Petri Alava says his firm can make sustainable fibres on a commercial scale Petri Alava used to wear pressed suits and leather shoes to work, managing large corporations selling everything from ...

In 1954 Finnish entrepreneur Esko Laiho founded a clothing business that produced wool hats. On his sales trips across the country, he noticed that there was a clear demand for uniform production as ...

Parents in Finland face a wardrobe challenge several times a year as the seasons change. It can be tricky to know what to buy, when, and from where. If you've moved to Finland from abroad it can be a ...

Finnish clothing manufacturer Virke on Wednesday announced plans to close one of its factories with the loss of around 50 jobs. The company cited a 30 per cent slump in sales in the key German market ...

Around the world, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textiles waste is created each year, according to non-profit Global Fashion Agenda, and this figure is set to rise to more than 134 million tonnes ...

Petri Alava used to wear pressed suits and leather shoes to work, managing large corporations selling everything from magazines to gardening equipment. Now he runs a Finnish start-up where socks are ...