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Webinar4 Feb 2022

Breakthrough digital dyeing and finishing technology

This webinar takes a deep dive into digital dyeing and finishing technology that will transform an entire industry.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Prices4 Feb 2022

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report

Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Paul Deane, executive director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia.

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Intelligence3 Feb 2022

Offshoring, nearshoring and reshoring: A global analysis

WTiN examines global sourcing trends catalysed by the disruption of recent years and asks: how are different regions and textile production stakeholders leveraging this shift?

Technical TextilesApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight3 Feb 2022

US start-up develops cleanest diaper yet

Amrita Saigal, founder and CEO of Kudos, talks to Jessica Owen about the company’s plant-based diapers, which won the 2021 Hygienix Innovation Award.

NaturalCellulosicsSustainability

Insight3 Feb 2022

WTiN launches its first hybrid Global Digital Textile Conference 

The inaugural GDTC will take place on 8-9 June 2022 both in-person at the Sheraton Lake Como hotel, Como, Italy, and virtually at events.wtin.com/GDTC.

Digital PrintingEvents

Insight2 Feb 2022

Frugal fibre-laying technology creates high-performance footwear

A new fibre-laying technology to make composites using sustainable materials has been developed by the industrial thread and textile technology company Coats.

RecycledNaturalSustainability

Insight2 Feb 2022

Blending recycled fibres with better design

Knitwear designer, researcher and consultant Cathryn Anneka Hall talks to Jessica Owen about her Design for Recycling Knitwear framework for wool and acrylic blends.

NaturalSyntheticsSustainability

Insight2 Feb 2022

Portuguese knitting industry boosted by pandemic

Alexandre Alves, international sales manager at Lurdes Sampaio, talks to Jessica Owen about how Covid-19 and sustainability are putting Made in Portugal knitwear on the map.

NaturalRecycledSustainability

Insight1 Feb 2022

Sensor-based baseball sleeve enables data-led training

A sensor-based sleeve to help train elite baseball pitchers has been developed by the smart fabric technology company Nextiles and baseball training technology company KineticPro Performance.

SportswearWearable TechnologyResearch & Development

Insight1 Feb 2022

Weavable fibre battery suitable for mass production

A fibre battery suitable for the mass production of woven wearables has been developed by a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Jessica Owen reports.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Sector Analysis1 Feb 2022

Push for textile industry digitalisation persists

Using WTiN’s Discovery tool, which analyses the sentiment of published articles across WTiN.com and third-party sources, it can be noted that positivity in digitalisation and Industry 4.0 has continued a steady incline.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight1 Feb 2022

Million-dollar investment helps scale chemically recycled polyester

Shay Sethi, co-founder and CEO of Ambercycle, talks to Jessica Owen about the company’s post-consumer textile recycling system and regenerated polyester product.

RecycledYarnsSustainability

Intelligence31 Jan 2022

Colour management in the post Covid-19 textiles industry

Textile supply chains remain in a state of recovery, but the digitalisation of the supply chain is poised to meet certain challenges brought on by the pandemic. Ken Butts of Datacolor explores the digitalisation of colour management.

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Insight31 Jan 2022

Textile waste-based dyestuffs used to make T-shirts

A range of T-shirts, which have been dyed with textile waste-based pigment powders, has been developed by Italian textile chemical company Officina+39 and Italian brand Blue of a Kind.

DyeingFibresSustainability

Insight31 Jan 2022

Accelerator programme urges digitalisation of textile manufacturers

Made Smarter, a UK technology adoption programme, is urging textile manufacturers to adopt digitalisation to drive sustainability and growth.

ApparelFabricsManufacturing Technology

Prices31 Jan 2022

Executive Market Report

Crude oil prices fell around 2% opening the week, hit by investor concerns over the possibility of quicker than expected interest-rate hikes by the US Fed.

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Prices28 Jan 2022

Wool Market Report

A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Prices28 Jan 2022

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report

Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Paul Deane, executive director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia.

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insight27 Jan 2022

Virtual event discusses the future of materials

A virtual event to discuss and support the development and adoption of next-generation materials is being hosted by the Material Innovation Initiative (MII) between 18 and 19 May 2022.

FibresYarnsEvents

Innovation Briefing26 Jan 2022

Implementing ergonomic improvements in female PPE

WTiN explores recent research examining the ergonomics of firefighting PPE for female users – looking at design execution, current commercial options and why optimising female-specific is key to user safety and task performance.

ApparelWorkwearResearch & Development

Insight26 Jan 2022

Alternative denim cleaning method uses less water and chemicals

A 100% chemical-free and 90% water-free denim cleaning process has been developed by specialty chemicals producer Archroma and sustainable finishing company Jeanologia.

FinishingApparelSustainability

Technical26 Jan 2022

Single bath dyeing of wool/regenerated cellulosic blended yarns

Printesh Patel, Alkesh Darji, Somes Bhaumik and Abir Chakrabarti at Birla Cellulose, discuss their research on the single bath dyeing of wool/regenerated cellulosic blended yarns.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Insight26 Jan 2022

Digital dyeing units sold in US

Swedish digital dyeing OEM Coloreel has expanded its business with the sale of four units with an additional new US distribution partner ZSK Machines, a division of Notcina Corporation.

DyeingManufacturing Technology

Insight26 Jan 2022

Graphene technology provides heat and sustainable solutions

Erik Khranovskyy, CEO at Grafren, talks to Jessica Owen about the company’s graphene separation and coating technologies.

NaturalSyntheticsSustainability

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