A.L.C. Partners With Archive And SuperCircle To Launch Resale + Recycling Program “ALConscious” Program

SAN FRANCISCO — September 26, 2023 — A.L.C. today announced it has partnered with Archive, which powers customized resale at scale for global brands, and SuperCircle, which powers take back and recycling for the world’s best brands and retailers, to launch the “ALConscious” resale and recycling program. Consumers will be able to buy and sell preloved A.L.C. items on the ALConscious peer-to-peer marketplace or opt to send in any preowned clothing item for recycling through SuperCircle’s platform, and receive A.L.C. store credit — even if the item is made by another fashion brand. The launch marks the first time Archive and SuperCircle have partnered to power a branded resale and recycling program, enabling consumers to help build a more circular fashion economy.

“A.L.C. has always been anchored by a sense of community, and this program is an extension of us caring for, empowering and being accountable to our community,” said Andrea Lieberman, founder and creative director, A.L.C. “From empowering female artisans to upcycling vintage denim, we are constantly striving to make responsible choices. By launching ALConscious, we’re inviting our customers to expand their wardrobe, not their footprint.”

Founded by Lieberman in 2008, A.L.C. offers considered classics for thoughtful consumers. As the destination for buying, selling and recycling A.L.C. pieces, ALConscious will give the brand’s customers an easy way to limit their impact on the environment by keeping clothing in circulation and ensuring items don’t end up in landfills at the end of their useful life.

“We are thrilled to partner with A.L.C. to power the brand’s new ALConscious program, which marks our first integration with SuperCircle,” said Emily Gittins, CEO and co-founder of Archive. “This launch is another example of how we are integrating our technology with a wide variety of logistics partners to create customized resale programs for some of the world’s most innovative brands.”

SuperCircle is a full-service technology and reverse logistics platform that allows brands and retailers to launch recycling at scale with first-of-its-kind capabilities. The company links retail with the waste management industry to close the loop and help eliminate post-consumer clothing waste.

“To create a truly circular economy, everybody has to work together, including fashion brands, advanced technology platforms, logistics companies and consumers,” said Chloe Songer, co-founder and CEO of SuperCircle. “Forward-thinking brands like A.L.C. are giving customers multiple ways and incentives to extend the lifecycle of clothing items and to properly recycle them at the end of that cycle. We’re proud to partner with A.L.C. and Archive on this innovative program and build a more sustainable future.”

Archive is leading the evolution of resale by powering a wide range of customizable business models that make it easy for brands to launch and scale fully branded resale channels. The technology platform offers brands the flexibility they need to personalize resale and build deeper customer relationships.

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: A.L.C.

New Study: AccYouRate’s Smart T-shirt Enhances Cardiac Monitoring Beyond Limits Of Holter Monitors

L’AQUILA, Italy — September 26, 2023 — AccYouRate, a European digital health innovator specializing in wearable technology, has forged a strategic partnership with the renowned University of Bologna, Sant’Orsola Malpighi Hospital and Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University. Together they have embarked on a pioneering study to assess the comparative effectiveness of AccYouRate’s smart T-shirt for monitoring of essential physiological indicators versus the traditional Holter monitor and a smartwatch. The study highlighted the seamless integration of bio-vital body signals into everyday activities and normal living conditions, redefining healthcare monitoring paradigms. Holter monitor is standardly used in clinical practice for the evaluation of abnormal cardiac rhythms with potential links to cardiovascular diseases.

Today, AccYouRate is releasing preliminary findings from its latest study, focusing on comparative analysis between its smart T-shirt, Galaxy smartwatch, and the standard Holter monitor. The study was led by Professor Claudio Borghi, chief of the Department of Medicine of the Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi-Bologna and past-president of the Italian Society of Hypertension. The study explored the signal quality obtained from AccYouRate’s smart T-shirt and a Holter monitor (General Electric) and smartwatch, on patients undergoing 24 hours monitoring examination to assess their heart rhythm.

