In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2024.

In this episode Laura Thornquist, president at Fibre52 discusses the company’s Sustainability Award win, with their entry titled: Sustainability Advancement Cotton Has Long Needed. 

The company’s patented process and bio-friendly chemistries hope to enable a more efficient and sustainable way to prepare cotton-rich fabrics for dyeing. Fibre52 is confident it has created a drop-in solution that helps reduce water, energy and time. 

In this episode, Thornquist speaks through how Fibre52’s dyeing innovation integrates green technologies into a single sustainable system. She delves into what has prompted the startup to develop solutions for the dyeing and coating sector and explains the importance for more sustainable solutions in the textile industry. For more information please visit fibre52.com.

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