19 Jul | 115 laboratories participate in the ICA Bremen Round Trials
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Big Rush at the Open Day
The venerable “Kontorhaus” on Bremen’s market square was buzzing like a beehive on Saturday 21 May, as the Bremen Cotton Exchange invited visitors to its Open Day. Almost 1,000 visitors came to see the building’s many architectural treasures and to learn about cotton as a raw material. The originally planned guided tours were quickly (…)
Read moreSustainability made in Italy
Interview with Dr Giovanni Marchi, Director of the Marchi & Fildi Group: Marchi & Fildi was born in 2007 through the fusion of the two companies Filatura Marchi and Filatura Fildi. The international spinning group has its origins in Biella, Italy, where it was founded in 1969 and where its headquarters are still located (…)
Read moreOpen Day on 21 May: Bremen Cotton Exchange Opens its Doors
On the occasion of its 150th anniversary and the publication of the anniversary book, the Bremen Cotton Exchange is inviting to an open day on Saturday, 21 May 2022 from 11 am to 4 pm. Open day: readings, guided tours, information Bremen actor, producer and author Dirk Böhling will be on site for three (…)
Read moreDigital Talk: Cotton & Water – Innovations for a Sustainable Future
9 June from 2 to 3 pm- online – Water is an indispensable resource that is needed for growing cotton but also during the textile production process. Today, it is more important than ever for the cotton and textile industry to explore innovative ways to limit water usage. The digital talk “Cotton & Water” (…)
Read more150 Years Bremen Cotton Exchange: The Big Interview
The Bremen Cotton Exchange was founded 150 years ago in 1872. 2022 is an anniversary year with many events, the publication of a book and a conference. Reason enough for a long interview with the Executive Committee to talk about the current situation and to take a look into the future. * Unfortunately, Ernst (…)
Read moreEMP – Rock and Entertainment with Cotton
Interview with Lydia Kölker, Exclusive Merchandise Products: EMP Merchandising Handelsgesellschaft, with its headquarters in Lingen, was founded in 1986 by fans for fans. It has since grown to become Europe’s number 1 e-commerce company in rock and entertainment merchandising, with annual sales of more than EUR 280 million. EMP has been part of the (…)
Read moreAPPA becomes twelfth laboratory certified by ICA Bremen
The Association for the Promotion of Cotton Production (APPA) is Argentina’s leading cotton classing operation established in Avellaneda, Santa Fe. As of 1 March 2022, APPA has become the latest laboratory to be certified under ICA Bremen’s Laboratory Certification Scheme. APPA’s General Director of the Laboratory, Nicolas Buyatti said; “The certification of the (…)
Read moreNews from the FIBRE Institute: Foldable Composites with Cotton
In the Thermolink project, the Fibre Institute Bremen e. V. (FIBRE) developed composites with a joint function through local thermal consolidation of textile surfaces using cotton as reinforcing fibre. Certain areas of the textile surfaces are systematically stiffened by the action of heating and cooling of the thermoplastic fibers. At the same time, the untreated (…)
Read more26 Members from the cotton community become certified as ICA Bremen Quality Experts
ICA Bremen’s first group of Quality Experts have now been certified under an internationally recognised standard to assist with cotton quality matters. The newly certified experts come from Australia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Germany, Greece, Ivory Coast, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey and UK. The Quality Expert scheme is a service provided by ICA Bremen which (…)
Read moreBremen Cotton Exchange Joins Make the Label Count
The Bremen Cotton Exchange has become the latest organisation to join Make the Label Count (MTLC) which is lobbying the European Commission to revise and improve its Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology for textiles. The Cotton Exchange joins organisations such as Plastic Soup Foundation, Changing Markets and Fibershed, as well as luxury brand John (…)
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