2022 Techtextil Innovation Award Winners Reflect Growing Pressure to Achieve Circularity – ResearchAndMarkets.com

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DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Editorial: 2022 Techtextil Innovation Award Winners Reflect Growing Pressure to Achieve Circularity” report from Textiles Intelligence Ltd. has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

There was a heavy emphasis on sustainability at the 2022 edition of Techtextil, held in Frankfurt, Germany, during June 2022 – and this was reflected in the innovations presented by the nine winners of the 2022 Techtextil Innovation Awards.

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At the same time, the winners proposed new uses to which technical textiles can be put in order to solve a variety of societal challenges. Researchers at the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material (ITM) at Technische Universitat Dresden (TU Dresden – Technical University of Dresden) presented the world’s first seamless woven heart valve, and RBX Creations presented a new fibre based on a novel process for extracting cellulose from oilseed hemp waste.

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FibreCoat presented a new aluminium coated basalt fibre, and Kelheim Fibres and Sachsisches Textilforschungsinstitut (STFI – Saxon Textile Research Institute) presented a reusable cloth diaper made entirely of sustainable materials. CITEVE (Centro Tecnologico das Industrias Textil e do Vestuario – Technological centre for the textile and clothing industry), in collaboration with three Portuguese partners, presented a process for turning natural leather waste and by-products from the tanning industry into new textile coatings, and Centexbel presented bio-based and compostable dispersions for textile coatings and printing inks.

Verabuccia presented material for fashion accessories which was made by transforming fruit waste using a special process, and OrganoClick presented a range of 100% bio-based binders for nonwovens.

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Meanwhile, Deutsche Institute fur Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF Denkendorf – German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf) presented a formaldehyde-free coating system based on non-toxic hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) derived from biomass waste.

Key Topics Covered:

INTRODUCTION

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TECHTEXTIL INNOVATION AWARDS

  • ITM and TU Dresden: seamless woven heart valve
  • RBX Creations: Iroony cellulosic fibre derived from oilseed hemp waste
  • FibreCoat and Deutsche Basalt Faser: AluCoat aluminium coated basalt fibre
  • Flexibility
  • Kelheim Fibres and STFI: Sumo concept cloth diaper
  • Trilobal fibres
  • CITEVE, CeNTI, CTIC and ERT Textil: transformation of leather waste and by-products from the tanning industry into new textile coatings
  • Centexbel: bio-based and compostable dispersions for textile coatings and printing inks
  • Verabuccia: Ananasse materials for fashion accessories from pineapple waste
  • OrganoClick: bio-based binders for nonwovens which are derived from waste components obtained from residual streams in the food industry
  • DITF Denkendorf and TotalEnergies: formaldehyde-free HMF coatings derived from biomass waste
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Companies Mentioned

  • Centexbel
  • CITEVE
  • Deutsche Basalt Faser
  • DITF Denkendorf
  • ERT Textil
  • FibreCoat
  • Kelheim Fibres
  • OrganoClick
  • RBX Creations
  • STFI
  • TotalEnergies
  • Trilobal fibres
  • TU Dresden
  • Verabuccia

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/xi2xzo

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