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Insight12 Apr 2016Polyester prices failed to establish a clear direction in the traditional high trading season, although the textile intermediate markets strengthened amid the buoyance of crude oil.
Insight12 Apr 2016US sportswear brand New Balance is launching “the world’s first high-performance running shoe with a full-length 3D printed midsole” this week.
Both airlaid and spunlaced airlaid products are in line to benefit from a new partnership between two nonwovens companies, which will see the development and sales of machinery and production lines in both areas.
Bolivian company Altifibers has established itself as the clear market leader in llama fibre processing, and is aiming to expand internationally through its high-quality yarn and garment collections. Francis Rainsford finds out more.
Insight11 Apr 2016Industry body The Woolmark Company is expanding its range of education programmes as it looks to boost knowledge about wool’s natural versatility and performance properties among students and young designers in the UK and elsewhere.
Insight8 Apr 2016With the IMI Europe Inkjet Ink Development Conference to take place next week, on 13 and 14 of April, 2016, WTiN’s Tansy Fall caught up with IMI’s Dr Tim Phillips to discuss the conference and also take a closer look at the progress of the digital textile printing industry, with a particular focus on inks.
News7 Apr 2016The global industry leader and manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting plotters, has announced it will launch the MM700-1800B, a high-speed 1.8m-wide roll-to-roll direct-to-textile inkjet printer, next month.
Insight7 Apr 2016A series of technological advances have helped expand the uses of the V bed power flat knitting machine not only in apparel, but also into the medical and industrial fields. David Mason looks back at the machine’s developments.
