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Russian technical textiles on the rise
Production of technical textiles has more than doubled over the past seven years
10th July 2016
Sustainable technologies as an added value for the whole of the textile industry became the focus at ACIMIT’s annual meeting.
25th June 2016
Turkish researchers have recently unveiled projects to develop innovative textiles and launch their production in partnership with potential investors.
19th June 2016
INDA’s World of Wipes International Conference 2016 finished last week, with organisers reporting a great turnout.
9th June 2016
Technical textiles manufacturer Arville shares a very positive outlook on the future of the UK technical textiles industry this week.
26th May 2016
The top feature on Innovation in Textiles this week is not so much a technical textiles story but more of story about how advances in science are helping stakeholders in apparel industry supply chains to overcome some of their current challenges.
19th May 2016
Your weekly round up of what's in the news and links to recent reports on Techtextil North America, Texprocess Americas, JEC Americas and IDEA.
10th May 2016
Delegates turned out in numbers in sunny Atlanta and rainy Boston last week for the leading North American technical textiles and nonwovens events
24th March 2016
Carbon fibre is now really coming of age with potentially explosive growth in the automotive sector and further growth in aerospace and other sectors being predicted.
5th February 2016
Invista's Lycra Hybrid technology, a knit that looks like a woven but acts like a stretch leggings fabric when used in jeans, looks set to take the fashion world by storm. Is this the perfect timing with the huge athleisure trend that is sweeping the globe, fo
23rd November 2015
ITMA's exhibitors, which include all of the world's leading textile machinery builders, are said to be delighted with quality of attendance at the show.
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Viscose fibres against marine pollution
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Dragon Silk delivered to medical firm
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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
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