BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE® – Details, episodes & analysis

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks to Beth Esponnette founder of unspun. 

Beth Esponnette founded unspun, a company building the future of fashion manufacturing, automated and on-demand. The brand started producing custom-fit jeans from body scans nearly five years ago and has progressed to production for the industry from their proprietary 3D weaving. She's previously worked at Mountain Hardwear, Pearl Izumi, TechShop, Ekso Bionics, and the University of Oregon as an Assistant Professor of Product Design. Vogue Business named Beth a 100 Innovators Sustainability Thought Leader and MIT Tech Review named Beth a 35 Innovator under 35. She has a BS in Fiber Science & Apparel Design from Cornell and an MFA in Design from Stanford University.

unspun: Our mission is to reduce global human carbon emissions by 1%. To get there, we've created the tools needed to realize zero-waste production and circular reuse — a future where nothing becomes trash. The world's first 3D weaving tech, transforming yarn into clothes in minutes. Deployed in microfactories, Vega™ eliminates the need for large order quantities while reducing transport emissions and lead times. We partner with brands and manufacturers who are committed to streamlining and decarbonizing fashion supply chains using automated, localized, and low-impact production.

 
 
Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 19 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 
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 BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®
  
 A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.
  
 Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.
  
 Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks to Daniel Rufenacht CEO of bluesign® 

Daniel Rufenacht has over 25 years of experience in corporate sustainability, institutional marketing, and public relations, working both for the public and private sectors. With a background in business management and communications, he began his career with the Swiss government, identifying new market opportunities for sustainable trade from developing countries, and overseeing the development of the first sustainable label in Switzerland for the textile industry.

He then worked for 8 years as Operational Director of CSR, Compliance and Integrity, Marketing and Communication for a famous textile company where he transformed a traditional clothing company into what is now a widely recognized sustainable brand that offers product traceability throughout the lifecycle. Before joining bluesign technologies ag he worked as Group Vice President, Corporate Communications and Sustainability at SGS for more than 10 years.

As CEO of bluesign he has developed a new service portfolio and extending the bluesign partnership and services to new market segments and geographies.

 

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 19 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING. 
@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy
 
 BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®
 
 A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.
 
 Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.
 
 Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Denis Druon CEO - The Flax Company / Marmara Hemp®,  based in France. 

Marmara Hemp® is the first hemp fibre to be certified as sustainable, Cradle to Cradle (Platinum level) and with a Life Cycle Assessment performed by a certified body.

Marmara Hemp® is an exclusive partnership between three regions in France, guaranteeing traceability, quality and quantities.

Marmara Hemp® cottonized hemp fibre with a sustainable, traceable, secure and innovative supply chain 🌱 #MarmaraHemp

Hemp grown and processed in France. No chemical, no water, only mechanical treatment.
Full LCA approved by Higg, Quantis. Nominated by all major textile and denim brands


You can also watch MARMARA HEMP video on our Blue Lenz video channel:
https://youtu.be/RkXO_hPaX-w?si=zEsnV6QvsQgTUZr-

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST Ep 409 - SÄNTIS TEXTILES - RCO100


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Annabelle Hutter
Managing Director, Säntis Textiles.


SÄNTIS TEXTILES

Built on generations of Swiss textile expertise.
SÄNTIS TEXTILES a Swiss, family-owned and run textile sourcing and supply company headquartered in Singapore. Since 2005, they have specialise in material, fiber, yarn, fabric and technology development and sourcing for the global market in garment and technical textiles.

RCO100, is their 100% recycled cotton technology, it was launched in 2016, designed with the forward thinking customer in mind.  In 2023 at ITMA show SÄNTIS TEXTILES released a new version of the machine - with great excitement.

You can also watch two of their videos on our Blue Lenz video channel:

https://youtu.be/5YXzvUWLptk
https://youtu.be/M_Bw4oaoi30  

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST Ep 408 - ZERO COTTON with Advance Denim & Officina +39 


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Advance Denims Michael Lam  & Officina +39s Andrea Venier  about the TENCEL™ ZERO COTTON collection. 

Michael Lam
Director of Advance Denim Limited

Michael has over 20 years experience in the denim industry. As the Director of AdvanceDenim, He is responsible to connect the denim business and cultures from the East to the West and work together with his team in Amsterdam and New York to exchange the denim innovations and concepts from different countries.Michael has been working on several sustainability and innovation projects, such as theBigBox Dyeing, BioBlue, Botanic Dyes and Cottonized Hemp, in the company. Those projects lead Advance Denim to be one of the most sustainable denim mills in the world and this has been recognized by some well-known brands.Michael also actively helps the young generation to understand more about the denim and jeans cultures by working together with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the HongKong Design Institute to provide denim seminars and sponsorship to the students.Michael is one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Denim Festival, which this is one of the most important denim event in Asia. He also works together with the Kingpins show in United States and the Denim by Premiere Vision in Europe for some events and seminars. By having this connection and experience, Michael always promotes the most innovation and sustainability denim technologies and cultures to the world.


