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Insightfree7 Mar 2019WTiN reports on two new developments in smart wound care that highlight the importance of electrical devices for faster healing
Insight7 Mar 2019WTiN speaks to the founder of 37.5 Technology, Dr Gregory Haggquist, about the company's thermoregulation techniques using volcanic sand and coconut shell particles
Insight7 Mar 2019Near-sourcing is something of a Holy Grail for clothing brands – close enough to end-markets to respond to fast fashion demand and cheap enough to ensure products are competitive – and digital technologies are proving important in making this strategy work.

The key focus of this report is on types of sensors used for smart textiles that have an alternate reaction to that of a pressure sensor.
Insight6 Mar 2019The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is opening a special computer portal to help UK finishing chemical manufacturers and formulators who want to protect themselves against Britain crashing out of the European Union (EU) without a deal on 29 March
Reviewfree5 Mar 2019Across the textile and apparel industry, thousands of small successful enterprises demonstrate this on a daily basis, as indeed do the scores of larger textile companies that have successfully adopted the microfactory model in addition to their larger mass-manufacturing projects. And, these companies bear witness to the flexibility and scalability of the microfactory