The findings of the study demonstrate the potential of AccYouRate’s textile wearable technology in delivering reliable and easily interpretable data for the detection of heart rhythm disorders. Traditional Holter monitors typically offer 24 to 48-hour ECG monitoring, and provide a relatively stable signal due to the standard adhesive electrode attached to the patient body, usually also reinforced using medical tape that keeps the electrode in place and maintains a tight contact with the skin. However, this approach is less comfortable for patients and imposes a limitation on monitoring duration, which usually cannot last beyond a couple of days. In contrast, AccYouRate’s smart T-shirt has been engineered to provide substantially longer monitoring periods, thanks to the incorporation of polymer-based electrode integrated into the fabric and eliminating the need for gel, adhesive or additional tape and ensuring comfort and wearability. Overall, the Smart T-shirt significantly extends the monitoring time and the patient’s compliance. Furthermore,

AccYouRate’s shirt is equipped with additional continuous sensing capabilities such as: heart rate, breathing rate, body temperature and others. Beyond movement and posture detection and analysis, enabling new screening and early diagnosis capabilities as currently adopted in other trials.

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: AccYouRate

Noble Biomaterials Launches CIRCUITEX® SIGMA at AUSA Tradeshow

SCRANTON, Pa. — September 26, 2023 — Noble Biomaterials, a global leader in antimicrobial and conductivity solutions for soft surface applications, announces the launch of CIRCUITEX® SIGMA, (Signature Management) with Select Fabricators at the AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington, October 9-11, 2023.

Select Fabricators, a leading U.S. Manufacturer of RF/EMI shielding enclosures, will showcase its new line of products with CIRCUITEX SIGMA technology at AUSA. Select’s portfolio of products includes RF/EMI shielding tents, boxes, and large-scale modular enclosures. The company supplies product to the U.S. Government for several applications from SCIFS, vehicles, digital forensics, to small electronic device shielding and RFIS isolation.

“We are seeing demand increase for advanced signature management technology,” said Andrew Pluta, president of Select Fabricators. “Our customers require energy management solutions that control data and shield from advanced electromagnetic sensors. Capabilities that mitigate detection are a vital part of our business. Our partnership with Noble allows us to have an advantage in the signature management space for both thermal and electrical protection.”

CIRCUITEX SIGMA uses a proprietary silver-based technology that shields emissive thermal signatures such as body heat, engine heat, and active firearms — anything that produces a thermal signature. In addition to emissive shielding benefits, CIRCUITEX SIGMA can reflect electrical registrations as well. The combination delivers advanced protection allowing military units to stay virtually undetected by advanced sensors.

“Developing products for combat has changed dramatically,” said Joel Furey, Noble Biomaterials co-founder, and chief commercial officer. “Our domestically manufactured silver technology delivers mission critical solutions that protect lives and valuable equipment. We have refined our product portfolio to meet and exceed expectations while maintaining our Berry-complaint status. The team in Scranton is very proud of the impact our products have on the market, and how they are being delivered.”

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: Noble Biomaterials

Smartwool Announces “Second Cut Resale,” A Resale Program Enabled By thredUP’s Resale-as-a-Service®

DENVER, Colo./Oakland, Calif. — September 26, 2023 — Smartwool, a manufacturer of Merino wool-focused products for active living, and thredUP, one of the largest online resale platforms for apparel, shoes, and accessories, today announced “Second Cut™ Resale,” a program that allows customers to shop secondhand products at www.smartwool.thredup.com and resell gently-worn items on thredup.com for Smartwool shopping credit. “Second Cut Resale” is powered by thredUP’s Resale-as-a-Service® (RaaS®), which enables the world’s leading fashion brands and retailers to deliver customizable, scalable resale experiences to their customers.

“We are excited to launch the next phase of the Smartwool Second Cut Project and further our circularity efforts with thredUP. Second Cut Resale offers the Smartwool customer an easy way to resell their gently used clothing and shop pre-loved Smartwool® products. Through this program, we aim to provide even more value to our customers all while doing good for the planet,” says Denise Anderson, head of Global Brand at Smartwool.

