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Insight29 Mar 2019

KAIST researchers develop self-powered and washable wearables

Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea have developed self-powered and washable wearable textiles

Smart Textiles

Insight28 Mar 2019

Karl Mayer launches nonwovens machines

Textile machinery specialist Karl Mayer is extending its market opportunities with a series of new nonwovens machines

NonwovensManufacturing Technology

Insight28 Mar 2019

Improper removal of PPE contaminates healthcare workers

Researchers at Rush University Medical Centre, Illinois, US, have studied the improper removal of PPE in healthcare and suggest ways to decrease contamination

ProtectiveMedicalResearch & Development

Insight27 Mar 2019

Adidas integrates cooling technology with golf clothing

Adidas Golf has launched its Ultimate365 Polo with the brand’s patented ‘climacool’ cooling technology

SportswearDesign & Trends

Insight27 Mar 2019

Arville set for Brexit

Technical textile manufacturer Arville has announced it has detailed plans in place to address all possible effects of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU

IndustrialMedical

Insight27 Mar 2019

Arville set for Brexit

Technical textile manufacturer Arville has announced it has detailed plans in place to address all possible effects of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU

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Insight26 Mar 2019

Hygienix 2019 calls for presentations

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is seeking presentations for the fifth edition of Hygienix

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Insight25 Mar 2019

Kenya bans polypropylene nonwoven bags

The country’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has placed a ban on the manufacture, importation, distribution and use of nonwoven polypropylene bags in Kenya

NonwovensSustainability

Insight25 Mar 2019

Polartec receives award for Power Air technology

Polartec, a fabric technology company, has been honoured with a 2019 Editors’ Choice Award from Backpacker for Polartec Power Air

FibresYarnsSustainability

Insight25 Mar 2019

3D printer threads fibres onto fabrics

Researchers at Tsinghua University, China, have created a way to print fibres onto textiles

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight22 Mar 2019

Bringing knitwear back to Brooklyn

CEO and co-founder of Tailored Industry, Alexander Tschopp, speaks to Jessica Owen about the company’s on-demand knitwear manufacturing model that is bringing the industry back to Brooklyn

KnittingApparelDesign & Trends

Insight22 Mar 2019

Ensuring organic cotton supply chain transparency

Haelixa, a spinoff of ETH Zurich University, has developed a solution to trace cotton fibres along the entire supply chain

NaturalSpun/NaturalResearch & Development

Insight22 Mar 2019

University researchers win wound care award

Researchers from the University of Huddersfield, UK, have won the Best Clinical or Preclinical Research Award at the 2019 Journal of Wound Care Awards

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Insight21 Mar 2019

Footwear and clothing hardest hit by global trade in fake goods

Trade in fake goods is now 3.3% of world trade and rising, according to a new report by OECD

FibresYarnsTrade

Insight21 Mar 2019

Maidenform launches Lycra FitSense collection

Maidenform, a US shapewear brand owned by HanesBrands, in partnership with The Lycra Company, has introduced its Magic Slimming collection

SyntheticsTechnical TextilesDesign & Trends

Insight21 Mar 2019

Record number of companies join Better Cotton Initiative

In 2018, 93 brand and retailer members of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) sourced more than one million metric tonnes of Better Cotton

NaturalSpun/NaturalSustainability

Insight20 Mar 2019

Primaloft Bio fibres confirmed as circular

Advanced material technology company, Primaloft, has recently announced that’s its Primaloft Bio fibres are renewable for use in a circular economy

FibresYarnsSustainability

Insight20 Mar 2019

Covestro takes INSQIN to European Coatings Show

Covestro, a leading polymer company, will present outdoor clothing enhanced by its INSQIN water-based textile coating at the European Coatings Show 2019, taking place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 19-21 March

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Insight19 Mar 2019

UK government publishes no-deal Brexit import tariff plan

The UK government has published details of a temporary tariff regime for a no-deal Brexit scenario, which could affect UK textile manufacturers

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

News19 Mar 2019

IPC calls for participation for IPC E-TEXTILES

IPC, the Association Connecting Electronics Industries, invites innovators, technologists, materials suppliers, electrical engineers and academicians to submit technical conference abstracts and educational course proposals for IPC E-TEXTILES Europe 2019.

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Insight19 Mar 2019

PureCycle Technologies to accelerate plastics recycling

PureCycle Technologies, the only company to have virgin-like polypropylene, has partnered with Milliken and Nestlé to accelerate plastics recycling

FibresYarnsSustainability

News19 Mar 2019

Unifi announces leadership transition

The Board of Directors of Unifi has elected Albert P Carey, currently the company's non-executive chairman, as its executive chairman effective 1 April 2019 and has appointed Thomas H Caudle Jr as the company's principal executive officer effective immediately.

RecycledYarnsSustainability

News19 Mar 2019

Under Armour appoints new chief design officer

Under Armour has recently announced the appointment of Kasey Jarvis as its new chief design officer.

SportswearApparel

Review19 Mar 2019

ICE Europe 2019 brings the converting industry together

The world’s leading exhibition for paper, film and foil converting, ICE Europe, returned this year for its 11th show. Jessica Owen reports

EffectsNonwovensEvents

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