The objectives of the ITMF Start-up Awards are to provide start-ups a platform to showcase their innovative ideas and to offer them the possibility to meet in-person with well-established companies from the entire textile value chain.
Five winners of the ITMF Start-up Awards 2026 will present their business models at the ITMF & IAF Conference in Fortaleza, Brazil, on October 14–15.
Their innovations span bio-based polymers, zero-waste design, natural yarns, 3D weaving and enzymatic PET recycling.
The awards offer global exposure and connections with established textile companies.
The 5 winners of the ITMF Start-up Award 2026 are (in alphabetical order):
Matereal, Switzerland:
Business Concept: Charting the New Frontier – Bio-based Polymers and AI for Textile Manufacturing
no.wasTee soluções em confecções sustentáveis, Brazil:
Business Concept: Zero-Waste Design for a Low-CO₂ Textile Industry
Tellura technologies, Brazil:
Business Concept: 100 per cent Natural Yarn: From Fashion to Aerospace Biocomposite
Unspun, US:
Business Concept: Automating Apparel Supply Chains with 3D Weaving
Yuantian biotechnology (Tianjin), China:
Business Concept: Enzymatic Recycling and Industrialisation of Waste PET Plastic
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Fibre2Fashion News Desk (JP)
