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The companies AMSlab and MestreLab, collaborators of Sigillum Knowledge Solutions, launch an innovative project in the field of textile sustainability

  The fashion industry is aware of the great environmental impacts it generates and that is why, more and more, brands are looking for more sustainable manufacturing methods and materials. In this line of search for sustainability, it is also…

Europe opens the door to a possible restriction of microplastics in consumer goods

One year after the European Commission asked ECHA (European Chemical Agency) to act on microplastics, it has presented its proposal, focused on the restriction of this type of particles when they are intentionally added to products.   Microplastics are very…

Sigillum Knowledge Solutions participates in technical committees for the standardization of the textile and furniture sectors

Standardization contributes to the different organizations, public and private, facing challenges such as export to new markets, innovation in products and processes, the increasing weight of the digital world, the necessary continuous training of professionals and even the development of…

The European Commission is resuming the possible expansion of the number of allergenic substances that should appear on the labeling of cosmetic products

The European Commission has just published an Initial Impact Assessment document regarding the possibility of increasing from 26 to 88 the number of allergenic substances (included in Annex III of Regulation CE 1223/2009) that should be labeled in cosmetic products…

The European Union approves a new regulation for textile articles and footwear that extends the scope or reach

Last October 12th, the European Commission has published Regulation EU / 2018/1513 that adds a new entry in Annex XVII of REACH, restricting certain carcinogenic, mutagenic or with reproductive toxicity (CMR) substances in textile articles and footwear . The European…

Sigillum gathers collaborators and friends at the opening of their offices

On Thursday, December 13, Sigillum Knowledge Solutions brought together a large group of professionals from academia, business and administration to celebrate the opening of its offices in the Paxonal Office Building on Restollal Street, in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Sigillum…