Andrea Venier 
Managing Director  Officina +39

26+ years We are a team with common passion for textile world and fashion. OFFICINA+39 combines experience of real professional people, devoted to anticipate, develop and support market demands related to garment field. OFFICINA+39’s real heritage is made up of thirty-year experience dedicated to research and chemical application in textile sector, and present engagement to transmit it to new technicians generation.

A workshop of new ideas coordinated by qualified technicians,
dedicated to application home lab, creating new “effects” and finishing.
OFFICINA+39 offers a selected range of chemical specialties, dyestuffs and pigments, in particular, for denim and garment fields.
Collaboration with customer to create new prototypes, supporting with selected eco-compatible chemical auxiliaries and innovative processes able to guarantee a possible and prompt industrial execution. This is our mission.

Intuition and approach to innovations – essential ingredients of Italian creativity – together with continuous research of materials and new processing technique, make OFFICINA+39 ideal partner in trend garments production.


Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch

BLUE CAST - Ep 407 - HumAIn, Soorty’s AI-generated Collection


This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Eda Dikmen Marketing and Communications Manager from Soorty Enterprises.  

Eda Dikmen is a dedicated & multilingual communications expert passionate about environmental and social sustainability. Business oriented team leader with extensive knowledge of consumer behavior and an ability of designing and bringing together business strategies with purpose and creativity. Specialized in denim and textiles with nearly 10 years of experience - recognized for achievement & performance; working closely with PD, R&D, Sales and Sustainability departments to design & develop stories, experiences, concepts (including branding and collections).

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch denim@lenzing.com

https://carvedinblue.tencel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/bluelenz

https://bluecast.buzzsprout.com

BLUE CAST - Ep 406 - The Laundry Revolution - Tonello at ITMA 2023

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Alice Tonello Marketing and R&D Director about the Excitement of returning to ITMA show in Milan, 

For Tonello, success has been a lot about improving production processes, leaving a smaller environmental footprint and doing all things with passion.

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch denim@lenzing.com

https://carvedinblue.tencel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/bluelenz

https://bluecast.buzzsprout.com

BLUE CAST Ep405 - The Magical Mr Tring

This BLUE CAST Episode, Dennis Hui talks with denim veteran David Tring

Dennis Hui
Global Business Development Manager, Denim Lenzing Fibers (HK) Limited

David Tring
David has built up an extensive knowledge of the Global denim, fashion and retail industry leading Design, Merchandising and Buying teams in Europe and Asia with VF, C&A, H&M and Kontoor where he was VP of Product for Asia Pacific for the Lee and Wrangler brands. Based in Hong Kong he has a deep understanding of the APAC and Chinese market needs. David is a visiting fellow at the Hong Kong Design Institute, a mentor and lecturer at the indenium school of responsible design in India and has his own consultancy called the magic of denim….

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch denim@lenzing.com

https://carvedinblue.tencel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/bluelenz

https://bluecast.buzzsprout.com

BLUE CAST - Ep 404 - Insightful chat with Jonas about denim and beyond

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Jonas Clason - Creative director and co-founder of Jeanerica. 

Jonas Clason - Creative director and co-founder of Jeanerica. Co-founder of Scandinavian premium leather shoe and bag brand ATP Atelier and fashion brand Whyred. 

Previous Head of Denim and other project at Acne Studios and Creative manager for Isko. 

Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Most recently Tuncay was part of R&D team of ISKO. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  

@carvedinblue  @tencel_usa   #tenceldenim #tencel #Circularity  #circulareconomy

BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch denim@lenzing.com

https://carvedinblue.tencel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/bluelenz

https://bluecast.buzzsprout.com

This BLUE CAST Episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Halit Gumuser Managing Director – Member of The Board at Kipas Denims as they discuss Turkey–Syria Earthquake 

 
Halit Gumuser Managing Director – Member of The Board at Kipas Denim for over 20 years. Denim Industry leader. 
 


Tuncay Kilickan - Highly respected Industry figure, having cut his teeth at Turkish giant ISKO spanning 17 years. Tuncay most recent role was ISKO’s Product Development and R&D Head. Tuncay has a number of patents under his name. No doubt most of us have worn fabrics developed by him and his team. Tuncay takes on the Head of Global Business Development - Denim at LENZING.  





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BLUE CAST by TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®

A podcast series created Lenzing’s TENCEL™ Denim team. Each month, they will host an in-depth talk with a special guest working in the industry or on the fringes of the denim community. Listen for discussions on sustainability, career trajectories, personal denim memories and more.

Graphics, recording and editing by Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique from ENDRIME® for TENCEL™ / CARVED IN BLUE®.

Find us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @carvedinblue. And get in touch denim@lenzing.com

https://carvedinblue.tencel.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/bluelenz
https://bluecast.buzzsprout.com