PPE systems benefit from a developmental approach

October 7, 2019  |  In the Industry

Marc Mathews recalls his time as a Marine stationed in Iraq, where he wondered about the design and origins of the personal protective equipment (PPE) he wore. “Who made this?” he contemplated. “Who thought this was a good system? Did they test it?” Today, Mathews is a research associate wit…
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Polartec announces Apex Awards winners

October 2, 2019  |  In the Industry

Polartec has announced the winners of the 2019 Polartec Apex Awards, an annual design award program. The winning products were selected based on skilled and creative uses of Polartec fabric technologies. The winning designs included jackets that melded Icelandic technical know-how with Danish d…
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Lenzing pilots new technology to verify garment content

September 30, 2019  |  In the Industry

Lenzing’s new blockchain technology pilot, presented at the Fashion Summit in Hong Kong in September, enables brands and consumers to identify TENCEL branded fibers across each production and distribution step of finished garment or home textile—from fiber to retail. The technology is reported t…
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Courtland unveils new manufacturing facility

September 23, 2019  |  In the Industry

Cortland Biomedical has unveiled a new, purpose-built manufacturing facility designed by textile engineers. The company reports that the new facility has certified clean room manufacturing areas with ISO Class 8 clean rooms for fabric formation and ISO Class 7 clean rooms for assembly, scouring…
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Abercrombie Textiles acquired by Crypton

September 19, 2019  |  In the Industry

The Crypton Companies (Crypton LLC and Nanotex LLC), providers of performance textile technologies in the contract, home furnishings and apparel markets, announces that it has entered into a formal agreement to acquire the operations of Abercrombie Textiles, the Cliffside, North …
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The future of wearables is medical

September 9, 2019  |  In the Industry

by James Hayward Wearable technology and medical devices have many prominent synergies. Electronic devices on the body are perfectly placed for sensors to collect data relevant to healthcare, with communication options allowing them to be the gateway to digital health data. Common sensor options wit…
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Inaugural automotive textiles conference set for February

September 5, 2019  |  In the Industry

The “Textile Opportunities in a Changing Automotive Industry” conference will bring together the key players in the industry, from original equipment manufacturers and Tier 1 and 2 suppliers, to raw material manufacturers, as well as builders of textile manufacturing equipment. The inaugural …
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Textile dyes market projections released

September 4, 2019  |  In the Industry

A new report published by MarketsandMarkets indicates that the low cost of manufacturing in countries, such as China, and the high demand for textile dyes in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region as a whole are the key factors driving the demand for textile dyes. The textile dyes market is projected t…
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A “steady course” predicted in 3D printed wearables market

August 30, 2019  |  In the Industry

A new study by Future Market Insights predicts the 3D printed wearables market, valued at approximately $3 billion in 2018, will maintain its steady course. Medical wearables are expected to be heavily influenced by 3D printing innovations. Research in this sector has experimented with a r…
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