Milan Design Ateliers Adopt Closed-Loop Cashmere Reclamation Technology
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MILAN — MILAN — Across the historic weaving valleys of Piedmont, Italian luxury houses have completed a two-year transition to mechanical closed-loop fiber separation. The newly standardized protocol enables textile artisans to deconstruct luxury cashmere knitwear and spin fresh, durable yarn that matches the tensile strength of raw virgin fiber while reducing manufacturing water usage to near zero.
Restoring Fiber Length Through Acoustic Sorting
Textile engineers utilized ultrasonic acoustic sorting arrays to gently separate knit fibers without snapping delicate protein filaments. In testing conducted at the Milan Polytechnic Fashion Institute, the reclaimed yarns exceeded international pilling...