Through Second Cut Resale, customers can purchase secondhand women’s and kids’ apparel and accessories at www.smartwool.thredup.com. Customers can also earn Smartwool shopping credit for sending in gently worn items. To participate, customers can generate a prepaid shipping label at www.smartwool.thredup.com, fill any shippable box or bag with apparel, shoes, and accessories from any brand in their closet, and ship it to thredUP for free.* Sellers who receive Smartwool credit for eligible items that sell in the listing window will earn an extra 15 percent bonus on their payout in the form of a gift card to be used on smartwool.com.

“Smartwool’s commitment to a more circular business model is apparent from its initial Second Cut Project the company launched two years ago, and we’re honored that they’ve chosen thredUP’s RaaS to double down on their efforts,” said James Reinhart, CEO of thredUP. “Smartwool apparel is quality-made and built to last, and it comes as no surprise that the brand performs incredibly well in the secondhand market.”

Smartwool’s resale program powered by thredUP’s RaaS is part of the brand’s broader sustainability initiatives to shift toward a more circular business model. This April, Smartwool released its first circular designed hike sock made with repurposed yarn from collected socks from the brand’s Second Cut sock takeback program, a year-round initiative that launched in 2021. The Second Cut project empowers Smartwool consumers to be a part of the solution to the apparel industry’s textile waste problem by donating their old socks — one of the most discarded pieces of apparel. Since the launch of this program, Smartwool has collected 1.07 million consumer socks, equaling around 86,503 pounds of socks diverted from landfills.

* Terms apply

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: Smartwool

Gucci Wins The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Award For Circular Economy

ISLE OF WIGHT, England — September 25, 2023 — Italian luxury fashion brand, Gucci, has won the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Award for Circular Economy at this year’s Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana Sustainable Fashion Awards.

Gucci won the accolade for its efforts to create quality garments fit for a circular economy and continued commitment to using materials grown in a way which supports the natural environment.

The brand’s ‘Denim project’ set a high bar for incorporating regeneratively-grown cotton in its denim collections in partnership with Regenagri®-certified Algosur farm in Spain, combined with post-consumer recycled fibers collected and re-spun in Italy.

Available in 2024, the items in the project will also include a digital product passport tracing the journey from raw materials to manufacturing and production, as well as providing information about product care and repair services.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Award for Circular Economy recognizes leaders in the fashion industry embracing circular economy principles in their work and taking steps to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution.

Finalists for the Award — Chloé and ACS Clothing — were also recognized for making
significant progress towards a circular economy for fashion.

Andrew Morlet, CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, said: “In the world of fashion, our vision of a circular economy is one where products are used more, are made to be made again, and are produced from safe and recycled or renewable inputs.

“We’re delighted to see top players in the global fashion industry — winner Gucci and finalists Chloé and ACS Clothing — embrace these circular economy principles in their products and through redesigning entire business models.

“Transforming the fashion system won’t happen overnight. But collaboration across the industry from the design of future products to the processes, services, supply chains and business models that will deliver them and keep them in use, gives us hope that a circular economy for fashion can become the norm.”

The annual CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards took place in Milan, Italy, on September 24, awarding brands and organizations for their commitment to sustainable fashion.

Gucci has implemented a series of processes allowing its garments to be used more, remade, and recycled, eliminating waste and pollution by design.

This builds on its long-term commitment to invest in regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions, having last year won the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) Climate Action Award for a collaboration with a regenerative sheep farm in Uruguay to source wool for its collections.

“We are proud to receive the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Award for Circular Economy in recognition of Gucci’s efforts to embed circularity across our business model at this year’s CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards,” said Jean-François Palus, Gucci’s CEO.

“Building scalable collaborations is a vital part of Gucci’s strategy and the ‘Denim project’ is an example of combining the many strengths of the House’s supply chain partners and leveraging innovative tech to enhance circular economy principles.”

