Stretchable smart sensors adjust to applications

November 4, 2016  |  What's New?

The advanced textiles area on the show floor at IFAI Expo 2016 was not only larger than previous years, it also offered an impressive variety of products and services, including an entire section on testing with demonstrations and other learning opportunities. The testing area was ringed with exhib…
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Gore introduces new safety apparel

October 21, 2016  |  What's New?

Elkton, Md.-based protective outerwear developer W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. has introduced a line of GORE® FR Apparel products featuring its GORE-TEX® PYRAD® fabric, flame-resistant (FR), foul-weather outerwear, which are designed to meet the needs of oil and gas workers. A jacket, bib and …
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Kelheim Fibres develops static dissipative viscose fiber

October 17, 2016  |  What's New?

German specialty-fiber fabricator Kelheim Fibres GmbH announces the development of a viscose fiber which provides static dissipation. The fiber receives its specific properties by the incorporation of electrically conductive additives into the fiber’s core. As a result, the company says, functiona…
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DermaTherapy bedding helps reduce pressure ulcers

October 14, 2016  |  What's New?

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Standard Textile’s DermaTherapy® bed linens are now being marketed to hospitals and health-care centers to help reduce the production of pressure ulcers, commonly known as bedsores. The DermaTherapy technology was specifically developed to create the healthcare bedding. The…
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Girl’s bandage breakthrough wins $15,000

October 7, 2016  |  What's New?

Anushka Naiknaware, a seventh-grader from Beaverton, Ore., finished in the top eight in an international science contest run by Google for her invention: a bandage that can tell doctors when it needs to be changed, thus speeding healing. According to a report in the Oregonian, Naiknaware’s bandag…
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Advanced antimicrobial additives designed for flexible polymer applications

October 6, 2016  |  What's New?

Swiss antimicrobial developer SANITIZED AG has introduced a new solution—Sanitized® PL14-32—for flexible polymer applications. Besides its thermal stability and compatibility with other formulations, Sanitized PL 14-32 provides water resistance, high UV resistance and no yellowing after UV expo…
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Sympatex to introduce heating and lighting workwear

September 30, 2016  |  What's New?

German textiles company Sympatex Technologies® will present smart textile innovations at the Nov. 7-9 Expoprotection work-safety trade show at Paris’ Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre. The company has a new heating and lighting system developed especially for use in jackets, waistcoats and gl…
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Nano Dimension uses 3D printing to add conduction to fabric

September 23, 2016  |  What's New?

Nano Dimension Technologies Ltd., subsidiary of Israel-based 3D printed electronics developer Nano Dimension Ltd., has successfully tested 3D printing of conductive traces onto a treated fabric. The project was completed in collaboration with a European functional textiles company, unnamed in a comp…
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Welspun secures patent for augmented reality home decor

September 22, 2016  |  What's New?

Indian home-textiles specialist Welspun has secured a patent for its TILT product line. The patent covers a system that has textile material with a design motif and an augmented-reality software application. The software allows a user to scan the design motif on the textile material, and enter an au…
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Nanotex introduces durable wear technology for apparel

September 19, 2016  |  What's New?

Fabric innovator Nanotex®, which provides nanotechnology-based textile enhancements to the apparel, home and commercial/residential interiors markets, has introduced its Nanotex Durable Wear technology for apparel. The patented technology is modified at the molecular level to resist wear and prolon…
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