New Grant to Put Wool Back on the Agenda

New grant to put wool back on the agenda

Deakin University has partnered with Australian clothing icon Country Road to explore new processes that could change the face of the domestic textile industry. Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) and sustainable and ethical textiles company Full Circle Fibres will receive a $300,000 grant from the Country Road Climate Fund to accelerate research into wool cotton production. IFM and Full Circle Fibres were recipients of Country Road’…

The sheep pature in the vineyards of the Héraultais estate. Partner, the Lozerien manufacture uses wool to make its jeans. A circular project that unites pastoralism, viticulture and fashion.

Deakin and Country Road partner to revive domestic textile manufacturing with Merino wool project - Australian Manufacturing

Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) has teamed up with fashion retailer Country Road in a bid to revitalise Australian textile manufacturing, launching a research project that turns low-grade Merino wool into high-value yarn using entirely domestic processes.