The industrial hemp business is growing every year. The strong fibres are used for insulation materials and biocomposites, mainly in automotive interiors. Hemp food products are increasing in market volume …
The annual IWTO Congress brings together members of the global wool industry from all stages of the pipeline, offering learning, networking, dialogue and exchange. This year’s theme, Wool in a Digital Age, …
(Update: 16. October 2020) Cotton is produced in around 80 countries worldwide on an average of 33 million hectares, or 2.5 % of the world’s arable land. Cotton is one …
During the annual general assembly of the DNFI members in Frankfurt on 12th January 2017, Michael Carus volunteered to serve as Vice Chair. Both the Chair and Vice Chair were …
The Indian government has imposed an anti-dumping duty on Jute yarns and twines and Jute products of Bangladesh and Nepal origin on January 5th, 2017. As there had been complaints …
A study of microplastics in the Great Lakes in North America published in September 2016 provides additional evidence that polyester fibers in clothing pose a previously unacknowledged risk to the …
