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Ep. 116: Innovation of the Year 2024

March 10, 2025 • World Textile Information Network

In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2024.

In this episode Federica Valente, marketing manager and Gijsbert Harmsen, senior sales executive at Coldenhove discuss the company’s Innovation of the Year award, with their Texcol® Pigment Transfer Printing Paper.

The company’s pigment transfer paper enables a one-step, fully waterless process to create vibrant designs on a wide range of materials, from cotton and linen to silk, wool and nylon. The company is known for its innovative paper solutions and serves customers all over the world.

Valente and Harmsen discuss how Texcol offers colour brilliance and how it hopes to revolutionise textile production, open new market opportunities and set new standards for sustainable and impactful design. For more information, please visit coldenhove.com.

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