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British Textile Fact File
Materra establishes sustainable pilot cotton farm
UK-based Materra is aiming to develop farming technology to grow cotton in the most sustainable and transparent way, with an industrial scale pilot farm currently underway in India
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iinouiio launches new UK wool and luxury fibre recycling line (for re-spinning)
iinouiio has installed the first wool and luxury fibre recycling line (for re-spinning) since the last one in the UK closed during 2000
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Lochcarron's 100% British wool kilt fabric
Leading tartan manufacturer Lochcarron of Scotland has created a 100% British Wool Strome Kilt quality fabric, reducing its production journey from 15,000 miles to under 400
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Heathcoat Fabrics delivers a soft landing on Mars
Discover the story of Heathcoat Fabrics’ journey into space and the Devon-based textile manufacturer's role in the Perseverance rover – Mars2020 mission – landing on the red planet
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Edmund Bell fabrics furnish one of the world’s largest hotels
Edmund Bell fabrics can be found in one of the world’s largest hotels, the Abraj Kudai hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which has 10,000 bedrooms, 70 restaurants, a shopping mall and 4 helipads
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Humphries Weaving fabrics are found on iconic TV and film sets
Did you know that UK fabrics from firms like Humphries Weaving are featured as part of historic interiors regularly used for TV and film sets including Downton Abbey and Peaky Blinders?
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HFW fabrics are the choice of movie stars, royals and celebrities
When President Ronald Reagan was shot, he was famously upset about the bullet hole in his new Fresco suit. Fresco is HFWs’ best-selling cloth, known as the original travel suit fabric
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Pineapple leaf leather alternative Piñatex turns waste into opportunity
Ananas Anam, the UK-based company behind pineapple leather alternative Piñatex, is scaling up production to meet current and future demand from the fashion, upholstery and automotive sectors
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MYB Textiles features in TV drama Harlots
Did you know that MYB Textiles’ Kintyre Madras was featured heavily in the TV drama ‘Harlots’? The Kintyre Madras fabric is designed in-house and woven on traditional Madras looms in Ayrshire
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