Intimiti has taken a significant step forward in its material development strategy with the acquisition of a dedicated manufacturing line, strengthening its ability to support innovation, customisation, and early-stage commercialisation of compostable polyester filaments.

This expanded capability addresses a recurring challenge faced by brands, mills, and innovators: limited access to flexible production volumes and technical customisation during the development phase. Conventional polyester manufacturing is typically optimised for large scale output and high minimum order quantities, leaving little room for small order volumes, iterative trials, or application specific specifications. The new CELYS manufacturing line is designed to close this gap.

Intimiti has strengthened its CELYS material strategy by acquiring a dedicated manufacturing line to support innovation, customisation and early-stage commercialisation of compostable polyester filaments.
The new line enables small batches, tailored specifications and faster concept-to-validation, while advancing CELYS as a flexible platform with greater transparency.

Enabling Development and Filament Innovation

The newly acquired manufacturing line enables Celys to support smaller order quantities and customised filament specifications, allowing partners to move efficiently from concept to validation. Designed for development, sampling, and specialised applications, this capability delivers the precision and responsiveness required during early-stage material innovation, while enabling closer collaboration on filament parameters, functional requirements, and performance optimisation.

These advances mark Celys’ evolution from a single material innovation to a more flexible material platform, designed to integrate seamlessly into existing textile ecosystems while enabling greater agility at the front end of development.

Building the Foundation for Transparency

Alongside the expansion of manufacturing capability, Celys is progressing toward the release of Life Cycle Assessment data. Additional technical specifications and performance metrics are also in development, providing partners with greater transparency and confidence as projects advance toward commercialisation.

“Our focus extends beyond material innovation to building the infrastructure required for adoption at scale,” said Dr Gray Li, Chief Technology Officer at Celys. “This manufacturing capability enables closer collaboration, increased flexibility, and more practical pathways from development to commercial products.”

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Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)

Indonesia’s second-hand clothing boom, despite a long-standing ban on importing used clothes (since ****) aimed at protecting the domestic textile industry, preventing health and environmental risks, and promoting local production, is fast becoming one of the country’s most troubling economic and environmental dilemmas.

What began as an underground trade catering to budget-conscious shoppers has evolved into a full-blown national concern—one that is hollowing out the industry, overwhelming landfills, and upending the domestic market.

The Conference Board (TCB) Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the United Kingdom edged down by 0.1 per cent in October 2025 to 74.1 (2016=100), marking a second consecutive monthly decline after a similar fall in September. As a result, the UK LEI contracted by 0.8 per cent over the six-month period from April to October 2025.

The UK Leading Economic Index fell 0.1 per cent in October 2025, extending its decline and signalling continued weakness in forward-looking indicators.
Over six months, the LEI contracted 0.8 per cent, though less sharply than earlier in the year.
Meanwhile, the Coincident Economic Index rose marginally, but its six-month growth slowed sharply, indicating softer underlying economic momentum.

While this indicates continued softening in forward-looking economic signals, the pace of decline was notably slower than the 1.5 per cent contraction recorded between October 2024 and April 2025, suggesting some moderation in downside momentum, TCB said in a release.

In contrast, the Conference Board Coincident Economic Index (CEI) for the UK rose by 0.1 per cent in October 2025 to 108.1 (2016=100), reversing a 0.1 per cent decline in September. Despite this monthly improvement, overall growth in current economic activity remained subdued.

The CEI increased by just 0.2 per cent between April and October 2025, well below the 1 per cent expansion seen in the previous six-month period from October 2024 to April 2025.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)