France's Kering, Vienna Textile Lab & Albini announce collaboration

29 Aug '22

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Albini_next, the Albini Group innovation hub, and Vienna Textile Lab have announced their collaboration project in which they explore together the possibility of employing microbial colours for dyeing applications on cotton and other natural fibres. The objective of this joint project is to develop a more sustainable dyeing method to colour textile products.

This initiative is one of the projects supported by French luxury fashion house Kering's Material Innovation Lab.

“Our innovation hub is the starting point for reaching innovation’s new frontiers, which is possible only collaborating with realities such as Kering and Vienna Textile Lab. Together we can reach incredibly high levels of innovation and sustainability, as we are doing with the transformation of microbial colours into new innovative dyes, a more sustainable alternative to conventional synthetic colours. It is a long process: it takes time and effort, but together we will achieve unprecedented results,” stated Stefano Albini, Albini president.

“The renaissance of biodegradable, nontoxic and natural dyes has come as we see a growing number of sustainable fashion brands and consumer sentiment impacting the sector. We see ourselves as an ‘enabler’ for all these different sustainability goals. Working together with strong industry partners like Kering and Albini helps us to understand how our microbial dyes behave on different fabrics. We learn so much through our close cooperation and can therefore bring our manufacturing method better and faster to an industrial level,” said Karin Fleck, CEO and founder of Vienna Textile Lab.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)

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