Retail-Tech Cluster Gives Israel a Stake in Global Fashion
- Parched Israel finds ways to use less water making textiles
- Textile industry blamed for 20% of global water pollution
Source: Twine
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Israel, a country often beset by drought, is home to a clutch of startups that help textile manufacturers keep chemicals out of the water supply.
Browzwear, with its headquarters in Singapore and an R&D hub in Raanana, Israel, builds 3D software to cut down design time, counting Adidas AG, Nike Inc. and Columbia Sportswear Co. among its customers. Less time spent testing clothes means clients “wash nothing, throw nothing away, and avoid wasting water,” said Lena Lim, Browzwear’s commercial president.