ZÜRICH, Switzerland — September 22, 2026 — The winners of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Awards 2026 will present their project at the upcoming ITMF & IAF Conference 2026 which will be held from 14 – 15 October 2026 in Fortaleza, Brazil and will be co-hosted by ABIT (Brazilian Textile & Industry Industry Association).
The objectives of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Awards are to recognize sustainable and innovative achievements in the textile industry with focus on innovation, design, development, and production under the strictest standards of sustainability and respect for the environment.
The 3 winners of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award 2026 are (in alphabetical order):
- Epoch Biodesign, UK: epochbiodesign.com/
- Project: Scaling AI-driven enzymatic depolymerization to turn textile waste into fibergrade nylon 6,6
- Huvis, Korea: huvis.com/eng/
- Project: Polyester Chemical Recycling Technology for Sustainable Automotive Textiles
- Simabo Technology Co., Ltd and Wuhan Textile University, China: wtu.edu.cn/
- Project: Desert-Mulberry – Bioactive Silk Eco-Regenerative Cycle
For more information about ITMF visit: https://www.itmf.org/ or contact secretariat@itmf.org.
Posted: September 23, 2026
Source: The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF)