-life, ROICA ™ yarn smartly breaks down without releasing harmful materials.

• ROICA Feel Good™ family: A unique range of advanced stretch yarns that deliver personal performance and measurable wellness, freshness and comfort metrics for travel, sport, leisure and more.
   
• ROICA Colour Perfect™ family: A range of yarns that can give excellent, flawless and world unique colour dimensions in advanced fit solutions.
   
• ROICA Resistance™ family: A high performance range of stretch solutions with performance resistance designed for match particular applications.
   
• ROICA Contour™ family: A range of yarns that create new shaping, stretch and silhouette solutions for a calibrated fit, effortless control, softness, comfort and support.

ROICA™ already entered the most advanced collections of leading brands as: Wolford for exceptional European Skinwear including legwear, Sarah Borghi for hosiery, SITA Active for Smart pret-a-porter,  Daquini for athleisure, Livy for sensual lingerie, SCOTT Racing Team for cycling uniforms, Closed for denim, Un-Sanctioned for running suits, Vitamine A for beachwear and many others.

In Shanghai, ROICA™ is set to stand out as leader in Smart Innovation. As tangible proof of this, the company brings to Intertextile Shanghai some of its ultimate collaborations across China and the Far East.

Textilforscher der TU Dresden präsentieren neue Bandwebtechnik zur Herstellung hochkomplexer 3D-Gewebe, Struktur- und Prozesssimulationen für textile Hochleistungswerkstoffe und Fertigungsprozesse sowie eine dreidimensionale thermoaktive Raumtextilie.

Auf Basis einer neuen Spulenschützenbandwebtechnik mit einer integrierten Schützenwechseleinrichtung ist es gelungen, Carbongarne schädigungsarm zu verarbeiten sowie Profilbandgewebe mit über die Bauteillänge unterschiedlichem Querschnitt und vor allem in einem einzigen Fertigungsschritt gewebte komplexe rohrförmige Knotenelemente zu entwickeln. Das entwickelte Schützenwechselsystem demonstriert das ITM auf seinem Stand auf der Messe TECHTEXTIL an einem elektronisch gesteuerten Spulenschützen-Bandwebautomaten . Die Kombination der Spulenschützen-Bandwebtechnik mit der Jacquardtechnik ermöglicht eine ausgesprochen hohe Strukturvielfalt, die für die Entwicklung von gewebten rohrförmigen Knotenelementen in unterschiedlichster Geometrie genutzt wird. Die Rohrknotenelemente werden vor allem für die Eckverbinder von Leichtbaurahmen, z. B. in Fahrzeug- oder Fahrradrahmen, in Sportgeräten oder Roboterwerkzeugrahmen oder in der Architektur, benötigt. Am ITM wird in enger Zusammenarbeit mit der Firma MAGEBA Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co KG und durch die finanzielle Förderung von Forschungsprojekten durch das BMWi die gesamte Prozesskette vom CAD-Entwurf, über die strukturelle Entwicklung, die Erstellung der Maschinensteuerprogramme, die textiltechnische Umsetzung und die Bauteilkonsolidierung erfolgreich erarbeitet.

Als weiteres Highlight präsentiert das ITM der TU Dresden auf der TECHTEXTIL die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die die Struktur- und Prozesssimulation textiler Hochleistungswerkstoffe und textiler Fertigungsprozesse bietet und somit fester Bestandteil in allen Entwicklungen entlang der gesamten textilen Wertschöpfungskette vom Atom bis zum Produkt am ITM ist. Darüber hinaus offeriert das ITM als weiteren besonderen Blickfang ein 2,5 Meter hohes Rotorblatt aus einem Faserkunststoffverbund mit integrierten textilen Dehnungssensoren aus Carbonfasern zur In-Situ Strukturüberwachung.