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A start-up straddling two continents is spinning an all-new yarn from a 100% biodegradable and 100% recyclable, regenerative but sadly forgotten tree that since time immemorial has been growing unabashed in the wild.

The Germany-based Hohenstein Group is a leading independent and accredited testing and research institute supporting the textiles sector. Vinod Kumar, Global Business Director at Oeko-Tex Eco Passport & Oeko-Tex Organic Cotton and also Managing Director of the Hohenstein Group for India, Sri Lanka and Middle East, touches on a host of topics in this tete-a-tete with texfash.com.

When founders of a startup super specialised in spectrometry, electronics design, programming, come together to build devices and scientific instruments that can identify plastic, textile and textile blends, it is indeed time for industry to take notice. texfash.com talks to Lieve Vanrusselt, an early invester and currently Head of Business Development at Matoha Instrumentation Ltd to know about the product, the journey and the road ahead.

As Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags gears up for its 100th edition in January 2024, texfash.com talks to Roberto Pellegrini, President of the Riva del Garda Fierecongressi Spa, the trade fair’s organising company to learn about its focus on sustainability, innovation and more. Joining in are his colleagues Enrico Cietta, Matteo Pasca, William Wong, and Alberto Mattiello.

A cleantech biochemical start-up Nature Coatings has given the world perhaps its first carbon-negative black pigment — the BioBlack TX — sourced from FSC certified wood waste. texfash.com talks to the Founder-CEO Jane Palmer on her journey this far.

Charting a radical new standard that designs elimination of fabric waste, the Shelly Xu Design (SXD) technology uses machine-learning and AI to create patterns that use every scrap of fabric efficiently. Award-winning designer Shelly Xu tells texfash.com how she combines great design with “bleeding-edge” technology.

Pune-based deeptech startup KBCols Sciences dips into the rich biodiversity of India to tech-source microbes and cultures them in bioreactors to produce natural colours of choice, using agrowaste as feedstock. The final product—bio-colours free from microbes—are a universal drop-in-solution to dye fibres.

Inspired by the brilliance of nature to develop materials from living and regenerable things, a Brazil based fashtech startup is harnessing the power of seaweeds to shape the future of textiles. texfash.com talks to the Founder–CEO of Phycolabs Thamires Pontes to know more.

Quite famously known as the ‘Green City in the Sun’, Nairobi has a bunch of students from its leading university figuring out an “incredible alternative” on how to use agro-waste, specially from maize—the principal staple food of Kenya—and pineapple, connecting the farming community to fashion in a way that both people and the planet not only survive but thrive.

A leading manufacturer of specialty viscose fibres, Kelheim Fibres GmbH, has a portfolio of functional biodegradable viscose fibres for unique products. Marina Crnoja-Cosic, Director – New Business Development (Marketing & Communication) talks to texfash.com about the ongoing innovation, the route taken on sustainability and how the market for viscose is shaping up.