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Fibre2Fashion
5 days ago
- Business
- Fibre2Fashion
Sappi celebrates Petra Fagerstrí¶m's victory at CTF 2025
Sappi proudly congratulates Petra Fagerström, winner of the 2025 Challenge the Fabric (CTF) Award, for her outstanding contribution to sustainable fashion. Originally from Sweden and now based in London, Petra has gained recognition for her innovative approach to design, blending creativity with environmental consciousness. At a time when the global fashion industry faces increasing pressure to embrace sustainability, the CTF Award recognises designers who are leading the charge towards responsible innovation. Petra's winning designs, created in collaboration with her CTF Award Innovation Partner, Sappi Verve, exemplify the importance of conscious material choices in shaping the future of fashion. As part of her victory, she received a cash prize of $10,000. Sappi congratulates Petra Fagerstrí¶m, winner of the 2025 Challenge the Fabric Award, for her innovative, sustainable fashion designs using Verve fibre. Originally from Sweden and now in London, Petra impressed with her creative vision and eco-conscious approach, showing how responsible material choices can shape a more sustainable future for the fashion industry. Reflecting on her experience, Petra shared, 'I enjoyed the challenge of working with fabric made from Verve fibre. As a designer, I draw inspiration from the world around me and enjoy delving deeper into areas that spark my interest.' She embraced the opportunity to work with innovative textile solutions that enhance recyclability and reduce textile waste, and she is eager to further explore advancements in sustainable fashion. Competing against a strong lineup of finalists from the fashion capitals of London, Paris, and New York, Petra stood out for her ability to merge sustainability with creative excellence. The jury of industry professionals praised her work, stating, 'Petra's design demonstrated exceptional strength across all criteria: innovation, creativity, scalability of design culture, and commercial potential. Her approach was authentic and forward-thinking, aligning with emerging trends while maintaining a distinct creative vision. The commercial viability of her work was clear, proving that sustainability and creativity can successfully coexist in modern fashion." The CTF 2025 event in Milan welcomed around 180 industry stakeholders, including designers, retailers, and textile producers, all invested in advancing man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) as a viable alternative to conventional textiles. With growing scrutiny on fast fashion's environmental footprint, responsible fibre innovation has become a central focus in discussions about the industry's future. As one of the official sponsors of CTF 2025, Sappi reaffirmed its commitment to driving meaningful change through sustainable material development. Sappi Verve dissolving wood pulp continues to play a pivotal role in the evolution of traceable, eco-conscious fabrics, supporting the industry's broader transition towards circularity. Sappi's collaboration with Kara Fiber, which supplied the final Ecocell™ fabric for Petra's designs, further underscores its dedication to fostering innovation in textile production. Bernhard Riegler, VP Marketing, Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp , expressed his enthusiasm for Petra's achievement, stating, 'We are incredibly proud to see Petra Fagerström embrace the possibilities of Verve fibre and bring her vision to life in such a compelling way. Her commitment to sustainability and innovation is exactly what the industry needs right now. The transformation of the fashion sector depends on responsible material choices, and seeing designers like Petra champion this cause gives us confidence that lasting change is on the horizon.' As the fashion industry accelerates its shift towards environmentally responsible production, initiatives like the CTF Award play a vital role in fostering dialogue and driving meaningful progress. As Petra embarks on her next projects, Sappi remains committed to supporting designers who are redefining fashion for a more sustainable future—where material choices make a lasting impact beyond the runway. Note: The headline, insights, and image of this press release may have been refined by the Fibre2Fashion staff; the rest of the content remains unchanged. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
Business Wire
15-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Sappi Casting and Release Announces New Textures and Collaborative Product Launch Ahead of
