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Performance Days: More halls, bio-based fibres and new market demands

With three exhibition halls for the first time and more than 590 exhibitors, Performance Days in Munich reached a new scale on October 13 and 14, 2026, continuing its success story. As always, the focus was on innovative material concepts and, this time, particularly on bio-based fibres. Spanning around 27,500 square metres and three exhibition...

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Driving textile innovation: Highlights from Performance Days Munich

With approximately 4,500 domestic and international visitors and 515 exhibitors, the Performance textile trade fair in Munich has once again demonstrated that its concept resonates with the industry. From October 29 to 30, the segment's leaders presented their innovations for the autumn/winter 2027 season. The positive atmosphere was remarkable,...

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Ragged Mountain Equipment exits administration

New York - The U.S. manufacturer of outdoor apparel and gear announced earlier this week it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Ragged Mountain Equipment (RME) request protection against bankruptcy a year ago. Founded by Rob Nadler, RME uses Polartec fleece to make most of its clothes. Up until 2016, Polartec had been based in...

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Innovative fabrics aiming to minimize microplastics

It is suspected that synthetic fibres contribute in a critical way to polluting our environment with microplastics. Now fabric manufacturers have reacted to this problem and introduced a number of new solutions to the market. Solid and insoluble synthetic polymers - i.e. plastics - that are smaller than five millimeters are called microplastics....