Business

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: “Instead of extracting value from nature and transforming it into wealth, we are using the wealth Patagonia creates to protect the source. We’re making Earth our only shareholder.” © Campbell Brewer

07/10/2022 – Business

Business

New ownership for Patagonia

Patagonia announced new ownership, nearly 50 years since founder Yvon Chouinard began his experiment in responsible business. By Editorial staff

Key market players and leading academic institutes travelled on 8–9 September 2022 to Düsseldorf-Neuss, Germany, to partake in vivid exchanges about the way towards a responsible textile industry and the contribution of printing technologies. © ESMA

06/10/2022 – Event

Event

TPS as a new platform for sustainable textile printing

120 participants from 15 countries joined the very first edition of Textile Printing & Sustainability (TPS) to learn about the most critical questions ... By Editorial staff

Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, President of PolyU, gave a speech at the opening ceremony of SFT. © PolyU

06/10/2022 – Education

Education

Establishment of the School of Fashion and Textiles

PolyU establishes the School of Fashion and Textiles to nurture innovative, creative fashion talent and seize opportunities in the Greater Bay Area. By Editorial staff

04/10/2022 – Intertextile Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo Shanghai and Shenzen

Intertextile Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo Shanghai and Shenzen

Autumn editions postponed to next year

Originally scheduled to take place in October and November 2022, the Autumn fairs in Shanghai and Shenzen will now be postponed to next year. By Editorial staff

Michael Jänecke, Show Director of Techtextil and Texprocess, retires with effect from 1 January 2023. © Messe Frankfurt

28/09/2022 – Personnel matter

Personnel matter

Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess with a new management team

The textile trade fairs Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess will be held under new management. Michael Jänecke retires with effect from 1 January 2023. By Editorial staff

The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) receives the ITMF Award International Cooperation for its project Star-Network – Sustainable Textile of the Asian Region. © ITMF

26/09/2022 – Awards

Awards

ITMF Awards 2022 presented for the first time

At the ITMF Annual Conference 2022 which was held in Davos, Switzerland, ITMF presented for the first time the so called ITMF Awards in two categories. By Editorial staff

Meeting of the participants of the IFKT in the Titanic Hotel © IFKT

23/09/2022 – “Knitting for a Sustainable Future”

“Knitting for a Sustainable Future”

50th IFKT International Congress in attendance

After several years of online phase, the 50th International Congress of the Federation of Knitting Technologists took place again in attendance. By Editorial staff