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Berto pushes ultra black to extremes

Italian denim mill Berto Textile Industry has been working on developing the deepest blacks. It has recently explored how far a single denim fabric can evolve through washing in its Tevere Ultra Black GOTS-certified range. It has presented two...

Circulose appoints sales manager
Swedish cotton recycler Circulose has announced the appointment of Andreas Dorner as its head of sales. Mr Dorner held...
Interloop to lend expertise to Fashion for Good
Mill and manufacturer Interloop has joined Fashion for Good as an innovation partner, participating in a pilot to help...
Change of CEO at textile machinery group
Textile machinery group Rieter is to have a new chief executive. Daniel Lippuner will assume the role on November 1,...
Jeanologia expands EIM’s possibilities
Environmental Impact Measuring, or EIM, is a scoring system created up by Spanish technology provider Jeanologia that...
Rajby sets high standards for new apparel division
Pakistan-based denim mill Rajby Textiles has opened a garment manufacturing unit with an initial production capacity of ...
Construction begins at third YKK plant in India
Fastener technology developer YKK has begun construction on a new factory in southern India. The company’s...

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Japan Blue: Strength in the stories

Driven by a rebrand and new partnerships, Japan Blue and Momotaro have seen revenues double over the past five years. The respected Japanese group tells Inside Denim about the importance of communicating about not only the products but also the culture and...

Catapulted from campus: How Ali Grace turned vintage jeans into a multimillion-dollar brand
Vintage Levi’s form the base of every aligrace style, with fit an integral...
Clocking On with Emily Gubbay
Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that...
Cut from a different cloth
Matthew Hegarty, founder of London-based brand Hegarty, sees denim and...
“Collaboration between industry and academia allows for fresh perspectives”
Professor Kate Goldsworthy is the director of Future Denim Lab, an ambitious...
Clocking On with Nikita Raman
Nikita Raman’s experience across categories, segments and countries helps shape ...

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Fast track textile-to-textile recycling

Kipas is breaking down the barriers to recycling mixed textile waste with FibR-e. The facility, which began operating at the end of last year, can recycle 100 tonnes of waste per day.“Our solution is a fast-track textile-to-textile recycling system,” says...

A creative language in itself
Resins, metallic finishes and coatings are giving designers alternative ways to ...
Momentum grows in ‘battle’ against PP
Suppliers say potassium permanganate’s inclusion on the ZDHC Watchlist sends an ...
Is there life on planet wool denim?
In our common memory, denim is and has always been a blue fabric made of...
A chain under strain
The denim industry in Turkey faces multiple challenges from falls in demand and ...
Recycling ‘blocker’ fibre enters new age
As Lycra’s partially bio-based elastane hits commercial volumes, Fashion for...