Lenzing AG

The global apparel textile trade convened in Shanghai earlier this month under conditions of friction and disruption—and arrived in force regardless. Over 96,000 visitors from 119 countries moved through seven halls across three days, engaging more than 3,000 exhibitors at the Spring Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics. The scale was familiar. The fair's growing role as an organiser of industry perception was rather less so.

Lenzing Group has introduced Tencel Lyocell – HV100, a fibre designed to reproduce cotton’s irregular texture and authentic denim character. With its matte appearance and softer hand feel, HV100 aims to overcome the aesthetic limitations that previously restricted Tencel’s use to denim interiors, enabling its expansion into the core structure of jeans.

For the first time ever Canopy's Hot Button Report has awarded the coveted 'green shirt' status to three global producers—India-based Aditya Birla, Austria-based Lenzing, and China-based Tangshan Sanyou.

A recurring theme at the 63rd Global Fibre Congress at Dornbirn from 11–13 September was recycling and the associated circular economy. It stressed on the urgent need for everyone in the value chain, from machine manufacturers to manufacturing and retail, to find a common denominator—the only way to provide the consumer with products which are sustainable and affordable.

Recognising the urgent need for suppliers in the Global South and other manufacturing regions to understand the implications of new laws on their operations, a group of leading apparel suppliers have updated the apparel supplier’s guide.

Sustainability is less of a destination and more of a journey and it is critical that stakeholders in the textile-fashion industry are honest about how they communicate their sustainability credentials to avoid greenwashing, was a thought that echoed around the sprawling grounds of the recently concluded Functional Fabric Fair at New York.

There’s yet another alternative to genuine leather as pre-consumer recycled leather is fused with Lenzing’s Tencel lyocell fibres to create an all new nextgen material in a resource-saving, closed-loop production process.

The Lenzing Group has announced a new fossil-free Tencel lyocell fibre that delivers exceptional stretch and recovery properties while adhering to responsible production methods.