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Insight4 Jul 2018

Cogeneration plant to bring major savings at Klopman

Italy-based workwear fabric producer Klopman International hopes to achieve major cost and environmental savings with investment in a new plant that will supply both power and heat

EffectsTechnical TextilesCompanies & Finance

Insight25 Jun 2018

Pantone introduces new high saturation polyester standards

Pantone has introduced a new set of 203 colour swatches for polyester. Aimed at markets such as athleisure, swimwear and fashion accessories, all are dyed on 100% warp knit polyester

FibresSynthetics

Insight12 Jun 2018

EURATEX brings investment into focus at general assembly

A stable legal framework is the most important factor in encouraging further investment in the European textile and apparel industry, according to delegates at the EURATEX general assembly

FibresYarnsEvents

Insight31 May 2018

EU set to retaliate on confirmation of US metal tariffs

The US textile industry is bracing itself for European retaliation after the Trump administration confirmed today that it would impose new import duties on steel and aluminium imports from the EU

FibresYarnsTrade

Preview22 May 2018

Major textile and apparel digitalization event to come to the United States in 2019

A unique textile and apparel manufacturing event, bringing together all the major aspects of progressive digitalization in a three-day conference series, is to come to the US for the first time

FibresYarnsEvents

Insight18 May 2018

Shaw Industries achieves carbon neutrality in carpet manufacturing operations

Shaw Industries Group says it has achieved carbon neutrality in its commercial carpet-manufacturing operations

SyntheticsSpun/Man-madeManufacturing Technology

Insight16 May 2018

Dr Ian Holme: A tribute

WTiN pays tribute to Dr Ian Holme, whose death on 2 May came as a shock to his friends and colleagues, despite their knowledge of his long fight against cancer

FabricsEffectsResearch & Development

Insight14 May 2018

Partners mark 1,000th automation solution

An installation on a Benninger Pad-Dry Hotflue system at Austrian textile company Getzner Textil AG was the 1,000th automation solution supplied by Benninger Group, through Benninger Automation GmbH

EffectsFinishingCompanies & Finance

Insight2 May 2018

New reference source for sustainable nanomaterials

A research team led by Yale University has proposed a new approach to early assessment of engineered nanomaterials

EffectsTechnical TextilesResearch & Development

Insight26 Apr 2018

Mimaki embraces the Internet of Things with on-demand control

Mimaki has taken steps to join the Internet of Things (IoT) with the launch of its Digital Printing Connection

EffectsDigital PrintingIndustry 4.0

Insight26 Apr 2018

Lectra introduces Industry 4.0 solution for made-to-order cutting

Lectra has unveiled its first Cutting Room 4.0 solution, for made-to-order production of fabric-upholstered furniture

EffectsInteriorsIndustry 4.0

Insight16 Apr 2018

Huntsman wins Chinese dye patent case

Huntsman Corporation has won a Chinese patent infringement case over technology used in the manufacture of its NOVACRON Super Black G and NOVACRON Super Black R dyes

EffectsDyeingCompanies & Finance

Insight12 Apr 2018

Avocet invests in chemistry expertise

Avocet Dye & Chemical Co Ltd, currently in its 35th year and the leading manufacturer of textile flame retardants, dyes and auxiliaries in the UK, is bolstering its technical development team

EffectsTechnical TextilesResearch & Development

Insight9 Apr 2018

Textile manufacturers should address cyber security in process control

Cyber security in control systems and other areas of operational technology is an essential element of Industry 4.0 but is often overlooked, according to WTiN Intelligence: Textile 4.0

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight28 Mar 2018

Business and technology of digitalisation at multi-stream textile & apparel event

A new three-day multi-stream conference for business, and technology leaders will explore the advance of digitalisation in the textile and apparel industry, and its implications for business strategy

FibresYarnsEvents

Insight26 Mar 2018

EU maintains move to impose retaliatory duties over Trump metal tariffs

The European Commission has revealed it will continue preparations to impose safeguard duties on imports into the EU of US-made textiles and textile products

FibresYarnsTrade

Insight16 Mar 2018

Marchi quits Euratex in policy shake-up

The long-serving director general of EURATEX, Francesco Marchi, is to leave the organisation, as its directors announce a complete strategic review

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight9 Mar 2018

European Commission claims €2.7bn from UK over textile duty fraud

The European Commission is seeking €2.7bn in unpaid textile and footwear customs duty from the UK, in a move that is likely to further inflame the politics of the Brexit negotiations

FibresYarnsTrade

Insight5 Mar 2018

Resil and Nicca announce long term partnership for textile auxiliaries

Indian textile-auxiliaries specialist Resil Chemicals Pvt has signed a long-term partnership agreement with leading Japanese speciality chemicals producer Nicca Chemical Co

EffectsTechnical TextilesCompanies & Finance

News26 Feb 2018

Italian machinery manufacturers gear up for Indo Intertex

Italian textile machinery manufacturers hope to make a splash at the upcoming Indo Intertex exhibition in Jakarta on 4 April

FibresNaturalManufacturing Technology

Insight30 Jan 2018

Huddersfield academic to receive SDC honour

The newly appointed professor in technical textiles at the UK’s University of Huddersfield, Dr Parikshit Goswami, is to receive the Silver Medal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC)

EffectsDyeingResearch & Development

Insight23 Jan 2018

Investment at technical textiles firm that supplies Hollywood and Boeing

Casino Royale, The Lord of the Rings and Gravity are some of the Hollywood blockbusters that have used materials produced by historic UK technical textiles manufacturer Baltex

FabricsKnitting

Insight15 Jan 2018

Graphene applications specialist confident of growth

An annual performance review issued by graphene producer Directa Plus plc indicates that the ‘super material’ is filling a small but growing niche in technical textiles

SyntheticsSpun/Man-madeResearch & Development

Insight3 Jan 2018

Survey reveals boom in British textiles

Those waiting for proof positive that the reshoring effect is real will have been heartened by survey results issued just before Christmas by Make it British

FibresYarnsDesign & Trends

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