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and dissolving wood pulp, is preparing for the interzum 2025 exhibition with six new Ultracast textures and a new collaborative product launch. The exhibition will take place next week – May 20 – 23 – in Cologne, Germany. Visitors to the Sappi booth (Hall 6.1 Booth E-048) will be immersed in a sensory experience with surfacing solutions that demonstrate the impact of how we perceive and experience a variety of materials through natural looking design and our sense of touch. The decorative laminate texture six-pack will include new or recently launched textures, including: Canaletto: Canaletto is a new woodgrain texture with a natural, all-over design featuring meticulous details and a well-balanced rhythmic grain pattern. The realistic details, beautiful shimmer, and satiny touch make Canaletto stand out, evoking a soft, precise richness of noble wood. Circuit: The complex interconnections and patterns on electronic components inspire Circuit. Its peaks and valleys look like traces and pathways woven or etched onto its surface. When you examine its haptic surface more closely, you can see a delicate network of lines that resemble conductive routes punctuated by geometric shapes. City: City is an evolution of the Sappi texture Urban, with a refined stone character for a more contemporary appeal. With an expanded scale, softened and adapted to trendy stones like travertine and limestone, City is versatile and can beautifully fit many other décors like marble, concrete, clay and granite. Matte Luxor: Matte Luxor is a decorative laminate version of our textile texture Luxor. The dual gloss surface creates a woven appearance of squares and diamonds. The ultra-fine lines produce a warp-and-weft effect, adding an easy, subtle sheen to the surface design. Matte Luxor's haptic is reminiscent of a pleasing woven engineered finish. When touched, the technical texture has a multidirectional sensory effect: one direction has a gliding smoothness, and the other has a slight roughness. Mokka Vintage: Mokka Vintage exudes a bold, industrial aesthetic with its ultra-flat finish and intentionally weathered appearance. Mokka Vintage's dual finish creates extremes in light and dark qualities, giving the material a raw and rough edge. Deliberately incorporated subtle scuffs, scratches, and irregularities suggest a history of wear and resilience. Vita: Vita, our newest organic texture, features a nicely refined ribbed finish with subtle undulations that exhibit a vibrant play of glimmer and shadow, a vivid sheen that moves with the light. Vita enables unlimited design freedom in interiors with a surface that blends perfectly into the elevated aesthetics of industrial stainless steel and the expressive elegance of statement pieces. 'When creating new textures, we are constantly evaluating what is the most important to consumers – haptics, aesthetics, and function,' says Mark Hittie, Director of Release Business Strategy for Sappi North America. 'We are proud to showcase this new laminate texture six-pack, which combines design with performance. We strive to push the boundaries of texture, with the user experience always top of mind.' In addition to these six new textures, Sappi is announcing a collaborative product launch with Upco SRL. UpcoXtouch, Texture by Sappi, is a three-dimensional textured surfacing solution that provides high-wear and anti-fingerprint performance to decorative laminates, including worktops, countertops, and kitchen cabinetry. 'We strongly believe in this collaboration,' says Florian von Kuczkowski, COO of Upco SRL. 'Combining Upco's innovative functional coating solutions with Sappi's aesthetically pleasing and authentic-to-the-touch textures answers the need of laminators for a textured surface with highly functional properties.' UpcoXtouch will be featured at both Upco's and Sappi's booths during interzum 2025. Learn more about Sappi's Textures here. About Sappi North America, Inc. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Sappi North America, Inc., is a leader in converting wood fiber into superior products that are used worldwide. Sappi NA has a corporate office in Portland, Maine and mills in Skowhegan and Westbrook, Maine, Cloquet, Minnesota, and Matane, Quebec, along with a dedicated Technology Center and Sheeting Facility. Sappi NA employs approximately 2,100 people in the United States and Canada. Sappi NA uses a renewable, recyclable natural source – woodfibre – to create packaging, specialty papers, graphic papers, and pulp that make everyday products more sustainable. Sappi supports sustainable forestry and sustainable manufacturing to mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity and improve soil and water quality. Sappi North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with more than 12,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and customers in over 150 countries. To learn more, visit
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sappi Casting and Release Announces New Textures and Collaborative Product Launch Ahead of interzum 2025
