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ICA’s cotton traceability system ‘a massive step forward for brands’

21/01/2016

ICA Bremen, an international centre for cotton testing, is developing a full traceability system for cotton. Progress has been made to accurately measure the percentage of marked cotton in final garments simply by scanning it, which involves adding an identifier to fibres at the ginning stage. Kai Hughes, ICA Bremen manager director, said: “Our...

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