Autoliv and RS Taichi have partnered to advance motorcycle rider protection through an airbag vest. The collaboration pairs Autoliv's airbag safety expertise with RS Taichi's motorcycle apparel capabilities. No further technical specifications, timelines, or performance metrics were disclosed in the source text.
Techtextil 2026 will host the Performance Apparel Textiles area in Hall 9.0 with around 130 exhibitors from 13 countries, including Concordia Textiles, Getzner, Kermel, Klopman International and YKK Europe.
Textile artist Katherine Soucie argues that the ethics of upcycling begin with "Unmaking"—a slow, observational practice of studying waste materials before transformation—rather than with re-making itself.
Autoliv and Yamaha Motor introduced an airbag system for commuter scooters. The joint development targets enhanced rider safety in urban mobility segments.
Messe Frankfurt has curated the Techtextil and Texprocess 2026 forums to cover AI-supported production optimisation, digital manufacturing, circular technologies, and bio-based high-performance materials.
Katherine Soucie released her Multi-Stream Upcycling Framework as a free visual resource on International Women's Day, adapted from her M.E.N.D framework covering Method, Evaluate, Navigate, and Design. The framework is intended to help makers, designers, artists, and small practices assess and work with multiple textile waste streams as part of a larger system rather than a single material pathway. Soucie is sharing the full framework as downloadable images with a credit requirement and is developing it into an online course and book.
Textile waste designer Katherine Soucie has launched the Waste(D) Substack to share frameworks and methods from over 25 years of upcycling practice, including her M.E.N.D and Up‑Cycology frameworks developed through a practice‑based PhD.
Techtextil 2026 will host more than 1,500 exhibitors from 49 countries in Frankfurt from 21 to 24 April 2026, with over 120 first-time exhibitors and 16 country pavilions. The Performance Apparel Textiles area in Hall 9.0 doubles in size to around 130 exhibitors from 13 countries, while Textile Chemicals & Dyes debuts as a dedicated segment with over 30 exhibitors from eleven countries in Hall 9.0. The co-located Texprocess remains stable with around 200 exhibitors, bringing the combined total to over 1,700 exhibitors.
Textile Tales has republished its "Keeping Warm" archive feature, originally posted in January 2021 and previously revived in January 2023. The piece compiles work from Issey Miyake by Irving Penn, Deepa Panchamia, Maryam Ashkanian, Tom Johnson Studio, Daisy Collingridge, Alice Walton, Andrea Salvatori, Thom Browne SS14, Foldi Kinga, Jacqui Fink, Lin Tianmiao, Lucy McCrae, Lorina Bulwer, and a 200BC padded armour reference.
Techtextil and Texprocess 2026 will present their Innovation Awards, with winners announced starting 14 April 2026 ahead of the fairs running 21–24 April 2026 in Frankfurt.
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Everybody.World's Trash Tees, made from post-waste plastic-free cotton with low-impact dyes, broke down in a compost pile until they were nearly unrecognizable by the third week. Weekly monitoring showed white fungal growth after one week and fiber thinning with holes at sleeves and seams after two weeks. Microscope samples of the finished compost and remaining fabric revealed protozoa, testate amoebas, mature fungal hyphae, fungal spores, ciliates, and aerobic bacteria.
Messe Frankfurt has opened presentation submissions for the Techtextil Forum and Texprocess Forum 2026, with a deadline of 15 December 2025. An international Programme Committee will review contributions for relevance and quality and curate the programme; selected speakers will be announced at the beginning of February 2026. The forums run from 21 to 24 April 2026 in Frankfurt, and participation is free of charge, with short presentations written in English and supplemented with visualisations.
Companies, research institutes and universities can submit developments for the Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards 2026 until 15 December 2025, with participation free of charge.
Messe Frankfurt reports high registration numbers for Techtextil and Texprocess 2026, with an exceptionally large number of new exhibitors alongside established players. The trade fairs, scheduled for 21 to 24 April 2026, will feature an adapted hall layout including a new Textile Chemicals & Dyes area in Hall 9.0 and a Performance Apparel Textiles area. Exhibitors from cutting, sewing, and finishing equipment segments have already registered, driven by automation, digitalisation, and AI.
Messe Frankfurt will restructure the hall layout for Techtextil and Texprocess 2026, adding new product areas and extending content formats to help the industry seize international market opportunities. The 2026 edition, scheduled for 21–24 April, will feature a dedicated Textile Chemicals & Dyes segment and an expanded Performance Apparel Textiles area, with Texprocess located in Hall 8.0 adjacent to relevant Techtextil product areas. The early-booking offer for exhibitors is available until 12 March 2025.
Messe Frankfurt will for the first time bundle Textile Chemicals & Dyes into an independent product area at Techtextil 2026, running 21–24 April 2026 in Frankfurt. The segment will share a hall with Fibres and Yarns and Performance Apparel Textiles, placing upstream suppliers and users in close proximity. A 2021 MarketsandMarkets analysis cited by the organizer projects the global textile chemicals market to reach USD 33.1 billion by 2026, driven partly by demand from the technical textiles sector.
Techtextil 2026 will expand its focus on functional natural fibres and materials, following the dedicated "Nature Performance" area at the April 2024 edition where more than 15 per cent of exhibitors already showed natural fibres and materials. Exhibitors included Canadian start-up Vegeto with degradable milkweed-based thermal insulation, Turkey's Anatolian Colors with natural dyes, and Swiss start-up OceanSafe with biodegradable circular polyester. The global natural fibres market is expected to grow to around USD 103 million in 2031.
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