Sportstextiles Issue One 2026 out now
The first issue of Sportstextiles magazine for 2026 is available to read here.
Our in-depth, exclusive, innovation-focused features this time cover developments in membrane technologies and in solutions for odour-control. We also share thoughts on the current shortcomings of automation and AI from adidas director Walter Wählt. He hopes to see advances in these areas at Techtextil and Texprocess in April.
We also look at an initiative in Portugal to steer the country’s textile sector into the bioeconomy. This issue also has a review of the most recent edition of Milano Unica and a write-up of our conversation with adhesive technology start-up D-Glue. In Sustainability, we discuss lower-impact stretch fibres, as Lycra’s EcoMade reaches commercial volumes, while Footwear Technology focuses on waste-saving insole developer Blumaka.
