The textile industry has an environmental mountain to climb. It is currently responsible for 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions making it the second most polluting sector on the planet. [...]
The textile industry is under the environmental spotlight. And that spotlight is being directed most brightly on the industry’s water use which currently accounts for 10% of all industrial [...]
In 2013 the US Government launched its National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project suggesting the importance of sleep. This was prompted by a growing body of evidence that lack of sleep was costing [...]
Digital inkjet printing has been transformational for the swimwear industry. It’s allowed an expansion of collections and a fleetness of foot. Something designers and marketers could once only [...]
With over forty years’ experience in the dyeing business, Harald Gruenewald has built up a level of experience and expertise that is second to none. We interviewed the Business Development [...]
After 25 years with TANATEX, Madhavi Chavan remains as passionate as ever about doing a great job and expanding our business in India. Working as sales support and logistics manager in TANATEX [...]
Polyester accounts for more than 50% of the global textile fibre market – no matter the end use. That’s a lot of polyester needing to be pre-washed, dyed and finished, packed and [...]
Otis Robinson, from the International Dyer & Finisher magazine, spoke with René Hermse, Global Manager Performance Textile Solutions at TANATEX Chemicals, about the growing trends in the [...]
Diversity is the key to our success! This is what our colleague Luciano Santos, Area Sales Manager, says about TANATEX Chemicals. He returned to work for the company after several years. We have [...]
After more than 25 years in Asia, Simon Collinson is returning to Europe, responsible for Sales and Marketing in Europe & Americas region at TANATEX. He describes the thrill of working in [...]
Delighted with TANATEX blockbuster TASTEX®, Yasuhiro Matsuura, Representative Director of TANATEX Japan, is keen to see the next pioneering breakthrough. Product innovation is a key [...]
Madelaine Cornforth talks to Thomas Ruchser, Global Manager of Digital Printing and Carpet Solutions about the company’s developments in functional inks and finishing. Today there are textile [...]
We have great colleagues around the world and asked our Senior Manager Finance in India, Priya Joshi, several questions about her activities at TANATEX. Priya Joshi, can you explain your [...]
TANATEX is different from other companies, says Reda Awika who runs our Egyptian distributorship. For him, TANATEX is not simply a partner, it’s a source of inspiration. “TANATEX has a [...]
Cihat Bayram, managing director of Spot Kimya in Turkey has a straightforward vision for TANATEX as it celebrates its 60th anniversary. “Our vision is for the business to grow because as it [...]
Jordi Simó appears to achieve the impossible. CEO of TANATEX partner Grupo ADI, he is also a dedicated sportsman and happily-married father of seven children. How does he manage to do it all? [...]
Pretty much every piece of garment leaves the plant carrying a textile softener. It gives the fabric that nice touch so many customers are looking for and makes quite some stages of the [...]
So, you work in the woolen textile industry. You are hailed for your quality products. Your clothes and carpets are high-end, and your customers expect the very best. There is just one small [...]
Michael Pirkotsch, Business Development Manager at TANATEX, is a real chemistry ambassador who has seen a lot of the world. His 40 year-career in chemical textiles is filled with cultural [...]
Roller blinds, plisse window shades and book covers are famous examples of products that need to withstand tearing, breaking and friction without losing their elasticity. To add these qualities [...]
I spy with my little eye something beginning with … and then nothing. Permethrin finishes, effective as they may be, are invisible. And despite what you might think, their effect on your [...]
“Interesting and complex requests from our customers, that’s what thrives our experts in the lab,” says Eva Pont, manager of the TANATEX services lab. It’s the place where textile processes are [...]
Lothar Hentz, Area Sales Manager for TANATEX across Nordic and German-speaking countries in Europe, discusses value, sustainability and his magic ingredient for growth. You can’t miss the [...]
After no less than 40 years with TANATEX, Juan Carlos Graziani, General Manager in Argentina, is still looking ahead towards new innovations, developments and growth! Juan Carlos Graziani [...]
As Pradeep Karhade, Director of TANATEX India, has retired, he can look back over his career and explains why doing things differently has proved such a successful strategy. Pradeep Karhade has [...]
As a textile manufacturer, chances are high you’re a digital printing enthusiast. We’re with you on that. Digital printing is slowly but surely gaining ground in the textile industry as it brings [...]
Temperature can make or break the comfort of outgoing consumers. No matter the quality of your fabrics; people like to work out and we all get to deal with large temperature differences, sweat [...]
Textile professionals are a lot like normal people. They can’t be compared. What makes one manufacturer extremely happy causes a bad day for the other. This certainly applies to moisture wicking. [...]
The textile industry is one of the most water consuming industries in the world. Every stage in the production process requires water, either to apply substances or to wash them off. Now, water [...]
The speed of life increases, making the outdoors the ultimate place to blow off steam. People hike, camp, cycle, golf and fish to leave the city behind and to get their working week out of their [...]
Sustainability has passed the hype peak and is officially a big deal. Increasingly, brands implement certification programs and lists of substances (MRSLs). These are not allowed to be used [...]
Sportive youngsters and active elderly are shaking up the textile industry as we know it. People are more aware of the long-term benefits of a healthy lifestyle. As a result they have turned [...]
Seasons change in the blink of an eye. And so does fashion these days. The industry that revolves around trends is now captivated by a development that goes beyond the little black dress and [...]
“If I were working on a product like this at university, finishing it would take me over five years because of its complexity” “I just want to know everything.” This was what Marco Cirelli’s [...]
People tend to believe new printing machinery comes with better results. They’re wrong. Typically, it’s not the equipment, but the knowledge of the user that makes the difference. We may live in [...]
If white is a colour, it has about fifty different shades. Some are perfect for vintage lampshades, others do well in soothing wallpapers. But when you ask high-end fashion brands, there is just [...]
Malaria? Africa, India, and south-east Asia. Yellow fever? South America and Africa. In Europe and North-America, insect-borne diseases seem far away. Western mosquitoes are just plain annoying, [...]
The German army is a well-oiled machine. Consisting of 176,000 active troops, the organisation is a community on its own. In order to function the way it does, management teams have to be on top [...]
Permethrin is a hot topic. To date, no insect proof agent is found more effective in protecting us against mosquitoes, ticks, or flies. As it attacks the nerve system of insects, it either drives [...]
Many of us believe they should fear sharks, lions, and crocodiles. The most dangerous animal in the world, however, is also one of the smallest: the mosquito. Not because of the size of their [...]