Sappi will showcase a six-pack of decorative laminate textures, as well as a new collaboration with Upco SRL BOSTON, May 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and dissolving wood pulp, is preparing for the interzum 2025 exhibition with six new Ultracast textures and a new collaborative product launch. The exhibition will take place next week – May 20 – 23 – in Cologne, Germany. Visitors to the Sappi booth (Hall 6.1 Booth E-048) will be immersed in a sensory experience with surfacing solutions that demonstrate the impact of how we perceive and experience a variety of materials through natural looking design and our sense of touch. The decorative laminate texture six-pack will include new or recently launched textures, including: Canaletto: Canaletto is a new woodgrain texture with a natural, all-over design featuring meticulous details and a well-balanced rhythmic grain pattern. The realistic details, beautiful shimmer, and satiny touch make Canaletto stand out, evoking a soft, precise richness of noble wood. Circuit: The complex interconnections and patterns on electronic components inspire Circuit. Its peaks and valleys look like traces and pathways woven or etched onto its surface. When you examine its haptic surface more closely, you can see a delicate network of lines that resemble conductive routes punctuated by geometric shapes. City: City is an evolution of the Sappi texture Urban, with a refined stone character for a more contemporary appeal. With an expanded scale, softened and adapted to trendy stones like travertine and limestone, City is versatile and can beautifully fit many other décors like marble, concrete, clay and granite. Matte Luxor: Matte Luxor is a decorative laminate version of our textile texture Luxor. The dual gloss surface creates a woven appearance of squares and diamonds. The ultra-fine lines produce a warp-and-weft effect, adding an easy, subtle sheen to the surface design. Matte Luxor's haptic is reminiscent of a pleasing woven engineered finish. When touched, the technical texture has a multidirectional sensory effect: one direction has a gliding smoothness, and the other has a slight roughness. Mokka Vintage: Mokka Vintage exudes a bold, industrial aesthetic with its ultra-flat finish and intentionally weathered appearance. Mokka Vintage's dual finish creates extremes in light and dark qualities, giving the material a raw and rough edge. Deliberately incorporated subtle scuffs, scratches, and irregularities suggest a history of wear and resilience. Vita: Vita, our newest organic texture, features a nicely refined ribbed finish with subtle undulations that exhibit a vibrant play of glimmer and shadow, a vivid sheen that moves with the light. Vita enables unlimited design freedom in interiors with a surface that blends perfectly into the elevated aesthetics of industrial stainless steel and the expressive elegance of statement pieces. "When creating new textures, we are constantly evaluating what is the most important to consumers – haptics, aesthetics, and function," says Mark Hittie, Director of Release Business Strategy for Sappi North America. "We are proud to showcase this new laminate texture six-pack, which combines design with performance. We strive to push the boundaries of texture, with the user experience always top of mind." In addition to these six new textures, Sappi is announcing a collaborative product launch with Upco SRL. UpcoXtouch, Texture by Sappi, is a three-dimensional textured surfacing solution that provides high-wear and anti-fingerprint performance to decorative laminates, including worktops, countertops, and kitchen cabinetry. "We strongly believe in this collaboration," says Florian von Kuczkowski, COO of Upco SRL. "Combining Upco's innovative functional coating solutions with Sappi's aesthetically pleasing and authentic-to-the-touch textures answers the need of laminators for a textured surface with highly functional properties." UpcoXtouch will be featured at both Upco's and Sappi's booths during interzum 2025. Learn more about Sappi's Textures here. About Sappi North America, Inc. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Sappi North America, Inc., is a leader in converting wood fiber into superior products that are used worldwide. Sappi NA has a corporate office in Portland, Maine and mills in Skowhegan and Westbrook, Maine, Cloquet, Minnesota, and Matane, Quebec, along with a dedicated Technology Center and Sheeting Facility. Sappi NA employs approximately 2,100 people in the United States and Canada. Sappi NA uses a renewable, recyclable natural source – woodfibre – to create packaging, specialty papers, graphic papers, and pulp that make everyday products more sustainable. Sappi supports sustainable forestry and sustainable manufacturing to mitigate climate change, protect biodiversity and improve soil and water quality. Sappi North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with more than 12,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and customers in over 150 countries. To learn more, visit View source version on Contacts Patti GrohDirector of Communications, Sappi North 617.423.5425 Hannah LillyClient Manager, Broadreach Public Relationshannahl@ 207.228.3869
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sappi's (JSE:SAP) Solid Earnings Are Supported By Other Strong Factors
