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H&M award winners tackle industry challenges

August 31st, 2023

KBCols Sciences developed a way to bio-ferment textile dyes using microorganisms, offering a potential replacement for current practices that contribute to freshwater pollution. Photos: H&M The 2023 winners of the H&M Foundation’s annual Global Change Award (GCA) offer a glimpse into the near future of textiles, from the creation of bio-based polyester alternatives to the […]

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Companies collaborate to develop novel lyocell-based nonwoven fabrics

September 1st, 2008

Austrian-based Lenzing Group, maker of cellulose staple fibers, and Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wash., a forest products company, will work together on the development of novel lyocell-based nonwoven fabrics. The objective of the collaboration is to develop a technology for the large-scale industrial production of an innovative and sustainable cellulose-based material for industrial and personal care […]

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