Sportstextiles (previously World Sports Activewear #WSA) is a global B2B magazine dedicated to innovation in apparel materials. Est. 1994 🥇
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31 Oct 2025
Thread – Sportstextiles In Case You Missed It 🧵
1/5 In Case You Missed It – Sportstextiles
This week: Coats completes OrthoLite acquisition, Roica targets sport/athleisure, Pontetorto launches recycled & insulation fabrics, Dimension-Polyant upgrades X-Pac laminates.
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Jun 11
Can a windbreaker work without plastic?
@ARMEDANGELS worked with @LenzingGroup, Montebelo and HerMin Textile to rethink performance outerwear.
Read more:
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#Sustainability #Textiles #Innovation #Tencel #Outerwear #CircularFashion
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Jun 9
The H&M Foundation has revealed the names of the ten textile innovators receiving a Global Change Award (GCA) this year.
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Jun 3
Ruth Farrell tells Sportstextiles how Naia Lyte’s use in lighter #fabrics will help make it accessible to all: “We started at the high end; now we are on the High Street."
#fashion #textiles #lowerimpact #recycledcontent
Read our latest Q&A here:
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May 20
Swedish outdoor brand Peak Performance has published its Sustainability Performance 2025 report, outlining its progress in what it noted was a “year of significant change”.
@Peak1986
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May 13
The inventors of D-Glue say it can help boost the repair, reuse and #recycling of #outdoor #garments and bring about a breakthrough for adhesives that can de-bond on demand.
Read our latest feature:
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May 7
Moncler Group has outlined its sustainability achievements in 2025 that contributed to it receiving the highest score (91/100) in the ‘Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods’ sector in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
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Apr 30
Messe Frankfurt’s Olaf Schmidt, VDMA managing director Elgar Straub, former adidas director Walter Wählt, and GM of CITEVE, António Braz Costa discussed #automation and #AI in #textiles and #garments at the @ttx_tp preview:
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Apr 22
As Lycra’s partially bio-based elastane hits commercial volumes, Fashion for Good launches a pilot to validate lower-impact stretch fibres and galvanise support around nascent recycling systems.
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Mar 19
Our latest indepth feature: Odour-capturing technologies are replacing antimicrobial solutions to keep #clothing and #textiles smelling fresh. They are now being paired with cooling and fibre-shedding mitigation to better align with evolving concerns.
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Mar 12
The spring 2026 edition of @Intertextile Shanghai opened on March 11, with the halls at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre busy. More than 3,000 exhibitors from 25 countries are showing spring-summer 2027 collections
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@messefrankfurt
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Mar 11
Textile manufacturers have showcased innovations in performance fabrics, natural fibres and sustainable materials as the industry looks ahead to 2026. Read our latest feature here: sportstextiles.com/Features/…
#Textiles #MilanoUnica #LuxuryFashion #FabricInnovation
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Mar 9
British recycling company Worn Again has been developing a multi-solvent recycling process for mixed textile waste. It is now ready to move on to a demonstration scale set up, or Accelerator, as it calls it, in Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Mar 4
Makers of waterproof-breathable membranes have been pressured to phase out #PFAS chemistry, leading to solutions that use more sustainable polymers and production methods. Read our latest in-depth feature:
sportstextiles.com/Features/…
#textiles #sportswear #outdoor #innovation
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Feb 25
The first issue of Sportstextiles magazine for 2026 is out now! Our in-depth, exclusive, innovation-focused features this time cover developments in membrane technologies and in solutions for odour-control
#textiles #sportswear #outdoor #sportstextiles
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4 Dec 2025
Hyosung × Loop Industries are pushing T2T #polyester towards industrial scale.
Essaddam: “We can take waste that other recyclers cannot accept.”
#textiles #textiletotextile #textilesrecycling
Read the latest free feature:
sportstextiles.com/Features/…
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28 Nov 2025
This week in sport textiles: growth, circular moves and fashion crossovers
A quick roundup of the key headlines. #PerformanceTextiles #Sportswear #Circularity #OutdoorIndustry #SustainableInnovation #Activewear
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28 Nov 2025
Ski Industry Climate Summit set for January
The 2026 edition will run in Bolzano, covering eco-design, LCA, recycling, decarbonisation and compliance across winter sports.
sportstextiles.com/News/1736…
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28 Nov 2025
Anta partners with Kris Van Assche
Antazero x Van Assche debuts in Paris, bringing recycled synthetics, down and mycelium into a fashion-driven capsule.
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