footwear leathers news

15th Nov 2022

Japanese textile company Toray has reported an 18.7-per cent consolidated revenue growth to 1,261.8 billion yen in the first half (H1) of fiscal 2023 (FY23) ended September 30, 2022, compared to 1,062.9 billion yen in H1 FY22. The company’s H1 FY23 profit before tax increased to 4.6 per cent to 84,976 million yen, compared to 81,205 million yen in H1...

13th Nov 2022

The board of directors of Ontex has announced the appointment of Gustavo Calvo Paz as the new chief executive officer, with effect from November 14, 2022, succeeding Esther Berrozpe. Ontex is a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions, with expertise in baby care, feminine care and adult care, headquartered in Belgium.

13th Nov 2022

Renaissance Textile in Laval, France has started a textile recycling line, delivered, installed, and commissioned by Andritz Laroche, part of the technology group, Andritz. The state-of-the-art Andritz textile recycling equipment enabled Renaissance Textile to become the first French recycling platform dedicated to industrial end-of-life textiles.

11th Nov 2022

SuperBottoms, India’s leading D2C brand for baby-care products has expanded into the female wellness and hygiene segment with the launch of India's maximum absorbent period underwear, MaxAbsorb Period Underwear. Even today, comfortable and unrestrictive period care is still a luxury, SuperBottoms has taken it upon itself to ease every menstruator’s...

10th Nov 2022

US’ Ascend Performance Materials has purchased a majority stake in California-based Circular Polymers, a recycler of post-consumer, high-performance polymers including polyamide 6 and 66, polypropylene and polyester (PET). The deal provides Ascend with a consistent supply of high-quality PCR materials for its ReDefyne sustainable polyamides.

9th Nov 2022

Sensoria Health, developer of tele-rehab remote patient monitoring wearable solutions, has introduced the first truly wearable tele-rehabilitation platform. Sensoria offers a patient-centric, multi-device mobile and cloud software tele-rehab system that makes it easy for clinicians to remotely monitor the most common conditions in their patient...

8th Nov 2022

Spain’s Ternua launches Protech line for Fall-Winter 2023-24 collection made with 100 per cent recycled materials. The R&D department has done an outstanding job by using innovative and environmentally friendly textiles and treatments. They show technicity and sustainability can go together for alpine activities and keep people protected while doing...

8th Nov 2022

Ashland Inc has reported a 7 per cent growth in its sales, totalled $631 million, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, ended September 30, 2022. The leading global additives and specialty ingredients company has also reported improved cashflows of $179 million, provided by operating activities, up from $151 million in the previous fiscal’s quarter.

8th Nov 2022

Swiss-based Sanitized is increasing its innovation expertise by appointing a new CTO, Martin Cadek, who will oversee global technological activities for the specialist antimicrobial hygiene brand. Cadek will lead the company’s competence centre for technology innovation and will focus on breaking new ground to develop innovations in sustainability.