The winners of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award and the ITMF International Collaboration Award have been announced. The objective of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award is to recognize sustainable and innovative achievements in the textile industry with focus on innovation, design, development, and production under the strictest standards of sustainability and respect for the environment. The objective of the ITMF International Cooperation Award is to recognize progress in international collaboration in the textile industry according to the values of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The winners of the ITMF Innovation & Sustainability Award 2024 are:

• GuoWang High-Technique Fiber Company (China): Low-carbon & sustainable innovation in PET fibre industry

• HeiQ AeoniQ Holding AG (Switzerland): Hyperscaling HeiQ AeoniQ

• Samsara Eco (Australia): Infinite plastic recycling: a solution for end-of-life textiles

The winners of the ITMF International Cooperation Award 2024 are:

• DITF (Germany) and RBX Creations (France): Next generation cellulosic filaments from hemp

• HKRITA (Hong Kong, China): Open lab

The ITMF has also recently announced the winners of the ITMF Start-up Award 2024. The objectives of the ITMF Start-up Awards are to provide start-ups a platform to showcase their innovative ideas and to offer them the possibility to meet in-person with well-established companies from the entire textile value chain.

The winners of the ITMF Start-up Award 2024 are:

• RE&UP Recycling Technologies (Netherlands): RE&UP – scalable recycling technologies for high-performance fibres

• Sci-Lume Labs (USA): Bylon – scalable, melt-spun fibers without oil or waste

• Sycoretec CAS (China): SYCORE-TEX – materials of topological softgel for ultra-thermal insulation

• Syre Impact (Sweden): Syre hyperscales textile-to-textile recycling