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- New sanitisation technology certified to eliminate coronavirus from textiles
- Frontier digital fabric platform gets COVID-19 boost
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- Draft programme for online OUTLOOK 2020
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Expert Opinion
Adrian Wilson
On the Floor
The new Golden Fleece of fabrics
Forget gold, copper, silver and steel. The hottest commodity of the coronavirus crisis is a little-known synth
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Exception proves the rule in the USA’s PPE shortage
Adrian Wilson
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Observations from the IFAI’s Virtual Smart Textile Summit
Marie O'Mahony
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Events Calendar 2020
- 20-24 June 2020 Frankfurt
- 22-25 June 2020 Minneapolis, MN
- 28 June - 1 July 2020 Munich
- 29 June - 30 June 2020 Paris
Billy Hunter
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17th December 2019
Together for a more sustainable textiles industry
Partners plan to collaborate in furthering the implementation of their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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10th December 2019
Reliance to adopt CertainT platform for recycled PET
Applied DNA Sciences and Reliance Industries Sign MOU to Incorporate CertainT Forensic Traceability Into R|Elan Fabric and Recron GreenGold Recycled Polyester Fiber and Filament
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21st November 2019
Textiles are EU's fourth largest cause of environmental pressures
EEA calls for a wide-scale change towards circular economy in textiles production and consumption to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, resource use and pressures on nature.
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5th November 2019
Zero-tolerance quality for nonwovens at Techtextil India
Why USTER fibre cleaning is the best choice for super-critical applications
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11th September 2019
LITRAX – A nano particle innovator with global influence
Some companies do things big – like the tech giant Google or the mega sports brand Nike, for example. They have their global supply chains, their offices and production facilities all over the world, they employ hundreds of thousands, and they sell their pro
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10th July 2019
Innovation leads the way at ITMA 2019
The event that spanned seven days attracted over 105,000 visitors from 137 countries, chalking up new records for the exhibition.
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11th June 2019
Exploring the future of urban living and mobility
As textile professionals are preparing for the fast approaching ITMA 2019, it is time to look back at the busy month of May, marked by the record-breaking Techtextil.
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14th May 2019
Texprocess Innovation Awards 2019 winners anounced
All award-winning projects can be seen in a special exhibition at Texprocess until Friday 17 May.
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24th April 2019
FUTURECRAFT.LOOP: A performance running shoe made to be remade
adidas has strengthened its commitment to tackling plastic waste with the release of futurecraft.loop a 100% recyclable performance running shoe.
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23rd April 2019
In case you missed it: Swissmem - The big issues at ITMA 2019
Earlier this month, our correspondent Adrian Wilson filed an interesting report about the Swiss textile machinery industry, after attending the Swissmem pre-ITMA conference in Lucerne Switzerland.
Latest Comments
Viscose fibres against marine pollution
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Teijin develops highly modified cross-section crimped yarn
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Dragon Silk delivered to medical firm
bob 1st November 2018, 11:58AMlove dragon silk
Highly accelerated biodegradation rate for new synthetic insulation material
john 29th October 2018, 19:53PMThe article announces that "the bio-degradation process leaves behind water, methane, carbon dioxide and biomass." Both methane and carbon dioxide are widely considered undesirable in relation to carbon footprint. Water is OK. This leaves me wondering what the 'biomass' residue is actually composed of chemically, since the original polymer - albeit reclaimed - is synthetic. If this unspecified 'biomass' can still be ingested in an ocean environment, then where is the upside of the equation?
Next generation software for 3D warp knitted fabric simulation
Matt Bauer 23rd October 2018, 19:06PMWhat is the cost of this program and where can i purchase it ? Matt Bauer 423.834.1226