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News9 Mar 2018

Essity restructures in Chile

Essity is restructuring its production facility in Santiago, Chile, to further improve quality and cost for the Consumer Tissue and Professional Hygiene businesses in the country.

HygieneWipes

News9 Mar 2018

New campaign to tackle Pakistan’s deforestation

WWF-Pakistan, in collaboration with Artistic fabric and Garment Industries (AFGI), has launched a Mangroves Plantation Campaign with an aim to work towards a greener and more climate-resilient Karachi

FibresYarnsSustainability

News9 Mar 2018

Archroma appoints new textiles leader

Archroma has announced the appointment of Marcos Furrer as president Brand & Performance Textile Specialties, and Innovation, based in Archroma's headquarters in Reinach, Switzerland.

FibresEffects

News

9 Mar 2018

Techtextil North America sets it sights on Raleigh

The 16th edition of Techtextil North America, the 2019 premier trade show for technical textiles and nonwovens, will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina.

FibresTechnical Textiles

Insight9 Mar 2018

Covestro ventures into composite production

Global polymer manufacturer Covestro has begun the commercial production of a new lightweight, high-strength continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite (CFRTP)

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

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

Insight9 Mar 2018

Lightweight fabrics fuel aerospace industry

Demand for innovative aeronautical textiles is being driven by lightweighting demand to reduce carbon emissions

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Prices9 Mar 2018

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report

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

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Fireside Chat9 Mar 2018

Smart materials for sportswear: An interview with Braz Costa from CeNTI

Braz Costa, CEO of Centi (Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials) discusses the key developments in smart materials for sportswear.

Technical TextilesSportswearEvents

Insight8 Mar 2018

Laser fabric treats skin diseases

French scientists at Texinov Medical Textiles have developed a knitted laser fabric that can treat skin diseases such as acne, psoriasis, and actinic keratosis with light

Technical TextilesMedicalResearch & Development

Insight8 Mar 2018

Global nonwoven wipes consumption set to rise

The value of the global nonwoven wipes market is set to reach US$21.8bn by the year 2023, according to a new market report

NonwovensWipesResearch & Development

Insight8 Mar 2018

Holland & Sherry presents technical style for spring/summer 2018

The British fabric company Holland & Sherry will be presenting a new cloth combining 13.5 micron Merino wool with silver at the 2018 Spring Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics

FibresNaturalEvents

Innovation Briefing7 Mar 2018

Durable antibacterial cotton modified by silver nanoparticles and carboxymethyl chitosan

WTiN is reporting on a development from researchers at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China, and University of Waterloo, Canada, who have demonstrated a method for immobilising silver nanoparticles on cotton fabrics by using carboxymethyl chitosan as a binder

FibresNaturalResearch & Development

Innovation Briefing7 Mar 2018

3D near-field electrospinning of fibres for tissue engineering

The fields of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering aim to promote generation or regeneration of damaged tissues and organs by application of cells, growth factors and/or biomaterials, typically facilitated by a biocompatible scaffold

MedicalMedicalResearch & Development

Insight7 Mar 2018

Sportswear and apparel firm Ternua Group invests in Lectra PLM

Ternua Group, a world-renowned Spanish outdoor clothing and sportswear group, has chosen Lectra Fashion PLM 4.0 to increase its geographical presence by improving global teamwork

FibresNaturalDesign & Trends

News7 Mar 2018

Kelheim Fibres receives bio certification

Kelheim Fibres, the Bavarian Viscose speciality manufacturer, has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label for a range of its products.

FibresNonwovens

Insight7 Mar 2018

ITMF publishes Q3/2017 yarn and fabric figures

The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has released its global yarn and fabric figures for the third quarter of 2017

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight7 Mar 2018

Zara installs robots to speed up click and collect service

Fashion retailer Zara, part of the Inditex Group, is using robots to speed-up its online order pick-up in stores, with its new automated online order strategy

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight7 Mar 2018

Antelope Club presents EMS compression garments at WTCEU18

In January, the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2018 EUROPE showcased some of the best and most exciting innovations in what is a rapidly growing market

Technical TextilesSportswearEvents

Insight6 Mar 2018

Egypt sharpening its place in the global textile market

The eighth International Exhibition for Textile, Weaving, Spinning, Sewing, Embroidery, Knitting, Dyeing, Fabrics, Chemicals & Finishing Machinery and their Accessories, Egy Stitch & Tex 2018, is set to take place on 15-18 March

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

News6 Mar 2018

FESPA Trends Theatre programme

FESPA has published the framework programme for the Trends Theatre at FESPA Global Print Expo 2018, which takes place on 15-18 May at Messe Berlin in Germany

EffectsDigital PrintingEvents

News6 Mar 2018

Fulgar EVO creates bio-fashion

High-end garment manufacturer Luxury Jersey has announced the debut of two new fabrics made using EVO by Fulgar

SyntheticsCellulosicsDesign & Trends

Insight6 Mar 2018

DTG Digital launches the G4 industrial apparel printer

DTG Digital has launched a new printing platform; the G4 powered production series of direct-to-garment (DTG) digital textile printers

EffectsDigital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Insight6 Mar 2018

New markets with digital textile printing

Czech textile printing mill La Linea has a rich history that began in 1928. Today, La Linea has both traditional rotary printing technology and digital textile printing technology

EffectsDigital PrintingManufacturing Technology

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