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New Mexico appeals preliminary injunction on PFAS labeling rule
October 22nd, 2026
New Mexico appealed a preliminary injunction against the state’s PFAS labeling requirement Oct. 16. The preliminary injunction was issued by U.S. District Judge Margaret Strickland Sept. 21, temporarily halting the state’s PFAS labeling rule following a lawsuit filed in July challenging the regulation. If the preliminary injunction is lifted, the rule will take effect Jan. […]
Nicca names Archroma exclusive ZELAN distributor
October 19th, 2026
Archroma and Nicca Chemical are collaborating to support the continued growth of ZELAN™ non-fluorinated durable water repellents across the global textile industry. The announcement follows Nicca’s acquisition of the ZELAN business from The Chemours Company in March. Under the new agreement with Nicca, Archroma will continue as the exclusive textile industry distributor of ZELAN DWR […]
Reshoring Textiles acquires Sans Technical Fibers
October 15th, 2026
Reshoring Textiles has acquired Sans Technical Fibers, an American producer of high-tenacity LDI nylon 6.6 and polyester yarns. Sans will operate alongside Spinnere as a sister company within Reshoring Textiles. John Garner has been named its CEO and Robert Antoshak has been named chief marketing officer of Reshoring Textiles. The acquisition adds domestic filament production […]
Unifi Inc., yarn manufacturers launch YarnProof initiative
October 14th, 2026
Image: YarnProof™ Unifi Inc., together with polyester filament yarn manufacturers across North and Central America, has launched YarnProof™, an industry-wide initiative designed to provide immediate, physical verification of polyester filament yarn origin throughout the supply chain. YarnProof, powered by FibreTrace® technology, embeds an invisible and permanent tracer into polyester filament yarn during extrusion. The tracer […]
Knitted responsive tension structures
October 12th, 2026
Patterning by Heat and Water, Exhibition at the Woskob Family Gallery, State College Pennsylvania 2024. Felecia Davis and Delia Dumitrescu 2024. Image: Zsuzsanna Nagy 2024. Responsive textiles are materials that transform shape, color or size based on environmental cues, using either sensors and microcontrollers or the natural properties of the materials themselves to communicate information […]
Glue-free sneakers connect 3D printing with Asian craftsmanship
October 12th, 2026
Stage 1, parachute cloth wrapping, of assembling the sneakers. Photo: Daniyar Uderbekov. Almaty, Kazakhstan-based designer Daniyar Uderbekov revisits UDRB, a modular sneaker system that rethinks conventional footwear construction through a glue-free assembly method. The design combines a 3D printed TPU sole, a leather inner boot inspired by traditional Central Asian Makhsi and Ichigi footwear, and a rope-based fastening system. Each component can […]
MIT soft robot swims with living muscle cells
October 12th, 2026
This soft robot swims by beating its fins in response to flashes of light. Photo: MIT/ Melanie Gonick. An MIT robot powered by a single layer of living muscle cells swam through a watery maze, following a light held in a researcher’s hand. It is slow, tiny and nowhere near ready for the open ocean, […]
Collaboration creates multi-hazard workwear collection
October 12th, 2026
Worker performing liquid transfer in PIP® Multi-Hazard Suit with GORE-TEX® PYRAD® Fabric. Photo: PIP Global Safety. PIP Global Safety™ ("PIP®"), a global provider of personal protective equipment, and the Fabrics business within W. L. Gore & Associates, a global materials science company and owner of the GORE-TEX® Brand, have announced a strategic collaboration focused on […]
Printable smart clothing cools — and generates electricity
October 12th, 2026
Photographs demonstrating the fabric's mechanical flexibility (left) and permeable fiber-structured geometry (middle) – on the right is an infrared thermal image of a large-area printed textile worn on the back of a shirt under sunlight exposure. Photo: The researchers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Scientists have now created a printable textile that can cool, detect movement […]
Humberto Medrano joins Herculite as Southwestern regional sales manager
October 12th, 2026
Image: Herculite Products Inc. Herculite Products Inc. announced that Humberto Medrano has been hired as regional sales manager covering the Southwest to develop and grow relationships with end product manufacturers and related sales personnel for all awning and marine brands. Medrano holds a Bachelor of Science in electronic engineering from DeVry University. He has more […]