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Fireside Chat15 Feb 2023

Transfer paper printing on natural fibres

Neenah Coldehove’s Gijsbert Harmsen, senior sales executive, and Willem Jan Bannink, new business engineer, discuss the company’s innovative Texcol transfer paper product for pigment inks.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Innovation Outlook10 Feb 2023

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Fibres & Technical Yarns

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing key innovations in fibres & technical yarns, comprising bio-based, conductive and recycled or recyclable materials.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook10 Feb 2023

Innovation Outlook: Fibres & Technical Yarns

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing key innovations in fibres & technical yarns, comprising bio-based, conductive and recycled or recyclable materials.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight9 Feb 2023

Event to address bio-based materials for fashion

Material and bio-based innovators in the fashion & apparel industry will unite at the Bio-based Materials for Sustainable Fashion & Textiles Summit in April 2023.

FibresYarnsEvents

Fireside Chat8 Feb 2023

Dye-sublimation printing in the sportswear sector

In this Fireside Chat, Neenah Coldenhove’s Herre Achterkamp, manager sales, and Harry Mulder, new business engineer, talk to Madelaine Thomas, head of content at WTiN, about the company’s Xtreme® Sports transfer paper.

Digital PrintingResearch & Development

Sponsoredfree8 Feb 2023

Creating a greener future amid complexity

Manufacturers within the textile & apparel value chain are seeking ways to reduce their carbon emissions, resource consumption, eliminate waste and lower emissions of harmful substances, according to André Wissenberg, Oerlikon Textile.

FibresSpun/NaturalSustainability

Insight6 Feb 2023

Global opportunities for TITAS exhibitors

TITAS, the 27th Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show, is now open for exhibitor registration.

FibresYarnsEvents

Sponsoredfree5 Feb 2023

Reducing & regeneration in wool manufacturing

Madelaine Thomas assess wool manufacturer Engraw’s carbon neutrality and future sustainable development plans. As featured in WTiN’s Zero Carbon Report.

NaturalSustainability

Fireside Chat1 Feb 2023

Techniques to enhance the performance of smart textiles products

In this fireside chat, Ishan Chathuranga, e-textiles analyst, explores design considerations for smart textiles with Madelaine Thomas, WTiN’s head of content.

Smart TextilesResearch & Development

Insight23 Jan 2023

5 ways AI could improve textile manufacturing

With all the buzz around artificial intelligence (AI), WTiN takes a look at how AI could improve textile manufacturing now and in the future.

KnittingWeavingIndustry 4.0

Insight15 Jan 2023

Tackling de-carbonisation at Innovate: Zero Carbon

Madelaine Thomas reviews decarbonisation and the road to net-zero in the textile & apparel sector.

FibresYarnsEvents

Insight11 Jan 2023

Partnership to support industry on climate change

World Textile Information Network and Zero Carbon Academy have agreed to work together to deliver new tools and content to support decarbonisation in the textile sector.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Insight23 Dec 2022

3M to end PFAS manufacturing by 2025

3M will exit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) manufacturing and work to discontinue the use of PFAS across its product portfolio by the end of 2025.

FootwearFinishingSustainability

Innovation Outlook22 Dec 2022

Innovation Outlook: Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing life cycle assessments (LCAs), their efficacy, controversies and future.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook22 Dec 2022

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)

This edition of WTiN’s Innovation Outlook focuses on assessing life cycle assessments (LCAs), their efficacy, controversies and future.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight6 Dec 2022

Digitalised technologies the way forward

Madelaine Thomas, content lead, WTiN, talks to Shaleen Sinha, COO & director of Murata Machinery India about India ITME, the importance of digitalisation, and navigating supply chain issues.

FibresSpun/NaturalEvents

Insight5 Dec 2022

Assessing growth in the Indian textile industry

Chairman of the India ITME Society, S Hari Shankar, talks to Madelaine Thomas, Content Lead, WTiN, about India ITME 2022, current challenges and the future of the Indian textile industry.

FibresYarnsEvents

Insight5 Dec 2022

Digitalisation needed in synthetic fibre production

Madelaine Thomas talks to Nobe Junki, sales & marketing division, TMT Machinery, about the company’s new developments, sustainability, supply chain issues and digital transformation as it exhibits at India ITME.

SyntheticsSpun/Man-madeEvents

Fireside Chat30 Nov 2022

Key trends and innovations on display at ISPO

In this Fireside Chat, Jessica Basey, technical textiles lead at WTiN, talks to Madelaine Thomas live from Munich where she has been visiting ISPO - Europe's largest sporting and outdoor goods exhibition.

Technical TextilesSustainability

Insight23 Nov 2022

Circular fibres and Italian manufacturing at FILO

Some of the key challenges and opportunities facing the textile industry in Italy, the UK and elsewhere were discussed at Filo in September. Madelaine Thomas reports from Milan.

NaturalSustainability

Insight21 Nov 2022

Innovation in tailoring technology

Boss and The Woolmark Company have introduced their latest innovation in tailoring technology: the Knitted Suit. The Woolmark Company’s John Roberts talks about the product’s development, industry advancements and challenges.

NaturalYarnsManufacturing Technology

Sponsoredfree18 Nov 2022

Sustainability, functionality and digitalisation at TITAS 2022

The 2022 Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS) came to a successful close on 14 October 2022.

FibresYarnsEvents

Sponsoredfree17 Nov 2022

Xaar launches water-based textile print head

Xaar’s revolutionary new print head – Xaar Aquinox – is enabling textile printers to fully embrace water-based digital inkjet printing through reliable, creative and sustainable jetting of both dye based and pigmented aqueous fluids.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Fireside Chat16 Nov 2022

Technical innovations in the smart textiles sector

In this video interview, Victoria Nickerson, smart textiles lead at WTiN, reviews the recent E-Textiles 2022 conference with Madelaine Thomas, WTiN’s content lead.

Smart TextilesSustainability

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