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President Trump signs National Defense Authorization Act
December 19th, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump passed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 18. The U.S. Senate and House passed the act earlier this month, following the reconciliation of the House and Senate versions of the bill in a conference committee. The final NDAA retains the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) level under the […]
Registration opens for 2026 Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference
December 18th, 2025
Image: SPESA Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) has announced that early bird registration is open for its 2026 Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference. The conference will take place on Tues., April 14, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. The event will be hosted at the Columbus Fashion Alliance’s (CFA's) flagship location, The LOOM, […]
RTI International, LOOM Carbon announce research collaboration
December 18th, 2025
Image: RTI International RTI International, an independent scientific research institute, and LOOM Carbon have announced a strategic research collaboration. The partnership will enable the scaling of LOOM’s proprietary thermal chemical recycling platform, which turns non-recycled and hard-to-recycle textile waste into sustainable carbon-neutral materials. LOOM Carbon’s process converts mixed and contaminated textiles into outputs, including: Circular pigments […]
SuperCircle raises $24 million series A to scale retail waste management operating system
December 17th, 2025
Image: SuperCircle SuperCircle, a textile waste management platform for retail brands, announced that the company has received $24 million in Series A funding led by Foundry. Other investors included BBG Ventures, Renewal Fund and Elemental Impact. The funding will allow SuperCircle to expand its artificial intelligence-powered operating system. SuperCircle provides post-consumer and post-industrial end-of-life optimization […]
AFFOA product accelerator program accepting project proposals
December 16th, 2025
Image: AFFOA Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) announced the third round of its Product Accelerator for Functional Fabrics (PAFF 3.0). The program provides U.S textile manufacturers and startups access to AFFOA's technical expertise and resources, with AFFOA covering labor costs enabled by government funding. PAFF 3.0 expands the program's scope to accelerate digital engineering/manufacturing […]
Durable tactical gear
December 15th, 2025
Fortisyn™ is made in the U.S. for Berry Amendment-compliant applications. Photo: UNIFI® Inc. Fortisyn™ is an abrasion-resistant yarn engineered for durability in tactical applications. The yarn was built to provide fabrics with enhanced tear and tensile strength for military and first-responder uniforms and tactical gear. Fortisyn is made in the U.S. for Berry Amendment-compliant applications. […]
Rotostitch raises $1 million in oversubscribed pre-seed funding round
December 15th, 2025
Rotostitch, an automated textile manufacturing technologies startup, announced that the company has raised $1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round, led by Boost VC and Nova Threshold. The new capital will accelerate product development and scale manufacturing capabilities. "Rotostitch has the right team at the right moment," says Emily Yu, investor at Boost VC. […]
Shawmut releases life-cycle assessment system for automotive textiles
December 12th, 2025
Image: Shawmut Corporation Shawmut Corporation has launched Shawmut Insights™, a proprietary life-cycle assessment (LCA) system that provides detailed visibility into the environmental impact of automotive and industrial textile products. Shawmut Insights is designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers understand environmental impacts, from raw materials to end-of-life, across Shawmut’s range of […]
Indorama Ventures, Jiaren Chemical Recycling announce partnership
December 11th, 2025
Image: Indorama Ventures Indorama Ventures’ fibers business and Jiaren Chemical Recycling have formed a joint venture to accelerate circularity in the global textile industry. Both partners plan to leverage the joint venture to unlock up to 100,000 tonnes (110,231 U.S. tons) of textile-recycled PET spinning capacity annually. “Mismanaged textile waste as well as the next […]
Navis TubeTex announces U.S. partnership with Icomatex
December 10th, 2025
Image: Navis TubeTex Navis TubeTex has announced a new partnership with Icomatex, a European manufacturer of stenters and textile finishing equipment. Under the agreement, Navis TubeTex will become the exclusive U.S. representative for the Icomatex stenter line. Navis TubeTex will now offer two complementary stenter platforms, including Marshall & Williams stenters and Icomatex stenters. “Our […]