Smart Textiles & Nanotechnology

Leading technical textile and nonwovens companies from around the world will showcase the latest products and advanced technologies in textiles, nonwovens and materials during Techtextil North America 2010 next month in Atlanta, Georgia. The show represents all vertical aspects of the technical textile industry from research and development, through raw materials and production processes, to conversion, further treatment and recycling. Some of the highlights of the

NanoHorizons Inc., a leader in the creation of nanoscale performance additives for textile, health care, and industrial applications, will extend its global antimicrobial business to Turkey through Uniteks of Istanbul, who will act as the SmartSilver distributor to the Turkish market. SmartSilver is a brand of antimicrobial additives that are engineered using a patented process to integrate silver nanoparticles at the molecular level into a variety of textile,

FibeRio Technology Corporation has received the silver prize among the over 90 top technology innovators from across the USA and around the world competing in Arlington, Texas, March 16-17 for top honours at WBT2010 presented by Lockheed Martin. FibeRio Technology Corporation’s force spinning technology, which uses centrifugal force to spin nanofibres, is said to have been rigorously screened and mentored by WBT commercialization experts to present to a sold

NanoHorizons Inc., a leader in the creation of nanoscale antimicrobial performance additives for textile, health care, industrial, and consumer products, announced that the Small Business Commerce Association of San Francisco has awarded it the 2009 Best of Business Award in the Chemical Additives category. The SBCA 2009 Award Program recognizes the top 5% of small businesses throughout the country. Using statistical research and consumer feedback, the SBCA ide

Bayer MaterialScience has announced that thanks to a combination of two new dispersion technologies, aqueous suspensions of its Baytubes carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can now be produced which contain single tubes which show high electrical and thermal conductivity. According to the company, multifilament yarns coated with such CNT dispersions can be woven to efficient fabric heaters which have already performed well in preventing the water in water storage tanks of Ja

Techtextil North America Symposium 2010 has announced that Kim Glas, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles and Apparel, is to be its Keynote Speaker at its forthcoming event. The latest technology, applications, and the overall direction of the technical textile and nonwovens industry will be presented by experts and leaders from around the world during Techtextil North America Symposium being held from 18-20 May 2010 at the Georgia World C

Xennia Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of the Netherland’s Royal TenCate, is today unveiling its process demonstrator for nano printing and finishing of textile materials at its Letchworth, UK headquarters. The novel nano process technology, which TenCate says will change the textiles industry, is based on inkjet technology, whereby ink or coating particles are applied with great production precision and high speed.  The technology will eventually enable TenCate to

Teijin Limited and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a highly crystalline carbon nanofiber (CNF) which it says will offer 30% greater electrical conductivity than conventional products. The extra-conductive CNF, which is 100-300 nanometres in diameter and 20 micrometers long, has been developed with a melt-spinning process. Teijin says that since melt-spinning is widely used for the production of ordinary chemical fibres, the newly developed CNF can

According to a recent news report, researchers at Stanford University are making batteries and simple capacitors from fabrics dipped in nanoparticle-infused ink. According to the Stanford News Service, the conductive ‘eTextiles’ represent a new class of integrated energy storage device, born from the synthesis of old technology with cutting-edge materials science. Special ink formula "We have been developing all kinds of materials, trying to revolutionize bat

RMIT University researchers are using a natural biopolymer found in crustaceans to create odour-repellent fabrics for use in the automotive industry. The researchers are studying how specialised fabrics could provide smart solutions for car interiors, resisting odours and staying cleaner for longer. Dr Rajiv Padhye, Discipline Head, Higher Education in the School of Fashion and Textiles, said the researchers were working on various concepts for a number