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Sustainable water management: Jeanologia, Aitex and Pizzaro SA unveil closed-loop system

Managing and reusing the textile industry's wastewater? Life Anhidra - a project by Jeanologia, Aitex (Textile Industry Research Association) and Portuguese textile company Pizarro SA - now makes it possible to have a closed-loop system for wastewater without discharges. The aim of the innovation is to reduce the environmental impact of the...

Business

World Water Day: initiatives by the textile and apparel industry

Water is essential for life - for humans, animals and plants. However, one in four people in the world have no access to clean drinking water; many areas are drought-prone while others are wasting water. World Water Day on 22 March draws attention to these problems, but is also an opportunity for companies and organisations to highlight their...

Business

Inditex and Jeanologia develop Air Fiber Washer to reduce microfibre shedding

Spanish fashion retailer Inditex and Spanish finishing specialist for sustainable clothing Jeanologia have developed the first industrial air system designed to extract microfibers during garment manufacturing and thus reduce subsequent shedding in domestic laundering. Called the ‘Air Fiber Washer,’ the new system extracts up to 60 percent of...

Business

SGS partners with Jeanologia on light sensitive fabric testing

SGS has announced a new partnership with Spanish technology manufacturer, Jeanologia, on the launch of an advanced Light Sensitive Fabric test. Available exclusively through the Swiss inspection and verification company, the programme utilises laser technology to accurately measure the sustainability of denim fabrics for laser marking. The...

Business

Jeanologia debuts sustainable garment dyeing technology

Responsible denim specialist Jeanologia has launched a new technology that aims to transform the garment dyeing process in a way that is both efficient and respects the environment. Colorbox is part of Jeanologia’s plan to reduce the environmental impact the dyeing process has, presenting an alternative that it said can reduce the use and...

Fashion Featured

Denim innovations: How brands are cleaning up the industry

The denim industry, as a part of the wider textile industry, which is one of the most polluting industries in the world, has come a long way since Levi Strauss developed its first pair of blue jeans for gold miners in the San Francisco area in 1873. Note that the first Levi’s blue jeans were reserved for men. Women had to wait until the next...

Fashion

Mango reduces water consumption in jeans production by nearly 4 million litres

Spanish fashion company Mango has introduced new techniques in the production of its SS19 season jeans which have cut down water consumption by up to 10 litres per garment. After analysing its water consumption, the company detected that cotton production and finishing processes accounted for 90 percent of water consumption. In a bid to reduce...

Business

Jeanologia presents new denim collection “100% Made in Bangladesh“

Spanish finishing specialist for sustainable clothing, Jeanologia, wants to turn “Made in Bangladesh“ into a quality seal. At the Bangladesh Denim Expo, which is taking place today and tomorrow in Dhaka, the leader in sustainable technology will present a collection that is made in Bangladesh, 100 percent. For the first time, Jeanologia managed...

Fashion Featured

Jeanologia on how to make the denim industry more sustainable

It can be said that the textile industry is the second most polluting industry in the world and in particular, the production of denim apparel is one of the most polluting of them all, especially in terms of water and chemical consumption. “Currently, five billion pairs of jeans are produced every year. To produce these, about 420 million m3 of...

Fairs

In Picture: Denim trade fair Denim Première Vision in Barcelona

Each season sees the globe's denim aficionados flocked to Barcelona, Spain to attend denim trade fair Denim Première Vision. Each event at the Fira Montjuic in Barcelona attracts the industry's top buyers, press and denim peers, who come to learn more about the latest developments within the denim branche, new technologies and techniques for...

Fashion Featured

Jeanologia disrupts industry with debut ‘Zero Discharge’ denim finishing plant

Jeanologia, the Spanish sustainable garment finishing specialist, is set to present the world’s first denim finishing plant which guarantees ‘zero’ pollution this afternoon at the ITM in Milan, Italy. The sustainable company aims to transform the textile industry by achieving what it calls “a perfect production cycle” within it’s new ‘Zero...