Investors were underwhelmed by the solid earnings posted by Sappi Limited (JSE:SAP) recently. Our analysis says that investors should be optimistic, as the strong profit is built on solid foundations. We've found 21 US stocks that are forecast to pay a dividend yield of over 6% next year. See the full list for free. For anyone who wants to understand Sappi's profit beyond the statutory numbers, it's important to note that during the last twelve months statutory profit was reduced by US$109m due to unusual items. It's never great to see unusual items costing the company profits, but on the upside, things might improve sooner rather than later. We looked at thousands of listed companies and found that unusual items are very often one-off in nature. And that's hardly a surprise given these line items are considered unusual. Assuming those unusual expenses don't come up again, we'd therefore expect Sappi to produce a higher profit next year, all else being equal. That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates. Because unusual items detracted from Sappi's earnings over the last year, you could argue that we can expect an improved result in the current quarter. Based on this observation, we consider it likely that Sappi's statutory profit actually understates its earnings potential! And it's also positive that the company showed enough improvement to book a profit this year, after losing money last year. Of course, we've only just scratched the surface when it comes to analysing its earnings; one could also consider margins, forecast growth, and return on investment, among other factors. So while earnings quality is important, it's equally important to consider the risks facing Sappi at this point in time. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Sappi (of which 1 is concerning!) you should know about. Today we've zoomed in on a single data point to better understand the nature of Sappi's profit. But there is always more to discover if you are capable of focussing your mind on minutiae. For example, many people consider a high return on equity as an indication of favorable business economics, while others like to 'follow the money' and search out stocks that insiders are buying. While it might take a little research on your behalf, you may find this free collection of companies boasting high return on equity, or this list of stocks with significant insider holdings to be useful. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sappi's (JSE:SAP) Solid Earnings Are Supported By Other Strong Factors
Investors were underwhelmed by the solid earnings posted by Sappi Limited (JSE:SAP) recently. Our analysis says that investors should be optimistic, as the strong profit is built on solid foundations. We've found 21 US stocks that are forecast to pay a dividend yield of over 6% next year. See the full list for free. For anyone who wants to understand Sappi's profit beyond the statutory numbers, it's important to note that during the last twelve months statutory profit was reduced by US$109m due to unusual items. It's never great to see unusual items costing the company profits, but on the upside, things might improve sooner rather than later. We looked at thousands of listed companies and found that unusual items are very often one-off in nature. And that's hardly a surprise given these line items are considered unusual. Assuming those unusual expenses don't come up again, we'd therefore expect Sappi to produce a higher profit next year, all else being equal. That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates. Because unusual items detracted from Sappi's earnings over the last year, you could argue that we can expect an improved result in the current quarter. Based on this observation, we consider it likely that Sappi's statutory profit actually understates its earnings potential! And it's also positive that the company showed enough improvement to book a profit this year, after losing money last year. Of course, we've only just scratched the surface when it comes to analysing its earnings; one could also consider margins, forecast growth, and return on investment, among other factors. So while earnings quality is important, it's equally important to consider the risks facing Sappi at this point in time. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Sappi (of which 1 is concerning!) you should know about. Today we've zoomed in on a single data point to better understand the nature of Sappi's profit. But there is always more to discover if you are capable of focussing your mind on minutiae. For example, many people consider a high return on equity as an indication of favorable business economics, while others like to 'follow the money' and search out stocks that insiders are buying. While it might take a little research on your behalf, you may find this free collection of companies boasting high return on equity, or this list of stocks with significant insider holdings to be useful. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