Finalist Chloé, a participant of The Jeans Redesign project run by the Foundation, demonstrated how it was possible to implement changes on a major scale, making 90% of its jeans portfolio circular in design, using durable, traceable, safe and recycled materials in the garments.

ACS Clothing, which is helping to drive an industry-wide shift by making it easier for brands and retailers to embrace circular business models, was shortlisted for its efforts to keep clothing in use. It offers a range of services to its partners including rental, repair, resale and fulfillment to make garments last longer.

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The First Jeanswear Brand In Natural and Biodegradable Stretch Denim

MILAN, Italy — September 25, 2023 — Candiani Denim presents to the international market the first jeanswear brand with natural, biodegradable, and elastic fabric ever produced and distributed to date. Coreva Design, will begin with four exclusive capsule collections and enters the Olympus of high-end jeanswear brands starting from the spring summer 2024 season.

The official launch was held at Banner, an exclusive boutique in Via Sant ‘Andrea, Milan, which has always offered a careful selection of brands and important luxury maisons. For the occasion, the Brand Ambassador was present, the American singer-songwriter LP who conquered the international charts with the single “Lost On You”.

Born from Coreva™ technology, patented exclusively worldwide by Candiani Denim, the brand presents exclusive collections in natural and biodegradable stretch denim. Coreva uses the elastic properties of a plant material, obtained from natural rubber, to ensure comfort without having to resort to the use of synthetic yarns. A stretch denim canvas that, by not using plastics, reduces its ecological impact at the end of its life by degrading in less than 4 months instead of 200 or more years. This revolutionary technology is radically changing the entire world of denim production and allows the Italian company, leader in sustainable innovation, to present to the market a brand that evolves the paradigms of an entire sector.

Coreva Design uses fabrics resulting from regenerative farming practices, the most responsible and conscious way of cultivation, which puts the properties and health of the soil first. Its collection consists of three distinctive and dynamic areas, dedicated to leisure, premium denim and ready to wear. Sweatshirts, hoodies, and joggers use an exclusive fabric from the Coreva family that is extremely soft for maximum comfort. In ecru, indigo, grey and terracotta, palettes obtained from unprecedented processes on garments. The world of premium jeans presents a range of models ranging from five pockets to workers, from chinos to denim jackets, to maxi shirts.

The ready-to-wear section is refined and fashionable, with a structured, architectural and design imprint. High-end garments such as cargo miniskirts and tops with maxi pocket, chemise and overcoat.

Alberto Candiani, president, Candiani Denim, stated: “The time has come for Coreva technology to definitively transform itself into a brand to demonstrate the possibility of a complete and scalable circularity. This is how the Coreva Design brand was born, where the word ‘design’ is added to describe the process behind the creation of a durable and quality product, designed from the beginning to respond to the problem of its own ‘end of life.’ The Coreva Design collection is in fact designed not only to express a sophisticated and authentic aesthetic, as well as a unique and natural comfort, but it is engineered to reach the end of life of its garments as far as possible. Coreva Design makes possible its recycling and even a more visionary transformation of the garment into regenerative and compatible by-products in agriculture. To return to the land and grow new crops.”

Coreva Design is a brand designed for a conscious and future-oriented person, destined for the network of department stores in the world of high fashion and advanced jeans. Realities that share this vision and that, in their selection, take into great consideration both aesthetic and ethical aspects, the origin of the garments, the short supply chain and a vertical production process. Coreva Design is a candidate to be the new revolutionary Premium Denim Brand, with a selective distribution in the Italian and international market and an approach to jeans with a clear lifestyle imprint. The executive offices located in the heart of Milan in Piazza Mentana will manage the collaboration of the commercial structure that will develop relations with the wholesale market. The artistic direction of communication counts on the involvement of Matteo Ward with Wråd Design Studio.

Starting from September, a selection of garments is available in preview for customers of Banner, Candiani Denim Store and corevadesign.com.

