Sportstextiles issue three out now
Issue three of Sportstextiles is available now and is available to read here.
Recycling features prominently in our lead articles this time. We offer insight into progress in recovering elastane fibres from clothing for reuse. Among the benefits of this will be a boost to recyclers’ income streams, the article suggests.
Separately, we look at the incentives recyclers can offer to encourage clothing brands and manufacturers to make greater use of their services. If regulatory changes represent the ‘stick’, recycling programmes want to offer ‘carrots’ too.
In Newcomers, we look at biotech protein fibres that are in the works at Tandem Repeat, while Rise To The Challenge celebrates the long and fruitful partnership between fabric manufacturer Chargeurs PCC and textile machinery developer Karl Mayer.
Footwear technology’s focus is on a boot that boosts warmup and recovery, and Sustainability takes a critical look at the environmental demands that Europe is imposing on manufacturing partners in Asia. This has left one leading industry figure, Justin Huang of the Taiwan Textile Federation, wondering who will produce garments for Europe in the future.
Our closing Dialogue is with Edu Uribesalgo of Basque outdoor brand, and monomaterials champion, Ternua.
