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Insight17 Nov 2014The chances are that in the near future, knitting companies supplying to key markets such as activewear, hosiery and swimwear will be using spandex (or elastane) yarns – and maybe polyamide yarns too – that are based largely on plant waste.
Over 100 lectures on the current state of the man-made fibre industry were presented at the 53rd Dornbirn Conference, which took place in the Austrian town from September 10-12. During the three days of the conference, the 750 delegates from more than 30 countries received details of the many R&D initiatives taking place around the world, but an overriding theme was the uncertainty of the current economic and political climate for the European industry.
Profile7 Oct 2014Technical Fibre Products (TFP) has just announced plans to double its current production capacity through the installation of a third wet-laid nonwovens manufacturing line at its plant in Cumbria, UK. This significant financial investment comes in response to increasing demand for the company’s highly specialised niche market wet-laid nonwoven fabrics in a diverse range of applications.
Up until 2006, HanesBrands and DBApparel (DBA) were sister companies under the ownership of the Sara Lee Corporation. Their origins lay in the International Laytex Corporation, which was the first company ever to advertise a bra on television, with Playtex back in 1955 – having first entered the intimate apparel market with the introduction of the ‘Living Girdle’ during World War II.
At first glance, the two production-scale finishing lines at the £2.5m Monforts Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) which has just been completed at the company’s head office in Mönchengladbach, Germany look very similar, yet they’re designed with very different markets in mind.
Technical23 May 2014Multiaxial knitting technology is now widely employed in the manufacturing of base fabrics for laminates and composite parts and this is leading to investments in new machines in developed countries where there is very little conventional textile manufacturing remaining.
Insight7 May 2014Having grown explosively over the last decade, China’s leading sportswear brands are hoping for an upturn in 2014, boosted by major events including the forthcoming Winter Olympics in Russia, the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing to take place in August, followed by the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea from late September.
News5 Feb 2014The 2014 WT World Cup was claimed by local Munich company Moticon for its OpenGo Therapist insoles, chosen from over 600 entries from 69 different countries. The award ceremony took place during the Wearable Technologies Conference 2014 Europe, the European event for wearables at the International Congress Center (ICM) in Munich, Germany