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: Candiani Denim

Sustainable Milestone For Standeven

BRADFORD, England — September 20, 2023 — Yorkshire-based textile manufacturer Standeven has proudly launched its latest collection, Stonedale Flannel. It is the company’s first official collection to be made entirely from 100-percent Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) accredited wool.

Stonedale Flannel marks a significant milestone for Standeven, which has been steadily integrating RWS accredited yarn into its fabric collections for years aligning with its dedication to environmental responsibility and ethical sourcing.

RWS is an international voluntary standard certification for wool farmers and sellers that aims to improve the welfare of sheep and the land they graze on. To achieve certification, companies must meet rigorous animal welfare, land management and social requirements and provide a fully traceable chain of custody.

Howard Bibby, sales manager at Standeven, said: “Stonedale Flannel marks a great achievement for our company. We’re thrilled to finally offer a whole bunch of the finest woollen flannel as part of our year-round stock support. This is a step in the right direction towards a greener future and we are committed to further expanding our 100-percent RWS accredited lines in the coming years”.

The ethnical collection consists of 21 new cloths inspired by the diverse Yorkshire landscape. Using colors that combine elements of the industrial skyline found in cities like Leeds and Bradford, with the breathtaking beauty of the Yorkshire Dales. The collection’s classic and capsule range features an array of melange plains, striking chalk stripes, and elegant checks and have a weight of 450 grams per square meter.

As part of Standeven’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, the company is certified and taking various measures to minimize its environmental footprint. These initiatives include responsible water and energy usage, waste reduction, and eco-friendly manufacturing processes, making them a pioneering force in the textile industry.

Posted September 26, 2023

Source: Standeven

Textile-Based Delivery Announces Sale Of Its Nufabrx® Retail Brand; Launches Clothing 2.0™ To Support Accelerating Demand For Partnerships

CONOVER, N.C. — September 25, 2023 — Textile-Based Delivery Inc., is pleased to announce the sale of its Nufabrx retail brand to Tallayne Holdings. After the tremendous success of this first product line, the company has launched Clothing 2.0 to exclusively support the growing number of partnerships across health and wellness, apparel, drug delivery, and textile sectors. Jordan Schindler, founder and CEO of Textile-Based Delivery, and team of science, textile, and regulatory experts will expand the reach of its smart-textile platform to partners and consumers globally.

Clothing 2.0 (C2) is the future of health and wellness. It’s the only company in the world that infuses consistent doses of medicines, vitamins, and supplements into yarns that create laundry-safe, reusable healing garments and textile products. This category of products, called HealthWear, gives the consumer better control of their health and wellness just by getting dressed.

“It’s simple: the biggest problem in modern health and wellness is consumer compliance. As we have seen with the Nufabrx brand, clothing is the perfect vehicle to help solve everyday health problems — it contacts our skin all day every day. Creams and patches have been helping consumers for centuries; clothing is the obvious next step to deliver OTC ingredients to the body,” explained Jordan Schindler, founder of Nufabrx and CEO of Clothing 2.0. “Clothing is one of the oldest industries in the world, nearly unchanged for millennia; it’s time to leave version 1.0 behind.”

Companies across various sectors see the opportunity that the convergence of textiles, medicine, and wellness offer their customers. Seeking to partner with Clothing 2.0, these companies desire to differentiate their products for their consumers by safely delivering active ingredients to the body via skin contact with textiles.

Clothing 2.0 manufactures its ingredient-infused yarns within its 20,000 sq. ft. USA clean room and University testing facilities. Its patented, state-of-the-art drug delivery system provides partners with a library of proven OTC and cosmetic ingredients, across garment types and textile substrates. Clothing 2.0’s partnership model easily integrates with a partner’s existing supply chain to rapidly drive new market innovations. Its on-staff production, regulatory, and support teams guide partners through development and go-to-market.

