Interfiliere Paris has announced Sofileta, specialised in the design and manufacture of functional, innovative technical textiles, as the designer of the year. The award will be conferred at its next edition beginning July 7. Sofileta, the French family-run company, innovates by combining technical, aesthetic, and sensory characteristics in their products.

The company's approach consists of inventing new fabrics and materials, as well as emerging processes and technologies, in order to improve product performance and bring multifunctional solutions to its clients, Sofileta said in a press release.

Sofileta is focused on the eco-sustainable, traceable market by integrating, in an ultra-selective manner, fabrics into its Green’Oblige range, based on several criteria: the origin of the material used (bio-sourced or post-consumer recycled), sustainable production equipment with a strict limitation of effluents into the environment, and completely biodegradable end of life-cycle for certain fabrics, within a time frame that is 100 times less than that for standard fabrics. (FROM FIBER2FASHION)