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ArticlePerformance Days: Why to turn up to “The Future of Polyester: Beyond the Bottle”?
The ingredient sourcing show Performance Days returns to Messe Munich on March 20-21, but is it worth attending? The easy answer is YES! Hopefully, this article by our expert Charles Ross will enlighten you as well.
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News briefsPatagonia teams up with Eastman to address textile waste
Outdoor clothing brand Patagonia and global specialty materials firm Eastman teamed up to recycle around 3,600kg of pre- and post-consumer clothing waste, which Eastman processed through its molecular recycling technology. The process consists of breaking down unusable apparel from the outdoor brand into molecular building blocks that Eastman can use ...
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News briefsEastman’s Naia Renew receives GRS certification
The Naia Renew cellulosic fiber received Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification on Dec. 13, Eastman announced. This certifies Naia Renew’s recycled content, chain of custody, chemical restrictions, and social and environmental practices. Materials standards body Textile Exchange manages the GRS certification process, which also involves an independent third-party certifying body ...
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News briefsKodak opens a textile test facility
Kodak has announced the opening of a textile test facility in the company’s Eastman Business Park in Rochester, New York. The facility will provide a wide range of testing services for use by textile developers, manufacturers and academic institutions to assess specific performance attributes and properties of fabrics. The new ...
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ArticleFashion For Good launches 18 month-project Sorting for Circularity in the U.S.
Source: Fashion for Good Fashion for Good’s Sorting for Circularity U:S. project sets out for research in the textile waste streams in North America. Funded by Adidas, Inditex, Levi Strauss & Co, Target, Eastman, H&M and Nordstrom, Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good (FFG) has launched a new initiative ...
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News briefsRenewcell partners with Eastman
Swedish recycling firm Renewcell has signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Eastman to develop Naia Renew ES yarns sourced from Circulose, Renewcell’s 100 percent recycled textile raw material. This is Renewcell’s first agreement with a U.S.-based fiber producer. Renewcell has described the deal as “an important step in ...
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ArticleGood momentum but high hurdles remain: Circularity in the eyewear sector
With performance and scale both large barriers, what can the eyewear sector do to become circular?
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ArticleEastman to invest up to $1 billion in plastics recycling facility in France
French President Emmanuel Macron and Mark Costa, Eastman Chemical Company’s board chairman and CEO, jointly announced on Jan. 17 that the U.S.-based specialty materials company plans to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. The facility would use Eastman’s polyester renewal technology to recycle ...
