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Insight20 Mar 2020

FESPA rescheduled for Madrid in October

FESPA Global Print Expo will return to IFEMA – Feria de Madrid on 6-8 October 2020, along with its co-located events, European Sign Expo and Sportswear Pro.

Digital PrintingEvents

Insight20 Mar 2020

US textile and nonwovens associations plea to remain open

INDA, IFAI and NCTO urge US governments to keep textile and nonwoven manufacturing facilities open throughout the coronavirus crisis. Jessica Owen reports.

FibresFabricsCompanies & Finance

Insight20 Mar 2020

HeiQ’s Viroblock technology proves effective against coronavirus

The antiviral textile technology demonstrates the company’s efforts to address the urgent problem of a global pandemic. CEO of HeiQ Group, Carlo Centonze, tells Fiona Haran more about it.

MedicalProtectiveResearch & Development

Insight20 Mar 2020

How New Zealand’s climate inspired Okewa Rainwear

Jessica Owen speaks to Nevada Leckie, co-founder of Okewa Rainwear, about the start-up’s multifunctional raincoats inspired by New Zealand’s wet and windy weather

RecycledFabricsDesign & Trends

Insight20 Mar 2020

Decontamination wipe could help coronavirus clean-up efforts

Developed by Texas Tech University, FiberTect’s structure, with its activated carbon core, can wipe the bodily fluids that transmit viruses.

WipesMedicalResearch & Development

Prices20 Mar 2020

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report - 20 March 2020

Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Chris Wilcox, Executive Director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insight20 Mar 2020

How sports and outdoor brands are responding to Covid-19

As coronavirus continues, brands have announced the measures they are taking to respond to the crisis. Jessica Owen reports.

ApparelSportswearCompanies & Finance

Insight19 Mar 2020

Adidas READY: Weather-resistant sportswear

Adidas has unveiled its latest apparel collection, READY, designed to combat sportswear restrictions to performance caused by weather. Olivia Selka reports.

SportswearProtectiveDesign & Trends

Insight19 Mar 2020

Agile textile surface patterning through laser peri-dyeing

Otis Robinson examines research into a laser dyeing technique – titled peri-dyeing – that could increase dyehouse sustainability and parallel digital printing capabilities for sportswear applications.

DyeingSustainability

Pricesfree19 Mar 2020

An incredibly hectic week for the Australian wool market

It has been an incredibly hectic week for the Australian wool market, as all worked very hard to get this week’s sales up.

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Webinar19 Mar 2020

Digital Textile Printing Market Overview

In this webinar, Stephanie Masuwa provides an overview of the current shape of the digital textile market.

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Q&A18 Mar 2020

Envisaging the future of wearables

Pauline van Dongen, specialist designer and researcher in wearable technology, discusses some of the challenges, developments and drivers associated with the burgeoning smart textiles industry. Olivia Selka reports.

Wearable TechnologyApparelResearch & Development

Insight18 Mar 2020

Innovating wool dyeing with ancient methods

Harry McMullen speaks with Gudrun Bjarnadóttir, founder of the Woollen Circle, on how ancient dyeing techniques could be the answer to today’s sustainability issues.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight18 Mar 2020

ITM postponed due to Covid-19 crisis

Turkish textile machinery exhibition ITM 2020 (International Textile Machinery) has been postponed from 2-6 June to 14-18 July 2020.

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Review18 Mar 2020

WTS2020 explores operational challenges and solutions

Despite the coronavirus outbreak, the Wearable Technology Show returned to London last week – albeit a scaled-down version – to discuss the key challenges and opportunities facing the industry. Jessica Basey reports.

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Insightfree18 Mar 2020

Breaking down barriers between textiles and technology

Leader in wearable technology, Despina Papadopoulos tells Olivia Selka about her experience in the field and how, in order to deliver successful products, the technology and textiles industries must communicate better.

Smart TextilesTechnical TextilesSustainability

Insight18 Mar 2020

Xerox halts pursuit of HP amid Covid-19 upheaval

Xerox has suspended its pursuit of rival HP, citing the growing threat of the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for its postponement.

Digital PrintingMarkets & Prices

Intelligence17 Mar 2020

Thermal insulation for cold weather outdoor clothing – Part III

In the concluding element of this report series, we outline numerous key commercial players and products within the category, before addressing potential future development directions via academic innovations and detected R&D focuses.

FibresFabricsSustainability

Insight17 Mar 2020

Rothy’s launches knitted bags featuring 100% recycled materials

US shoe manufacturer Rothy’s has branched out into knitted bags, and marine plastic is the latest material to hit the production line. Olivia Selka reports.

RecycledSpun/Man-madeDesign & Trends

Prices16 Mar 2020

Executive Market Report - 16 March 2020

European petrochemicals spot prices and stock markets extended losses at close on Thursday, despite swift action by the European Central Bank to pump money into the system.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Insight16 Mar 2020

Coronavirus slows Italy’s important textile sector

Italy’s textile sector is running at reduced capacity due to the tougher health protocols put in place to protect workers from Covid-19 contamination, according to Andrea Cavicchi, president of Confindustria Toscana Nord.

FibresFabricsTrade

Insight16 Mar 2020

USDA’s Weekly Export Sales Report of Week ending 5 March

According to USDA’s weekly sales report, net cotton sales of 484,200 RB for 2019-20 – a marketing-year high – were up 22% from the previous week and 62% from the prior 4-week average.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Prices16 Mar 2020

PSF offers down on dwindling cost

Polyester staple fibre prices fell in China, as lower upstream cost as crude oil futures plunged following the breakdown in OPEC negotiations for deeper cuts last week, with Russia refusing to go along with the deal.

SyntheticsDigital PrintingMarkets & Prices

Prices16 Mar 2020

Filament prices drift on poor cost support

Polyester filament yarn offers in China have moved down, due to poor cost support. Downstream mills adopted a wait-and-watch stance, indicating thin buying interest.

FilamentDigital PrintingMarkets & Prices

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