France’s Kering, Vienna Textile Lab & Albini partner on sustainability

The textile industry is evolving, and manufacturers, brands, and retailers are placing a growing emphasis on using more environmentally friendly production techniques. New clean technologies and procedures are needed for the textile industry to change and improve in order to become less destructive to the environment.

The Albini Group’s innovation hub ALBINI next and the Vienna Textile Lab are pleased to announce their partnership in a study to investigate the potential use of microbial colors for dyeing applications on cotton and other natural fibers. The goal of this collaborative initiative is to create a more environmentally friendly technique for coloring textile items with dyes. One of the initiatives that the Kering Material Innovation Lab supports is this one.

Stefano Albini, Albini president, said that their innovation hub serves as a launching pad for exploring new horizons in innovation, and only via collaboration with institutions like Kering and Vienna Textile Lab is this feasible. Together, they can achieve extraordinarily high levels of sustainability and creativity, as they are accomplishing the conversion of microbial colors into novel, inventive dyes, a more environmentally friendly substitute for synthetic colors used today. Together, they will accomplish unheard-of outcomes despite the lengthy procedure.

Karin Fleck, CEO and founder of Vienna Textile Lab, said that the innovative Vienna Textile Lab now has new potential thanks to its participation in this fascinating collaboration with ALBINI next and Kering Material Innovation Lab. The renaissance of biodegradable, nontoxic, and natural dyes has occurred as they observe a rising number of sustainable fashion firms and consumer attitudes affecting the sector. They consider ourselves to be a “enabler” for all of these various sustainability objectives. They are better able to comprehend how their microbial dyes work on various fabrics thanks to their collaboration with powerful industry partners like Kering and Albini. Because of their close collaboration, they are able to improve and accelerate their production process to an industrial level.

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