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News21 Jan 2014A new technology that can make cotton fibres at least 5 millimetres longer could help farmers fend off increasing competition from synthetic fibres, according to Alan Pepper, an associate professor in the Texas A&M Department of Biology.
News20 Jan 2014Last year, Epson America entered the digital textile market with the introduction of its 64-inch SureColor F7070 and 44-inch SureColor F6070 dye-sublimation printers. Now, 12 months on, the manufacturer is introducing the SureColor F7170 to the family.
Two new polypropylene (PP) manufacturing sites have been developed in Asia recently, mainly, to deal with China’s increasing PP demand for downstream products - which includes textiles.
News20 Jan 2014HeiQ, the speciality chemicals company, has developed a fourth generation of its intelligent textile technology, ADAPTIVE, which significantly enhances the dynamic cooling properties of garments - resulting in an increase of perceived comfort and performance for the wearer.
News20 Jan 2014RadiciGroup, one of the world’s leading producers of nylon 6 and 6.6, is to focus its Brazilian research and development (R&D) work on producing high-performance technical fibres and the polymer fibre precursor (PAN – polyacrylonitrile) for carbon fibre – after suspending the facility’s production of acrylic fibres.
SarlaFlex Inc, a subsidiary of Sarla Performance Fibers, has secured $13 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation from Los Angeles-based National New Markets Fund, LLC (NNMF) to redevelop a manufacturing facility in rural South Carolina into the company's first US-based yarn and thread plant.
News17 Jan 2014Pegas Nonwovens, a manufacturer of polypropylene/polyethylene nonwoven textiles, has successfully passed the demanding testing and qualification process at it is new production line in Egypt and, at the start of January, has commenced standard commercial operations.
