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Collaborations benefit warfighters—and consumers
September 11th, 2023
Lumiton has developed and patented sustainable, synthetic, Light-Smart™ clothing that harnesses sunlight and emits red and near-infrared light. Photo: Lumiton. The North Carolina Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (NC DMCSP), which is administered by NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions, is disrupting the performance and functionality that once defined the traditional textile industry. With more than 40 […]
The innovation ecosystem in advanced textiles
June 26th, 2023
The Novamont Group based in Italy was created to pursue the integration of chemistry and agriculture. Its innovative Mater-Bi is a family of bioplastics that’s biodegradable even at low temperatures, does not release microplastics into the environment and has no eco-toxic effects. Photo: Novamont. Billionaire investor Raymond Dalio, founder and chairman of Bridgewater Associates, an American investment […]
Smart Fabrics Conference: Part II
June 12th, 2023
The North Carolina Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP), described at the 2023 Smart Fabrics Summit, is an innovation ecosystem for smart textiles research, development and production in support of warfighter performance. Pictured is a U.S. Army Specialist directing a combat training exercise in May of this year in Germany. Photo: Spc. Joshua Zayas, U.S. Army. […]
Avenues and opportunities
February 13th, 2023
TopoKnit is a suite of algorithms recently developed at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., as a tool for modeling the path of a yarn within a knitted textile. The program provides documentation of how parts come together to make a finished piece. Its technology-agnostic approach would allow designers to try new approaches with a better gauge […]
The R & D answer
October 10th, 2022
Global markets have been unsettled, at least, with fears of recession following steep inflation that needed monetary intervention for correction. Meanwhile, governments are proposing fiduciary interventions for growing the economy. Support in terms of R & D tax incentives and investments to support science and technology (S & T) development are measures taken by some […]
Breaking out of the bubble
July 25th, 2022
AR Tech designed and built a valve system for space launch vehicles using silicone materials and yarns. Photo: AR Tech In seeking to promote growth in the textile industry, it’s important to identify value-driven markets that our capabilities, or core competencies, can address. Our inspirations concerning the industry come from different sources. Most recently, a […]
$2.8 Million awarded for manufacturing innovation initiative
March 28th, 2022
Massachusetts’ Baker-Polito Administration has announced $2.8 million in new infrastructure grants, through the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2), to three growing manufacturers. Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy made the announcement during an event at 99Degrees Custom in Lawrence, a 375-employee manufacturer of tech-integrated apparel, which received one of the grants. Additional recipients were Soliyarn, a maker […]
When “disruptive” is a good word
February 3rd, 2022
by Janet Preus When I was a teacher, the word “disruptive” was usually attached to a student who had interrupted the flow of a lesson or class activity with inappropriate behavior. With sometimes as many as 30 or more students, all trying to accomplish the same thing at the same time, one student could indeed […]