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Technical Textile and Sustainability

The document discusses sustainability initiatives at the Techtextil and Texprocess trade fairs for technical textiles and non-wovens. It outlines how the fairs will focus on exhibitor sustainability approaches through a fair guide, technical textile forum, innovation award, and Fashionsustain conference. It concludes that sustainable manufacturing conserves resources while protecting people and the environment.

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Technical Textile and Sustainability

The document discusses sustainability initiatives at the Techtextil and Texprocess trade fairs for technical textiles and non-wovens. It outlines how the fairs will focus on exhibitor sustainability approaches through a fair guide, technical textile forum, innovation award, and Fashionsustain conference. It concludes that sustainable manufacturing conserves resources while protecting people and the environment.

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KHULNA UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Assignment On

TE 4133

Technical Textile

Topic

TECHNICAL TEXTILE AND SUSTAINABILITY

Submitted To:
Ayesha Siddika
Lecturer
Department of Textile Engineering
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Submitted By:
Hafiza Rahman
1621016
Department of Textile Engineering
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

Submission Date: 12-Dec-2020


TECHNICAL TEXTILE AND SUSTAINABILITY

1.0 Introduction

Sustainability at Techtextil" and "Sustainability at Texprocess" are the two topics by which these
leading international trade fairs for technical textiles and non-wovens, and for the processing of
textile and flexible materials, will be explicitly turning their focus for the first time onto their
exhibitors' approaches to sustainability. To this will be added a broad complementary
programme on this topic. Among those contributing will be major players in the industry, such as
Kering, Lenzing and Zalando.
Fibres made of recycled polyester, bio-based high-tech textiles, water-conserving dyeing and
finishing processes, functional and work clothing, using little or no solvents and adhesives: in the
field of technical textiles, and when processing textile and flexible materials, more and more
firms are adopting approaches to greater sustainability. Through "Sustainability and Techtextil"
and "Sustainability at Texprocess" the leading international trade fairs, from 14 to 17 May, will
be demonstrating exactly these approaches taken by their exhibitors. In addition, numerous event
formats will be taking up the topic of sustainability at both fairs.  

2.0 Initiatives For Sustainable Technical Textile

2.1 Fair guide for selected exhibitors

In the run-up to Techtextil and Texprocess exhibitors at both fairs were able to submit their
approaches and evidence of their work on every aspect of sustainability to the fairs' organisers.
An independent, international jury of experts on sustainability assessed the submissions, in
accordance with the relevance and validity of current national and international product-

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sustainability labels, such as currently mainly Bluesign, Cradle-to-Cradle, EU Eco Label, ISO
14001, GOTS, GRS as well as SteP by Oeko-Tex.

Overall, 47 firms were selected, including 44 exhibitors at Techtextil and three at Texprocess.
Visitors who are interested will find the selected firms in their own Fair Guide, which will be
available at the Fair, via filter function under "Sustainability" in the online visitor search facility,
and on both fairs' apps. In addition, the exhibitors so selected will be publicising their
participation at their exhibition stands.  

Members of the international jury of experts: Chairman: Max Gilgenmann, Consulting Service
International Ltd. (Germany and China); Claudia Som, Empa (Switzerland); Jan Laperre,
Centexbel (Belgium); Heike Illing-Günther, Textile Institute of Saxony (Sächsisches
Textilinstitut e.V., Germany); Karla Magruder, Fabrikology (USA); Lauren Zahringer, SAC
Social Apparel Coalition (Netherlands).

2.2 Technical textile Forum featuring theme of sustainability

Taking "Towards sustainability" as its motto, the Techtextil Forum on 14 May between 11 a.m.
and 3 p.m. will be providing a series of contributions devoted exclusively to sustainable textile
innovations. Chaired by Braz Costa, managing director of the Portuguese technology centre
CITEVE, among the topics on the programme will be: textile recycling (TWD Fibres, Velener
Textil), sustainable construction with wool (Minet S.A., Romania), sustainable textile coatings
(Centexbel), biopolymers (RWTH Aachen University), traceability of GMO-free cotton
(Hohenstein Institute) and low-cost, bio-based carbon fibres (Jules Verne Research Institute,
France).

2.3 Technical textile Innovation Award

For the first time the Techtextil Innovation Award will be presented to two firms in the category
of sustainability. The winners will be announced and the awards presented on the first day of the
fair during the opening ceremony. During the whole time of the fair visitors will also be able to

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find out about the prize-winners and their award-winning projects at the Techtextil Innovation
Award Exhibition Area in Hall 4.2.

2.4 Texprocess Forum with branch of Fashionsustain Conference

Through a branch of Fashionsustain Berlin, Messe Frankfurt's conference on every aspect of


sustainable textile innovations, the Texprocess Forum on the morning of the 14 May will be
devoted exclusively to the theme of sustainability in the textile and fashion industries in all its
aspects. The first keynote, "Sustainable innovation – a matter of survival", will come from Micke
Magnusson, co-founder of the Swedish start-up We are Spindye. Next, posing the question "Is
Sustainability the Key to Textile Innovations?", will come a discussion by leaders in the industry
such as Clariant Plastics and Coatings, Indorama, Lenzing, Perpetual Global, Procalçado S.A.,
Kering und Zalando. Fashionsustain will be chaired among others by Karla Magruder, founder of
Fabrikology International.

2.5 Innovation Roadshow features sustainable footwear production

Next at the Fashionsustain Conference fibre manufacturer Lenzing, knitting-machinery producer


Santoni and shoe-component manufacturer Procalçado S.A. will be presenting the Innovation
Roadshow, entitled "The Future of Eco-Conscious Footwear Manufacturing." The roadshow will
be supported by the Messe Frankfurt Texpertise Network. It will feature examples of the
sustainable production process of a shoe, thus demonstrating how a fundamental change to
sustainability can already be a reality in the fashion and textile industries today. The panel will
be chaired by Marte Hentschel, founder of Sourcebook, the B2B network for the fashion
industry.

In 2017 Techtextil and Texprocess welcomed a total of 1,789 exhibitors from 66 countries and
over 47,500 visitors from 114 countries. At the coming event over 1,800 exhibitors from a total
of over 60 countries and more than 47,500 visitors from more than 100 nations are expected.

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3.0 Conclusion

Sustainable manufacturing is manufacturing products with such process that are not polluting,
conserve energy and natural resources, economically sound and safe for employees, communities
and consumers. Industry must continuously look for less hazardous options for production and
ensure proper mitigation plan accordingly. Running vigorous awareness building and knowledge
sharing programs and strengthening law and law enforcing agencies are also important to ensure
a clean environment.

References

1. Yasin, S., & Sun, D. (2019). Propelling textile waste to ascend the ladder of sustainability:
EOL study on probing environmental parity in technical textiles. Journal of Cleaner
Production, 233, 1451-1464.

2. Paul, R. (Ed.). (2019). High Performance Technical Textiles. John Wiley & Sons.

3. Danihelová, A., Němec, M., Gergeľ, T., Gejdoš, M., Gordanová, J., & Sčensný, P. (2019).
Usage of recycled technical textiles as thermal insulation and an acoustic
absorber. Sustainability, 11(10), 2968.

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