17 August 2010, Krøderen - A base layer garment in a knitted
net structure made from merino wool has won the Scandinavian Outdoor Award for
Summer 2010. According to competition judges Woolnet from Norwegian sports underwear
brand Aclima showed an “innovative approach in terms ...
30 July 2010 – Invista, owner of the Lycra fibre brand, reports
that millions of hangtags have been ordered for the recently launched Lycra Sport
fabric. The innovative fabric was launched to the industry in July 2009 and Invista
reports that hangtags have been ordered to appear on garm ...
27 July 2010, Friedrichshafen – New Zealand based merino
wool pioneer for the outdoors, Icebreaker, launched its new range of merino
technical knits for runners at this month’s leading Outdoor show which was held
in Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Constance in Germany.
Wh ...
27 July 2010, Friedrichshafen - The growing demand for garments with wool are
beginning to make merino a favourite for Outdoor apparel and in response Mönchengladbach based Stöhr AG a manufacturer of
combed wool yarns, and Leicester, UK based Wykes International Ltd., a yar ...
22 July 2010, Friedrichshafen – Swiss high-tech textiles
developer Schoeller technologies has launched a new fabric range called
‘energear’ which uses Far Infrared Rays to ensure that energy radiated by the
body is recovered to positively affect performance capacity and well ...
19 July 2010, Friedrichshafen – OutDoor 2010, which was held
last weekend in Friedrichshafen last weekend
has once again shown further growth in exhibitors and visitors. Read on to see
what the organisers and exhibitors say and watch our ‘Textiles for Sports &
Outdoor&r ...
23 July 2010, Almelo – Netherlands based TenCate Outdoor
Fabrics has introduced a new inherently flame-retardant fabric for group tents,
called TenCate Campshield. Scouting
Nederland, which is celebrating its centenary this year, will include this new
safety fabric from TenCate a ...
22 July 2010, Friedrichshafen - Leading Italian manufacturer
of warp and weft knitted fabrics SITIP SpA Industrie Tessili, showed its new Acqua
Zero range of ‘non-wetting’ fabrics at last week’s Outdoor show on the shores
of Lake Constance in Germany. Acqua Zero non-wetting ...
7 July 2010, Friedrichshafen, Germany - Functional clothing
is on the way to being a standard part of everyday life. The outdoor industry
talk is of a "megatrend”, a new "attitude to life”. It is unlikely
that anything in the foreseeable future will change people’s enthusias ...
6 July 2010, Bönnigheim – Researchers at the Hohenstein
Institute in Germany are helping local innovative manufacturers of sportswear
fabrics to improve the functional properties of their knitted fabrics by developing
practical construction guidelines.
In a recently completed rese ...
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