An EHU study, now published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, has found a way of using mussel shells, which usually end up in landfills, in the textile industry.

Sandblasted jeans are a look that denim makers are literally dying for, according to an international textile union. Levi’s and H&M have agreed to stop using the sandblasting process on their denim ...

Abrasive blasting is a technique that has been in existence since 1870 when the first abrasive blasting process was patented by Benjamin Chew Tilghman. Abrasive blasting is the operation of forcibly ...

Just Group, the owner of fashion brands such as Just Jeans, Dotti and Jay Jays, has been criticised for using the sandblasting process to create the `faded-in' look on some of its jeans. Sandblasting ...

Chinese factories are using the potentially deadly sandblasting process to manufacture jeans for popular fashion labels, a year-long investigation by Al Jazeera has found. In 101 East programme “Denim ...

Editor s note: This article, the latest in a monthly series on Vermont s granite industry, is provided courtesy of the Vermont Granite Museum. By PAUL WOOD Sandblasting is a common operation in the ...

AT least two residents of Pinder’s Point claim that their properties were damaged because of sandblasting activities at the nearby BORCO plant. The Tribune understands that one of the residents may be ...