The long road to smart fabric standards

December 11th, 2023

Loomia makes soft, flexible circuit technology to be incorporated into a variety of textile end products. Photo: Loomia.  “Smart textiles” that utilize specialized polymers, chemical additives or electronics to react with their environment are changing textile technology in the 21st century. E-textiles or “wearables” have been particularly promising due to their ability to monitor and communicate […]

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Textile EPMs and evolving fluorocarbon regulations

October 25th, 2021

Regulatory changes are ahead that could affect some textile end product manufacturers, particularly those who switched to shorter-chain C6 chemistries. by Pamela Mills-Senn Keeping abreast of regulations restricting the use of, or banning altogether, of certain chemicals considered carcinogenic can prove challenging for textile end product manufacturers, who are often several steps up the supply […]

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