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Tintex Textiles was in Frankfurt on 25th of April to share their ideas on how vintage waste can be transformed into textile coverings as an alternative to leather. Pedro Magalhães presented the InVinoTex project at the Techtextil Forum.
“The project is a follow-up to Texboost, in which we use vegetable waste to create coated textiles,” Tintex’s head of innovation told T Jornal. “To create this type of coating we have to turn the waste from harvesting into a powder which is then incorporated into one of our formulations, obtaining three different results,” he summarises.
“It’s a project that we have invested a lot in. Every year we have been following the harvest at Quinta do Soalheiro and from there we have learnt about the waste from the harvest and how we could incorporate it into our knitwear,” he continues.
The idea from the beginning was to offer a sustainable product, but one that “doesn’t have to compromise on performance”, emphasizes Pedro Magalhães. The trip to Techtextil served, in his words, to “whet the appetite of other companies that want to challenge us with waste”.
O projeto InVinoTex teve uma apresentação no Palácio do Freixo em 2022, o objetivo do evento foi servir de “mostra de conceito, ou seja, de que forma esta malha revestida se pode materializar em peça”. Para efeito aliou-se à marca Harvest by Prochef, num desfile de roupa profissional para os sectores da restauração, hotelaria e vinhos.
The InVinoTex project was presented at Palácio do Freixo in 2022. The aim of the event was to be a “concept show, in other words, how this coated fabric can be materialized into a garment”. To do this it teamed up with the Harvest by Prochef brand for a fashion show of professional clothing for the catering, hotel and wine sectors.