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Insight17 Nov 2023

Latest control technologies on show at ITMA Asia

Sedo Treepoint, a provider of integrated automation systems for the textile dyeing and finishing industry, is presenting a selection of technologies at ITMA Asia + CITME.

DyeingFinishingEvents

Commercially readyIntelligence16 Nov 2023

Regenerating leather into next-gen materials

Gen Phoenix, formally known as ELeather, based in Peterborough, UK, is a textile manufacturing company, engineering sustainable leather.

FabricsApparelCircularity

EmergingIntelligence15 Nov 2023

Solving tracking and tracing issues

UK-based Chromition provides a product titled Luminspheres that offers a definitive identification of textiles and their dyes by simple scanning with a handheld spectrometer.

FabricsApparelSupply Chain

Commercially readyIntelligence9 Nov 2023

Separating fibres for recycling

Los Angeles, US-born company, Ambercycle, has developed chemistry to separate fibres from each other.

FabricsApparelCircularity

Innovation Outlook31 Oct 2023

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Transparency and Traceability

Exploring transparency and traceability technologies within the textile & apparel industry supply chain.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook31 Oct 2023

Innovation Outlook: Transparency and Traceability

Exploring transparency and traceability technologies within the textile & apparel industry supply chain.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight18 Oct 2023

How will EU’s Green Deal impact textiles?

Otis Robinson explores the EU Green Deal, its impact on textile & apparel businesses, and effects on the global industry, while sustainability solutions provider Bluesign shares its expertise.

ApparelFabricsCircularity

Insight7 Sept 2023

Transparency interface for brands launched

Infor has announced the availability of a dedicated interface between Made2Flow, a tech company specialising in analysis and validation of environmental data in the fashion industry, and Infor product lifecycle management (PLM).

ApparelSustainability

Insight6 Sept 2023

Repurposing protein waste for fibres

Recycled synthetic fibres are less durable and purportedly shed 10x more than standard textiles – so what solutions are available? Otis Robinson speaks with Bloom Labs about its recycled protein waste pellets for the textile industry.

FibresFabricsCircularity

Insight17 Aug 2023

ASCC to adopt 3D weaving

Following ITMA 2023 in Milan, Italy in June, the UK’s Optima 3D is delivering the special weaving technology it demonstrated to the US for installation at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC).

KnittingWeavingIndustry 4.0

ScalingIntelligence14 Aug 2023

The Recover Process

Recover, a Spain-born company, offers a scaled solution to transform textile waste into “low-impact, high-quality” sustainable recycled fibre.

FibresCircularity

Sector Analysis14 Aug 2023

Erratic digitalisation stabilises around ITMA

Positivity in digitalisation and Industry 4.0 rose by almost 16% in quarter two (Q2) of 2023.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

ScalingIntelligence8 Aug 2023

The Billie Upcycling System

The Billie Upcycling System is a mechanical recycling system capable of reviving excess inventory, unused raw materials and textile waste made from natural fibres.

FibresSustainability

Insight2 Aug 2023

Course bolsters Industry 4.0 skills

West Yorkshire, UK, is to have a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship training course for textile engineering technicians, reflecting a resurgence in the industry locally, and more generally in the UK.

ApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight27 Jul 2023

Partnership develops fibre integrity protocol

FibreTrace, a provider of digital and physical traceability solutions, and SGS, which offers testing, inspection and certification solutions, will work in partnership to develop a new fibre integrity protocol for the textile industry.

FibresSustainability

Insight24 Jul 2023

UK government funds textile circularity projects

The UKFT is working with a wide range of industry partners from throughout the UK supply chain on a series of government-funded projects focused on textile recycling infrastructure, circular fashion and sustainable manufacturing.

FibresApparelSustainability

Insight20 Jul 2023

Activewear maker invests in digitalisation

A UK cycle clothing manufacturer has invested GB£100k (US$130.9k) in new digital technologies with the support of Made Smarter, which was created to help UK manufacturing industries prosper through digital innovation.

ApparelSportswearIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook10 Jul 2023

Innovation Outlook: Recycling

An exploration into current mechanical, chemical and enzymatic recycling technologies.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Innovation Outlook10 Jul 2023

Sample: Innovation Outlook: Recycling

An exploration into current mechanical, chemical and enzymatic recycling technologies.

FibresYarnsIndustry 4.0

Insight15 Jun 2023

What is the future of digital?

Otis Robinson, Industry 4.0 lead and editor, WTiN, reports on trends in digitalisation for sustainability, growing consideration for human/machine interaction and the budding but uncertain metaverse.

ApparelFabricsManufacturing Technology

Insight13 Jun 2023

Pushing DPP solutions in the US

Avery Dennison said it is actively engaged in developing a solution to the soon-to-be mandatory digital product passport (DPP) system set to be deployed in the European Union (EU).

ApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight12 Jun 2023

Ambient temperature colouration techniques

NTX, a Singapore-based provider of automation solutions, is showcasing its waterless textile colouration technologies, titled Cooltrans, which utilise an “ambient temperature colouration by transfer” process.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight12 Jun 2023

Automatic knotting device for bobbins

Superba, a manufacturer of heat-setting machinery owned by Belgian group Vandewiele, is showcasing an automatic knotting device for bobbins.

FabricsFinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight11 Jun 2023

Encouraging adoption of direct-to-textile 3D printing

Stratasys, a provider of additive manufacturing solutions for various industries, is showcasing its direct-to-textile 3D printing technology, the J850 TechStyle, at ITMA.

ApparelFabricsManufacturing Technology

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