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Recycled yarn challenges and solutions
March 31st, 2023
Spinning yarn blends of virgin and recycled fibers is a much bigger challenge than any other commonly used blend. But the results can still be acceptable with comprehensive quality testing, know-how and experience – as well as the new Uster Statistics 2023 edition as a vital benchmarking tool. The European Union has defined a strategy […]
Noble Biomaterials’ Ionic+ Botanical Technology receives EPA registration
March 27th, 2023
Noble Biomaterials, a global supplier of antimicrobial solutions for soft surface applications, announced its latest antimicrobial technology has received official EPA registration. Ionic+® Botanical uses a bio-based registered citric acid formula to inhibit the growth of microbes and reduce odor on fabric and other soft surfaces. Noble Biomaterials began development of the proprietary Ionic+® Botanical […]
Columbia U. researcher turns soil into textiles
March 27th, 2023
Photos: Natural Materials Lab. Researchers at Columbia University have succeeded in creating a fabric that’s made from at least 60 percent dirt. Penmai Chongtoua, working with Columbia’s Natural Materials Lab director Prof. Lola Ben-Alon, began to explore the possibility of wearing “earth.” After graduating from the MA in Climate and Society program at the Columbia Climate School in 2022, […]
Helping the body heal itself
March 27th, 2023
The health and wellness market has been among the first to embrace advances in smart yarns and to take advantage of the versatility of engineered textiles. Supreme Corp., a producer of high-tech textiles and electrically conductive yarn and sewing thread, has now created a revolutionary fabric called Thermoregulating Therapeutic Smart Fabric (TTSF), which it says […]
New spacesuit is built for moonwalking
March 27th, 2023
This new Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU, will have additional outer layers that will be the familiar all-white color when the suit is worn by NASA astronauts on the Moon’s surface. Photo: Axiom Space. As NASA selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, the company participated in activities […]
A game changer?
March 27th, 2023
There was a time—and it was not that long ago—when I had never even heard the word “nanotechnology.” I have since learned that nanotechnology is science, engineering and technology conducted at the nanoscale, which is about 1 to 100 nanometers. I didn’t know what a nanometer was, either (English major, you know), so it was more helpful for […]
PCG to develop new Joint Force prototype fabric
March 27th, 2023
When the Joint Force conducts missions in a chemically or biologically contaminated operational environment, they wear protective garments, but these garments burden warfighters by increasing heat retention and restricting movement. To reduce burden while maintaining or improving protection, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Dept., in its role as the Joint Science […]
Partnership to develop high performance, bio-based protein fibers
March 27th, 2023
German biotechnology companies BRAIN Biotech AG and AMSilk GmbH will cooperate to develop new bio-based protein fibers for the performance materials market. Petroleum-based textile fibers made of polyethylene or polyamide are well known to be a main source of microplastics, as well as causing the unsustainable disposal of discarded clothing and other textiles in landfills. The […]
SMART leaders promote reuse and recycling
March 24th, 2023
Sorted buckets of textiles stand ready for recycling. Photo by Nikki Schuurman courtesy Circle Economy_2pxl The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) 2023 Annual Convention in Dubai drew record-breaking attendance of nearly 200 industry leaders from14 countries including the UAE, India and Pakistan. SMART is the leading industry voice promoting high standards and best […]
Jeanologia reduces garment finishing water consumption
March 22nd, 2023
Jeanologia, the Spain-based company developing eco-efficient technologies, reduced water consumption from 100 to 1 liter from the fabric to the finished garment thanks to its technologies. For World Water Day, celebrated on March 22, Jeanologia reminds us that the textile industry is one of the most water-consuming, most wastewater-producing and one of the most polluting. […]