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Insight3 Oct 2022

Collaboration brings new finishing line to market

Heathcote Fabrics is co-operating with German Brückner and its agent Advanced Dyeing Solutions to purchase a new Brucker finishing line for technical fabrics.

FibresEffectsManufacturing Technology

Insight26 Sept 2022

Blended fibre separating innovation wins award

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA)’s research project, Green Machine, has won the ITMF Awards 2022 in the Sustainability and Innovation category.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight23 Sept 2022

ITMA ASIA rescheduled but opportunities persist

The ITMA ASIA + CITME event has been rescheduled to November 2023 due to uncertainty in China as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, say organisers

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight22 Sept 2022

New waxed cotton weatherproof finish hits market

Monforts has installed and commissioned a new Montex finishing range at the Baltic Works of Halley Stevensons in Dundee, Scotland, to further boost its weatherproofing capabilities.

DyeingFinishingManufacturing Technology

Insight22 Sept 2022

Textile printing event highlights sustainability

Textile Printing & Sustainability (TPS), a new event to learn and network, has had 120 participants from 15 different countries join the first edition already, and took place 8-9 September 2022.

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Podcast21 Sept 2022

Ep. 88: Aprons capturing carbon from the ambient

This month, WTiN talks to Edwin Keh, CEO at the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA)

Technical TextilesApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight16 Sept 2022

Industry 4.0 and green focus at fibre event

Natural Fibre Connect is a new alliance between leading alpaca, cashmere, mohair and wool organisations.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight12 Sept 2022

Nonwoven company to use green energy in Indonesia

The Lenzing Group is expanding its global clean electricity portfolio and transitioning its production site in Purwakarta, Indonesia, to green electricity.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight8 Sept 2022

New finishing tech rids need for water connection

Two companies in the textile finishing and printing realms have come together to create ISOeasy. Ruby Penson speaks to Martina Giorgetti, marketing manager at Cibitex, to find out more about this innovative technology.

NaturalSyntheticsManufacturing Technology

Insight7 Sept 2022

Large investment into eco-friendly dyeing

New York and Hong Kong-based TAU Investment Management LLC, agreed for two simultaneous investments into sustainable, waterless textile dyeing.

DyeingFinishingCompanies & Finance

Insight6 Sept 2022

EURATEX calls for fast energy crisis plan

EURATEX, the voice of the European apparel & textile industry, has called for a strategy to tackle the current energy crisis and ensure the safeguarding of the future of the industry.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight1 Sept 2022

Transfer paper company launches eco packaging

Beaver Paper, a sublimation media and sewn paper product company, has released TexSeal™ Eco Pouch – a sustainable paper packaging alternative to plastic.

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Insight1 Sept 2022

New material fits wearer by detecting body heat

Ruby Penson talks to Takeshi Ueda from Mitsui Chemicals Japan about Humofit™ – an innovative new material that detects a person's body temperature and wraps around the body that touches it.

NaturalSyntheticsResearch & Development

Insight23 Aug 2022

Heat-dissolving threads hits retail market

Resortecs, a Brussels-based start-up, is partnering with Bershka, a fashion brand that is a part of retail giant Inditex Group. The duo has launched a capsule collection using the start-ups design-for-disassembly technology.

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Insight23 Aug 2022

Yarn capacity to expand with US mill acquisition

Milliken & Company, a textile and chemical manufacturer, has acquired one of the Frontier yarn plants in Mayodan, North Carolina, US, from Gildan.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight19 Aug 2022

Worry for textile producers in Bangladesh

Factory owners in Bangladesh fear the introduction of a once-a-week holiday in industrial zones to cope with the country’s energy crisis may intensify pressure on textile production while still resulting in production loss.

DyeingFinishingManufacturing Technology

Podcast16 Aug 2022

Ep. 87: Innovation through silver-based tech

In this episode of Textile Innovation, we speak with Joel Furey, the founder and chief commercial officer at Noble Biomaterials, based in Scranton, US, about the company’s silver-based innovations.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight15 Aug 2022

Colombian manufacturer adopts digitalisation tech

Colombian fashion textile group Manufacturas Eliot SAS has adopted Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan to digitally transform its supply chain. According to the company, this will able it to respond to growing market requirements.

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Insight12 Aug 2022

Plant-based nylon 6 ready for evaluation

San Diego based Genomatica and Aquafil in Arco, Italy, have successfully completed the first demonstration scale production runs of plant-based nylon 6.

SyntheticsYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight12 Aug 2022

Search engine for chemical users launched

Bluesign, based in Switzerland, has launched bluesign® Finder — a web-based advanced search engine for manufacturers that contains a list of chemical products.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight10 Aug 2022

New acquisition set to innovate vertical knitting

One of Sri Lanka’s biggest fabric and clothing manufacturers, MAS Holdings, has acquired vertically integrated knitted fabric manufacturer BAM Knitting.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight9 Aug 2022

Global company granted SGS certification

Hyosung has received eco-product certification from Standard Global Services (SGS) guaranteeing that creora® bio-based elastane is made with plant-based materials and is produced in a harmless and eco-friendly environment.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight8 Aug 2022

Fast-track plan for newly developed fibres

Insempra, headquartered in Munich, Germany, has invested in Solena Materials – a spin-out from Imperial College London developing synthetic proteins for high-performance clothing fibres.

FibresYarnsCompanies & Finance

Insight8 Aug 2022

Health firm rolls out flat knitted monitoring tech

PACE Cardiology, based in Ontario, Canada, has launched a cardiac testing system that uses wearable technology from smart textiles developer Myant Inc, a result of its partnership with German flat knitting machine builder Stoll.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

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