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Oeko-Tex is joining the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals programme. The ZDHC programme’s goal is to eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals in the global textile and footwear value chain. This ties in perfectly with Oeko-Tex’s vision of globally implementing sustainable/ green chemistry and best practices in the textile, apparel …

MagnaColours has created a new robust sustainability standard for the textile printing industry. The GNA mark has been created in order to encourage the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly methods throughout the textile printing industry. Magna has introduced the new mark, designed to be available for use by any …

Changes to Incorporatewear’s management team means the corporate clothing supplier looks set to deliver further growth. Ed Grigg, formerly head of key accounts, takes over as general manager of Incorporatewear. He succeeds Steve Ciuffini, who has been promoted to general manager direct sales at Incorporatewear’s Australian part company, Wesfarmers in …

Uneek Clothing has donated over 150 garments from its 2017 photo shoot to Els Medsorg, a care facility supporting adults and young people with disabilities in Vereeniging, near Cape Town, South Africa. Following the five day photo shoot in Cape Town, Wandi Lamprecht, stylist on the shoot, co-ordinated the garments …

Back in December, Marathon donated more than 500 bags to Mary’s Meals Backpack Project. The school bag specialist has been donating backpacks to the charity for over three years. The latest consignment was delivered to the charity’s warehouse to begin the bag’s first leg of the journey to some of …

This year sees Stormtech celebrate the milestone of 40 years of business operations. The company started as a sporting goods import business back in 1977 and later evolved into a promotional products company supplying ‘beer gear’ to the top breweries at the top. Gradually its product offering expanded to include …

Kornit’s Avalanche 1000 has been selected by Amazon for the on-demand production of promotional textiles as part of the online retailer’s Merch by Amazon programme. Through this agreement, Kornit will deliver the high-productivity system to support Amazon’s expansion of production capacity for the Merch by Amazon service. Merch by Amazon …

Direct Corporate Clothing (DCC) has posted a 22% increase in turnover following a number of high profile contract wins. In the year to October 2016, Birmingham-based DCC recorded turnover of £26.5m compared to £21.7m for the same period in 2014-15. Over the same period, staff numbers increased from 100 to …

Last year, David Luke manufactured its one millionth Eco-blazer, reflecting how schools and parents have truly embraced the eco concept. The production of the millionth Eco-blazer means that David Luke has prevented 16 million plastic bottles from ending up in landfill since its conception in 2012. The Eco-blazer makes up …

Oeko-Tex has reviewed the requirements of its products and has published its new regulations. Below is an overview of some of the changes. Made in Green and MySTeP The Oeko-Tex Association has established a new price strategy for the Made in Green by Oeko-Tex product label to fully satisfy market …