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