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FibresYarnsDesign & Trends

Attune digital accelerator on SAP S/4HANA streamlines fashion industry

Attune consulting, a provider of SAP solutions exclusively to the fashion and lifestyle industry, has announced the availability of attune Fashion Suite on SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business

EffectsDigital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Epson DTG printer makes UK headway

Epson reseller Xpres has announced the first UK sale of the SureColor SC-F2100 direct-to-garment (DTG) printer

DyeingDigital PrintingEvents

Febratex looks to the future with Industry 4.0

The 16th instalment of Febratex, the largest textile fair in the Americas, will include a special event exploring the role of digital printing in the sector’s progress towards Industry 4.0

Insight24 May 2018

Asian Paper and Tissue World to introduce nonwovens pavilion

Taking place in Bangkok in June, the event will welcome nonwoven manufacturers from China’s Fujian province, who will display their latest product innovations

NonwovensEvents

EffectsCoatingResearch & Development

Graphene could help kill cancer cells

Graphene is arguably the world’s most promising material due to its range of properties, but mass production and cost are still two big challenges. Andy Rhodes reports

FabricsKnittingCompanies & Finance

Stitch & Story welcomes successful US expansion

Stitch & Story, a UK knitting kit manufacturer, has seen sales increase in the last year as a direct result of exporting to the US, following support from the Department for International Trade (DIT)

News24 May 2018

Kimberly-Clark to expand North Carolina nonwovens plant

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has approved US$30m for expansion and improvements to its nonwovens manufacturing facility in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

NonwovensHygiene

Lectra unveils Cutting Room 4.0

Lectra has officially unveiled its brand-new Cutting Room 4.0 at Texprocess Americas, in front of a mass of visitors, all of whom were eager to get a first glimpse of the technology

Manufacturing Technology

WeavingApparelSustainability

Partnership targets fully digital supply chains

Avery Dennison and SoftWear Automation have teamed up to help apparel manufacturers create a fully-digital supply chain that enables speed in the manufacture of apparel and textile products

Preview23 May 2018

University of Huddersfield to highlight Yorkshire textiles on the catwalk

Yorkshire’s textile heritage will be celebrated during this year’s showcase of fashion and textile talent from the University of Huddersfield

FibresYarnsEvents

FibresNaturalResearch & Development

How 37.5 technology could help tackle climate change

A new report suggests that 37.5 textile technology could reduce energy use by helping to control the wearer’s core body temperature

FabricsKnittingManufacturing Technology

Flat knitting technology benefits from technical advances

The flat knitting options available to knit manufacturers are continuing to expand, thanks to the constant innovation of market leaders Shima Seiki and Stoll

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Americhem refreshes product portfolio

US-based chemical colour concentrate firm Americhem has announced that it has refreshed its product portfolio to focus on performance, greater solutions and better trust with its customers

News22 May 2018

Indian textiles sector looks towards value addition

Indian textile and clothing exports register positive growth, it has been reported

FibresYarns

EffectsDigital PrintingCompanies & Finance

CoverUp expands with EFI investment

The world's first EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i soft-signage printer, which is the 100th VUTEk FabriVU aqueous soft-signage printer to be sold globally, has been purchased by Dublin-based CoverUp

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

FibresYarnsDesign & Trends

Russia to step up fight against counterfeit products in domestic textile market

The volume of counterfeit and contraband textile products reaching Russia via nearby countries of the Eurasian Economic Union last year amounted to Russian roubles RUB30bn (US$500m)

News22 May 2018

Mogul Nonwovens receives FSC Certification

Mogul South Carolina Nonwovens has announced that the company has received the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody (CoC) certification (FSC-C137808) from the Rainforest Alliance

Nonwovens

Review22 May 2018

Biodiversity and sustainable innovation at Brazilian textile event

Natural dyes, cashmere harvested in Brazilian Cerrado (tropical savanna) and a new flame-retardant fibre were the highlights of the event Innovations in the Textile and Fashion Chain in Brazil

FibresNaturalResearch & Development

FibresNaturalDesign & Trends

Peru’s native coloured cotton sees a revival

Naturally coloured cotton from Peru is attracting growing interest due to its eco-friendly benefits

FibresSyntheticsResearch & Development

University researchers develop movement-sensing garment

A team of researchers at Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Australia, has developed wearable technology that can sense strains in the textile to keep track of the wearer’s movements