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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

Innovation Briefing17 Feb 2022

Advances in alternative breathable membrane technologies

With increasing sustainability demands in the waterproof membrane space, WTiN explores two approaches conducted by academia and industry: a waterborne electrospun solution and an expanded polyethylene development, respectively.

ApparelResearch & Development

Insight17 Feb 2022

Durable 100% pre-consumer recycled nylon launched

A nylon 66 made from 100% pre-consumer fibre material has been developed by Cordura – a fabric brand owned by the chemical manufacturer Invista.

RecycledYarnsSustainability

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

Warp knitting machine dashboard gets new features

Back in December we talked to Karl Mayer about the digitalisation of warp knitting. Now the company has added new features to its smart dashboard.

KnittingResearch & Development

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

Insight16 Feb 2022

New partnership to serve Mexico’s textile industry

Baldwin Technology Company has forged a new partnership with Blutec SA de CV. This collaboration now represents Baldwin’s full range of innovative spray systems and corona/plasma treaters for wovens, knits and nonwovens in Mexico.

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Insight14 Feb 2022

Digital technologies help US to reshore denim manufacturing

DenimFWD’s CEO Carlos Arias tells Jessica Owen about how the US could reshore denim manufacturing thanks to digital printing and finishing technologies.

Digital PrintingFinishingIndustry 4.0

Intelligence14 Feb 2022

The future of smart textiles

In this report, WTiN provides a future view of the smart textile market. This includes an analysis of innovative materials, technologies and manufacturing techniques, as well as an overview of key market trends.

Smart TextilesResearch & Development

Prices14 Feb 2022

Executive Market Report

Economic growth in the eurozone and the wider EU will be lower than previously expected on the back of the Omicron wave, persistent supply chain woes and high inflation, said the European Commission this week.

YarnsFibresMarkets & Prices

Podcast11 Feb 2022

Ep. 81: Zero waste manufacturing in the US

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, Jessica Owen interviews Britt Howard, founder of the Portland Garment Factory.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight11 Feb 2022

Nonwovens event IDEA changes to two-year cycle

IDEA, an event for the nonwovens and engineered fabrics industry, will be held every two years instead of three starting in 2024, says INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry.

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Prices11 Feb 2022

Wool Market Report

<p>A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.</p>

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insight11 Feb 2022

Nonwovens industry gets ready for IDEA®22

Dave Rousse, president at INDA, tells Jessica Owen about what visitors and exhibitors can expect at IDEA®22.

NonwovensEvents

Insight10 Feb 2022

Fashion industry clamps down on environmental sustainability

As governments begin to clamp down on greenwashing and environmental sustainability across the textile & apparel value chain, Jessica Owen talks to the industry for its opinion about the plans.

FibresYarnsSustainability

Prices10 Feb 2022

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report

<p>Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Paul Deane, executive director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia.</p>

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insight10 Feb 2022

Milkweed produces natural high-performance insulation

Ghyslain Bouchard and Laura Hamel, from the Canadian textile manufacturing company Vegeto, talk to Jessica Owen about the company’s milkweed-based insulation.

NaturalApparelSustainability

Insight10 Feb 2022

Water dissolvable thread makes garment recycling easier

A thread that dissolves in water to make garment recycling easier has been developed by the industrial thread and textile technology company Coats. Sonya Manolova, product director at Coats, tells Jessica Owen all about EcoCycle.

SyntheticsYarnsSustainability

Insight10 Feb 2022

Stain and anti-wicking treatments now PFC-free

Green Theme Technologies (GTT), a US textile technology company, has added new water-free and PFC-free products to its portfolio.

FinishingProtectiveSustainability

Sector Analysis9 Feb 2022

Innovation amongst drivers of smart textile growth

In Q4 2021, the smart textiles sector experienced a drop in sentiment due to a lull in markets and trade. However, it continues to perform higher than the textile & apparel industry as a whole.

Smart TextilesResearch & Development

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

Insight8 Feb 2022

Italian textile machinery orders up 43%

A 43% increase in Italian textile machinery orders – compared to the same period in 2020 – occurred in quarter four (Q4) of 2021, says the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT).

FibresYarnsCOVID-19

Insight8 Feb 2022

Vegan softener for textile and fashion applications

Archroma, a specialty chemicals company, has launched Earth Soft, a new softening system for textile and fashion applications.

CoatingTechnical TextilesManufacturing Technology

Prices7 Feb 2022

Executive Market Report

The European Commission’s latest market rules call for non-extension of long-term gas supply contracts beyond 2049 as part of the EU’s gas sector decarbonisation and energy transition goals.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

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