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The Award recognises a product or technology innovation within the wipes value chain that expands the use of nonwoven fabrics and demonstrates advancements in creativity, novelty of approach, uniqueness and technical sophistication.
Insight20 Dec 2016The Hohenstein Institute and the SGS Institute Fresenius applauded AMSilk’s polymer creation, which is a replication of natural silk.
Textile companies in Japan are combining old traditions with modern technology to hone a variety of new high-performance and eco-friendly natural fabrics. Kathryn Wortley reports from Tokyo.
Insight19 Dec 2016Viscose staple fibre stabilised during the week ending 16 December, while polyester filament fibre, staple fibre and yarn continued to rise, due to tight supply in the Chinese market. Pakistan's cotton fibres remained stable at higher prices, due to a fear of limited quality cotton. In India, meanwhile, cotton yarn and fibre prices continued to fall, due to cotton surplus and relatively limited demand.
Insight19 Dec 2016From unexpected places such as demisters in petrochemical plants to the chassis floor panels of sports cars, as well as new developments in running shoes, the latest advances in technical knitted fabrics – and the techniques being used to produce them – are continuing apace.