To date, Clothing 2.0’s platform technology has reached consumers with over one million partner products sold in over 15,000 retail locations. Through a selective partnership process, the products entering the market are true game-changing innovations for consumers.

Posted: September 25, 2023

Source: Textile-Based Delivery, Inc.

Dimension-Polyant Heads To Performance Days Munich With New Sustainable X-Pac® Laminate Innovations

PUTNAM, Conn. — September 25, 2023 — With more brands demanding traceable, sustainable materials, Dimension-Polyant, sailcloth producer and manufacturer of durable X-Pac® waterproof laminates developed for packs and bags, will introduce its latest eco-friendly fabric offering at Performance Days Munich, October 4-5, Booth Z14, Hall A5 + A6.

Protecting our oceans with new sustainable X-Pac® VX21 laminate

To help fight ocean plastic pollution, Dimension-Polyant and Hyosung, a comprehensive textile solutions provider, have collaborated to introduce a fully sustainable version of Dimension-Polyant’s successful X-Pac® VX21 four-layer laminate now constructed with Hyosung’s new GRS-certified, 100-percent post-consumer recycled regen Ocean nylon made from discarded fishing nets.

The X-Pac VX21 four-layer laminate face fabric is constructed with regen Ocean nylon strengthened by Dimension-Polyant’s patented X-PLY® fiber reinforcement technology made with post-consumer recycled PET. A lightweight taffeta backing, also made with 100-percent recycled post-consumer PET, provides enhanced stitch holding. As with all X-Pac materials, the VX21 laminate is made in Dimension-Polyant’s 100 percent carbon neutral plant.

The new laminate joins other X-Pac fabrics carrying Dimension-Polyant’s cleenTEC® seal, which guarantees it is 100-percent climate neutral by including recycled or bio-based components with the added sustainable measure of having climate offsets directly applied. Working with internationally- respected ClimatePartner, Dimension-Polyant calculates the total environmental impact of each cleenTEC fabric to offset its carbon footprint.

“We have been waiting for just the right 100-percent recycled material that meets our durability standards and sustainability story to collaborate with on the next phase of our best-selling VX21 laminate,” said Taylor North, head of Technical Fabrics, Dimension-Polyant US. “Hyosung’s 100 percent recycled regen Ocean nylon made with discarded fishing nets matched our demands and we are looking forward to a successful launch at Performance Days.”

“We are proud Dimension-Polyant, a company who shares our passion for the ocean, has chosen our 100 percent recycled regen Ocean nylon its popular X-Pac VX21 fabric,” said Roman Park, Hyosung Performance leader – Nylon and Polyester. “I strongly believe that collaboration along the supply chain is how great products are created. Dimension-Polyant will help make our regen Ocean nylon shine and we look forward to seeing new packs and bags made with its new laminate in the future.”

Expanded X-Pac® cleenTEC® guaranteed Innovation

In addition to the X-Pac VX21 regen Ocean nylon introduction, Dimension-Polyant will present several additional sustainable yet durable pack and bag materials to include its new X-Pac RX collection of mono-polymer fabrics made with a 100 percent post-consumer recycled polyester face fabric and X-PLY reinforcement. The recycled polyester fiber is made from discarded PET bottles sourced in the USA. A lighter-weight polyester film backing provides a sleek, technical appearance. It is treated with a PFAS free DWR. As with the X-Pac® VX collection, the X-Pac RX laminates also are cleenTEC certified.

“With the addition of these new cleenTEC styles, a majority of X-PAC sold will be cleenTEC, with plans to increase in the future,” said North.

Posted: September 25, 2023

Source: Dimension-Polyant

The 60th Edition Of Filo, The International Yarns And Fibres Exhibition, Has Closed With Positive Results

BIELLA, Italy— September 21, 2023 — The 60th edition of Filo, the international yarns and fibres Exhibition, has closed today with very good results.

The important goal of the 60th edition – marking the thirty years of Filo’s activity – has been distinguished by an increase in visitors’ number, as well as in exhibitors’ one – growing by 30%. The two days of the fair have been characterised by intensive work, and a constant flow of buyers, both Italian and foreign ones.

