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Progress through collaboration
April 25th, 2022
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) presented and exhibited at the Smart Fabrics Summit, showing AFFOA advanced functional fiber preforms and advanced fibers demonstrating semiconductor devices (LED chips) embedded into fibers. The Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) continues to be in the forefront of new developments in technologies for advanced textile systems. Michelle Farrington, […]
IFAI Expo 2018: Show Stopper winners on the floor
October 17th, 2018
All the best from Texas: Wednesday morning, Oct. 17, at IFAI Expo led off with lists of winners for the year, including the most popular products on the show floor. The seventh annual Show Stopper competition was designed to showcase the best of the best in the industry, from fabrics, equipment and chemicals to services […]
Hohenstein Institute is studying “fabric feel”
February 5th, 2016
There is a science behind how different textiles feel on the body, and a European research project called Touché is working at getting a better understanding of “fabric feel” and textile touch. A joint German-Belgian project, Touché is studying the interaction between human skin and textiles, and how textiles are perceived. The German research team […]
IFAI’s 2015 Advanced Textiles Conference begins Oct. 6
August 7th, 2015
Testing information gets special attention at this year’s IFAI Expo. IFAI’s 2015 Advanced Textiles Conference begins Oct. 6 at 8:30 a.m. and includes a full day of programming, keynote luncheon and networking reception. NASA’s Evelyne Orndoff speaks at the opening session about “NASA’s Wish List.” Over the four-day IFAI Expo event, an more than 25 speakers […]
Hohenstein offers updates on algae for textiles
May 6th, 2015
The AlBioTex Project, an initiative looking at the use of alginates as a natural raw material source for textiles, will provide updates for attendees at Techtextil in Frankfurt this year. Launched at the end of 2013 in partnership with Germany’s Hohenstein Institute, BRAIN, Kelheim Fibres and rökona, the project’s focus has been the manufacture of […]
FabricLink honors 2015 innovators
April 10th, 2015
FabricLink Network has announced its Top 10 Innovation Award winners, recognized for producing exceptional textile-based materials and technologies that were launched in the past year and are commercially available. The awards, presented by the Tarzana, Calif.-based trade group, honors both companies and researchers in categories such as innovative manufacturing and production technologies, novel insulation solutions […]
German firm offers biodegradable polyester lining
March 6th, 2015
Freudenberg Interlining of Ramstein-Miesenbach is marketing what it calls the first polyester lining to be made from 100 percent biodegradable fibers, and which can be used as a lining to strengthen clothing or parts of garments. The company says it is the first in Germany to gain certification for the biological degradability of a textile product. […]