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Sponsoredfree6 Jun 2022

Cotton, carbon and conservation

Gone are the days when most consumers purchase clothing solely based on fit, fashion or need.

NaturalManufacturing Technology

Insight25 May 2022

Weaving market grows in Turkey

Itema, a global provider of advanced weaving solutions including weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, has established a new company in Turkey.

WeavingMarkets & Prices

Sponsoredfree16 May 2022

Flora launches printing solution at FESPA

Digital textile printing OEM Flora will launch a new UV inkjet printer, equipped with Epson T3200 print heads, at FESPA Global Print Expo 2022.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Fireside Chat11 May 2022

Innovation Outlook: Fibres and technical yarns

WTiN recently released the first edition of its quarterly Innovation Outlook. Jessica Basey, technical textiles lead, Victoria Nickerson, smart textiles lead, and Madelaine Thomas, content lead, discuss key findings.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Sponsoredfree1 May 2022

DTG for customisation and mass production

Direct-to-garment (DTG) printers are well established in the textile printing industry and Brother, a manufacturer of these machines, has entered the mass production market with the release of the GTX600 – it’s new flagship solution.

Digital PrintingApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight21 Apr 2022

Advanced finishing technology installed in Portugal

MTIX’s advanced materials and processing technology, Multiplexed Laser Surface Enhancement (MLSE), has been installed in Portugal.

ApparelFinishingManufacturing Technology

Innovation Outlook14 Apr 2022

Innovation Outlook: Fibre & Technical Yarns

In this Special Edition of WTiN’s new quarterly Innovation Outlook, we attempt to cut through the noise of the industry and identify the key disruptors and innovations in the Fibres & Technical Yarns sector.

FibresYarnsSustainability

In Brief14 Apr 2022

Fireside Chat: Assessing the 2021 digital textile printing market

Join Joseph Link, WTiN’s digital textiles lead, and Madelaine Thomas, content lead, in a discussion on the current state of the digital textile printing market.

Digital PrintingMarkets & Prices

Insight12 Apr 2022

Building the future of the nonwovens industry

Dave Rousse, president of INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry and the event organiser, talks to Madelaine Thomas about this year’s event and the future of INDA and the nonwovens industry.

NonwovensSustainability

Insight15 Mar 2022

Partnership to reduce carbon footprint of footwear production

German raw materials manufacturer Covestro, Chinese textile technology company Huafeng and green fibre technology provider Cyclone, also based in China, have developed a solution to produce sports shoes in a more sustainable manner.

FootwearFibresManufacturing Technology

Fireside Chat11 Mar 2022

Assessing the future of the smart textiles industry

In this Fireside Chat, Victoria Nickerson, smart textiles lead at WTiN, and Madelaine Thomas, WTiN’s content lead, will discuss the future of the smart textiles sector.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight9 Mar 2022

Using graphene nanotubes for textile heating

Amperetex, a Kaliningrad, Russia-based manufacturer of infrared heating systems, has developed an ultrafine polymer fibre with OCSiAl’s Tuball graphene nanotubes for the production of flexible textile heating elements.

Smart TextilesSyntheticsManufacturing Technology

Insight8 Mar 2022

Key textile patents 2021

Madelaine Thomas, content lead, WTiN, takes a look at some of the key patents impacting the textile & apparel industry.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight4 Mar 2022

Screen printing conductivity for wearable tech

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University have developed an inexpensive way to transform an ordinary shirt into an electronic smart shirt that is able to monitor and adjust body temperature.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight21 Feb 2022

Kornit Digital to acquire Tesoma

Kornit Digital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lichtenau, Germany-based Tesoma.

Digital PrintingApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight21 Feb 2022

Workflow software becomes part of product portfolio

Wide-format equipment distributor Josero, based in the UK, has partnered with wide-format workflow software provider PrintFactory (Netherlands).

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight17 Feb 2022

OEM expands digital ink capacity

Digital textile printer OEM Kornit Digital has opened a new scalable, state-of-the-art ink manufacturing facility in Kiryat Gat, Israel – the company’s founding country.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight17 Feb 2022

Urgent call for low carbon textile coloration issued

The Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) is urging the textile coloration industry to harness developments in processes and create a new era of reduced environmental impact in 2022 and beyond.

DyeingFinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight16 Feb 2022

Breakthrough textile dyeing solution exported to Taiwan

Alchemie Technology, a UK-based innovator of low energy, waterless, textile dyeing technology, has shipped its EndeavourTM machine to Taiwan

DyeingFinishingManufacturing Technology

Fireside Chat9 Feb 2022

Growing trend of seamless knitting

In this Fireside Chat, WTiN leads Jessica Owen and Madelaine Thomas explore the growing trend of seamless knitting.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight26 Jan 2022

Digital dyeing units sold in US

Swedish digital dyeing OEM Coloreel has expanded its business with the sale of four units with an additional new US distribution partner ZSK Machines, a division of Notcina Corporation.

DyeingManufacturing Technology

Insight24 Jan 2022

Portuguese printer invests in high-speed printing technology

A Portuguese company specialising in textile printing and embroidery has installed a Kornit Presto S with softener solution.

Digital PrintingApparelManufacturing Technology

In Brief21 Dec 2021

Digital printing in 2021: Covid and beyond

In this Fireside Chat, Joseph Link, Digital Textiles Lead at WTiN talks to Madelaine Thomas, Content Lead at the company about the digital textile printing market's response to Covid-19 in 2021 and significant market developments.

EffectsApparelManufacturing Technology

Sponsoredfree21 Dec 2021

Building for the future at TITAS Virtual 2021

2021 was ground-breaking for the Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS). The 25th edition of the event was the first-ever virtual TITAS.

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