French tech show features smart solutions for textiles
16/06/2025
While AI was the dominant technology across the board, a few start-ups developing novel bio-based and digital solutions for textiles could be found.
Japan-based United Silk has devised a method of rearing silkworms in controlled conditions (temperature, humidity and airflow), which it says allow it to raise 10 generations yearly, instead of the usual four in conventional systems. The company is investigating alternative applications for silk cocoons by transforming them into a powder that can be integrated into cosmetics as well as into a plastic resin combining 80% PLA and 20% silk.
Chitose, another Japanese company, exhibited its algae-derived dyes. “Algae naturally grow in blue, green and red,” Tetiana Topolian, communications manager, told Sportstextiles.
Spogad, created by Ukrainian national Anastasiia Kondratieva, recycles plastics to make fashion and jewellery accessories. The designer has been using the products she makes in her own collections and is now looking to market them to other brands to scale up.
Virtual showroom platform Arxy, based in Luxemburg, presented its digital solution that reproduces a ‘retail’ setting for B2B marketplaces. An environment that has a curated, upscale feel.
Ilea, a tech start-up based in Ukraine, has developed a digital wardrobe management app. It functions as a professional stylist to assist consumers when buying online by recommending or suggesting products suited to the user or filling a gap in their closet. “The software takes a scan of the user’s body and asks a series of questions on the person’s lifestyle and activities, likes and dislikes,” Mark Malko, product manager, told Sportstextiles. This tool, he added, could also be used by small and large brands to add new features to e-commerce sites.
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