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Insight21 Dec 2021

Apparel designed to protect wearer’s privacy

Privacy protection apparel gains momentum as brands work to shield consumers from artificial intelligence and photographs. Jessica Owen reports.

Digital PrintingApparelDesign & Trends

Sponsoredfree21 Dec 2021

Building for the future at TITAS Virtual 2021

2021 was ground-breaking for the Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS). The 25th edition of the event was the first-ever virtual TITAS.

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Prices20 Dec 2021

Executive Market Report - 20 December 2021

<p>As per reports this week, the global economy may reverse from price inflation to deflation next year as supply chains unblock amid tepid underlying demand.</p>

FibresFabricsMarkets & Prices

Prices17 Dec 2021

Wool Market Report - 17 December 2021

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

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insightfree16 Dec 2021

The digital future of warp knitting

Christof Naier, president of warp knitting at Karl Mayer Group, explores the digital future of warp knitting. By Jessica Owen.

KnittingIndustry 4.0

Insight16 Dec 2021

Bangladesh taps into overseas lingerie markets

Bangladesh plans to tap into overseas lingerie markets in order to take back some of China’s market share. By Raihana Sayeeda Kamal.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Intelligence15 Dec 2021

Baseball: Instilling value with innovation

With widening international interest in the Americana sport of baseball – witnessed Tokyo 2020 – WTiN explores where innovative opportunities lie going forward.

FootwearKnittingDesign & Trends

Insight15 Dec 2021

From facemasks to cultured meat – and back again

Four notable innovations in 2021 reflect the rich diversity and inventiveness of the nonwovens industry, writes Adrian Wilson.

FibresNonwovensResearch & Development

Prices15 Dec 2021

Executive Market Report - 13 December 2021

Crude oil futures rebounded at the beginning of the week, climbing by nearly 5% on hopes that the Omicron variant would have a less damaging economic impact if its symptoms proved mostly mild.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Podcast15 Dec 2021

Ep. 79: Commercialising bio-based nylon

The last guest on this year’s The WTiN Podcast is Lisa Kennedy, vice president of strategic partnerships at Genomatica.

ProtectiveFibresResearch & Development

Insight14 Dec 2021

Improving machine knitting accessibility

Jessica Owen speaks with Kui Wu, postdoctoral associate at MIT CSAIL turned research scientist at Tencent America, about making machine knitting and 3D design more accessible.

SyntheticsYarnsResearch & Development

Insight14 Dec 2021

Brother unveils highly productive GTX600

Garment printing specialist Brother has announced the imminent launch of the GTX600. The direct-to-garment (DTG) printer is the first from the OEM that is designed specifically for mass production.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight14 Dec 2021

How will the metaverse change industry?

The high-concept technologies of the metaverse could allow users to dive into virtual environments – but what could this support within industry? Otis Robinson speaks to experts about applications in the textile manufacturing sector.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

Intelligence14 Dec 2021

Sustainable practices: End-of-life

Following on from WTiN’s previous focus on wet process sustainability, this report explores end-of-life strategies, including traceability, waste-saving design practices and sustainable packaging solutions.

FibresApparelDesign & Trends

Insight13 Dec 2021

French textile market back on track despite challenges

The French Textile Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (UCMTF) says that France’s textile industry is starting to return to pre-pandemic levels despite facing new challenges.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Prices13 Dec 2021

Wool Market Report - 10 December 2021

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

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Sponsoredfree13 Dec 2021

Future-proof your fashion business

In a market ruled by both optimism and uncertainty, CGS has identified seven priorities for success – and its new eBook shows how next-generation PLM is positioned to support them.

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Insight10 Dec 2021

Knitted electronic carpet generates music through interactive dance

<p>An interactive pressure-sensitive knitted carpet has been developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.</p>

SyntheticsYarnsResearch & Development

Insight10 Dec 2021

Meeting demand for industrial embroidery machines

Coloreel, a Sweden-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that provides digital textile thread colouration technology, has closed a new deal of ten units with MIB, a Portuguese distributor of embroidery services.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Insight10 Dec 2021

African manufacturers target shift to higher value production

The textile & clothing industry across Africa is increasingly focused on niche, high-quality production as it combats challenges driven by the Covid-19 pandemic and competition from Asia.

NaturalSpun/NaturalResearch & Development

Prices10 Dec 2021

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report - 10 December 2021

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

NaturalMarkets & Prices

Insight9 Dec 2021

Inca Group launches new Traceable Alpaca service

Peru’s Inca Group has launched its new Traceable Alpaca service, certified by SGS, providing full traceability for alpaca tops and yarns.

NaturalSpun/NaturalResearch & Development

Insight9 Dec 2021

Digitalised supply chains at risk of cyber-attacks

As supply chains digitalise, cyber security threats follow at an alarming rate. Otis Robinson speaks with Risk Ledger about its ‘social network’ solution, its work with retailer Asos and risks to textile & apparel manufacturers.

ApparelFabricsIndustry 4.0

Insight9 Dec 2021

Multi-million euro initiative explores textile decomposition innovations

A €2.5m (US$2.8m) grant to explore textile decomposition technologies has been awarded to the not-for-profit organisation The Biomimicry Institute.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

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