Paolo Monfermoso, responsible for Filo, says: “We close the 60th edition of Filo with great satisfaction for the job that has been carried out. We are convinced that once again Filo has proved to be a unique business platform, totally reserved to the operators working in this industry. These are the elements which determine the success among textile industry professionals: by taking part in Filo, they know that they will find very high-quality collections, as well as services designed and intended to make the collaborations and the matching between supply and demand of yarns and materials easier. With a view to strengthening the vision of supply chain which Filo wants to offer, I would like to stress the participation of the Cotton Egypt Association, which took part in the fair for the first time, representing one of the most refined and versatile fibre.”

The fil rouge of the 60th edition of Filo was the “good, healthy, clean, fair, and durable” textile. The topic was discussed in particular during the opening ceremony, with Mr. Dario Casalini, the Founder of Slow Fiber, and Ms. Barbara Nappini, the President of Slow Food Italy, together with some of the companies adhering to the network, some of which are also Filo’s exhibitors. Mr. Monfermoso also underlines: “We have chosen to tackle with the issue of the ‘good, healthy, clean, fair, and durable’ textile since we thought it was essential to discuss about it during a fair reserved to textile insiders, to understand the problems and the way to pave the way for sorting them out. Sustainability is an issue that we are going to deal with for a long time, it’s defining the future textile industry, also from a regulatory point of view: shedding a light on these themes is one of the tasks of Filo, which is a place for meetings and debates, as well as for business.”

Explaining and clarifying the contents of the new UE strategy concerning sustainable products, linked to the European GreenDeal is a goal for Euratex, the Association which represents the textile industry in Europe. Dirk Vantyghem, Euratex General Manager, was the protagonist of one of the “Dialoghi di Confronto”. Mr. Vantyghem declares: “It was very interesting to participate in Filo. It was the occasion to show to upstream companies in the supply chain both the implications and the challenges resulting from the new European legislation. The hope is that this is the beginning of a long collaboration between Filo and Euratex.”

The commitment of Filo to sustainable creativity and responsible innovation is also shown by “Sustainability from A to Z”, the service made available by Filo in cooperation with the eco-hub C.L.A.S.S. to give information and concrete suggestions to the companies about sustainability in its many facets.

The increase in foreign visitors and exhibitors’ number (16 more in this edition) proves the international nature of Filo. As far as buyers are concerned, the historical collaboration between Filo and ITA Agency enabled to organise a delegation made of 41 foreign professionals coming from 11 countries: Belgium, Chile, China, South Korea, France, India, Palestine, Peru, U.K., South Africa, and Turkey.

The collaboration between Filo and Piedmont Region resulted in the arrival of a delegation made of 18 buyers coming from Polland, Denmark, Czech Republic, the U.K., Belgium, and Portugal, which visited the fair thanks to the Progetto Integrato di Filiera (PIF) “Tessile”, implemented by Ceipiemonte – the regional agency for internationalization – on behalf of the Piedmont Region, as part of the Piano di Sviluppo e Coesione 2000-2020. As part of the collaboration between Filo and Piedmont Region, at the end of the fair, buyers have participated in a study tour in Biella’s district, to better undestand the excellent production pipeline distinguishing the territory of Biella.

Mr. Monfermoso adds: “The edition of Filo that just ended was the sixtieth, an important milestone. We wanted to celebrate the anniversary through a show retracing some of the main steps of our thirty-year history through some images. The show was also designed to thank all those people who contributed to making Filo one of the most appreciated exhibitions within the textile panorama. Since the success of Filo is largely due to the skills in researching and innovating of our companies, which means their ability to imagine the future, we, as Filo, start today to think about the future, and the 61st edition of Filo.”

The 61st edition of Filo will take place on the 21st and 22nd of February 2024 at Allianz MiCo-Milan.

Posted: September 25, 2023

Source: Filo

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