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Lectra opens Vietnam subsidiary
August 11th, 2016
Textile innovator Lectra has opened its Hanoi, Vietnam, subsidiary—Lectra Vietnam—effective July 1. The Paris-based company, which focuses on technology solutions for industries using fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, has been a presence in Vietnam for more than 20 years and was represented by its agent, Ly Sinh Cong Trading Service Company, for the […]
DuPont collaborates on Chinese Olympics uniforms
August 10th, 2016
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has announced a collaboration with Chinese sports brand Anta in the design of uniforms for Chinese Olympic team members. The outfits use DuPont™ Sorona® renewable, plant-based fiber. Sorona polymer contains 37 percent annually renewable plant-based ingredients by weight, the company says. It is used primarily in high-performance fiber applications, including textiles for […]
Nano textiles analyze sweat for health monitoring
August 9th, 2016
Collaborative research at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University endeavors to develop wearable textiles that monitor the wearer’s health by analyzing sweat. The project involves nano yarn structures that can be knitted to form comfortable fabrics. By chemically analyzing the sweat from the wearer, the nano yarns in the fabric changes its color as […]
Research shows new light-harvesting potential
August 8th, 2016
Researchers at Australia’s Griffith University have discovered significant new potentials for light harvesting through narrowing the bandgap of titania (TiO2) and graphene quantum dots. According to a report by IDTechEx’s online Energy Harvesting Journal, the researchers for the first time have found a quantum-confined bandgap-narrowing mechanism where ultraviolet absorption of grapheme quantum dots and TiO2 […]
Inditex partners with Lenzing to recycle textile waste
August 5th, 2016
Global fashion retailing giant Inditex has signed an agreement with Lenzing, the Austrian producer of the plant-based sustainable textile fiber Lyocell TENCEL, for the manufacture of premium textile raw materials from textile waste generated by Inditex. Throughout the project, Inditex will provide Lenzing with fabric for recycling into new materials. The pilot will start with […]
“Muscle Shirt” responds physically to wearer’s activity
August 5th, 2016
The wearable, concept Muscle Shirt, by German designer Simone Schramm, measures the level of athletic performance by detecting the heartbeat with a sensor integrated into the fabric. If physical activity is measured, the fabric contracts, gathering on the back of the shirt. In this way, the wearable physically transforms in response to the wearer’s activity. […]
Down to earth, up in the air, Part I
August 5th, 2016
New materials are making structures lighter and more portable. The owner of the iced coffee cart in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, New York, understands the old real estate saw: location, location, location. It makes perfect sense when the coffee cart is made with new, lighter materials available today, making picking up and moving to a […]
Wound dressings can be made from bacterial alginate
August 5th, 2016
A collaboration among four German entities led by the Hohenstein Institute and Kelheim Fibers GmbH has successfully developed wound dressings made from bacterial alginate. The aim of the project was to develop a biotechnological process to produce alginate and then process it into fiber-based products for use in wound dressings. The project is known as […]
Small scale, big ideas
August 5th, 2016
The Minnesota Vikings football team now has a new $1 billion stadium that boasts the largest transparent ethylene-tetraflouroethylene (ETFE) roof in the nation. This relatively new structural fabric doesn’t degrade under UV light, atmospheric pollution or extreme temperatures. It’s expected to last as long as 50 years with minimal maintenance. This is a more sophisticated […]
Kraig Biocraft Labs inks U.S. Army deal
August 5th, 2016
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based, biotech developer Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has announced it has received a contract that could be worth up to $1 million for the development of high-performance fibers for protective apparel applications with the U.S. Defense Department. Under the fully funded base effort, the company will deliver ballistic shoot packs constructed from its proprietary […]