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News29 Jan 2015Goose Design, an apparel and branding agency, has incorporated tech-inspired looks into the new uniform of UK catalogue retailer Argos.
News29 Jan 2015The recovery of procurement on the Pakistan market is peripheral, failing to arrest the declining trend in cotton value on January 29.
News28 Jan 2015Kornit Digital, provider of digital textile printing solutions, has launched a new-generation discharge ink for the Kornit Avalanche DC Pro direct-to-garment printing system. This solution creates unique digitally printed garments which have a natural feel when touched, which is crucial to the apparel industry, enabling garment decorators to expand into new markets and achieve higher revenues and margins.
News28 Jan 2015Following the product’s introduction back in 2013, Odegon Technologies’ Odegon DeoTags – small fabric tags that use micro technology to attract and destroy the molecules responsible for body odour – have seen success, becoming part of M&S’s range of lightweight suits and now the Bagir Group’s clothing brand on its suits and shirts.
Insight28 Jan 2015Earlier this month, BB Engineering (BBE) unveiled its VarioFil R+ machine – what it called the world’s first bottle-to-POY (partially oriented yarn) line in operation, presented at an Open House at its Remscheid site in Germany. BBE tells WTiN about its uniquely sustainable turnkey line.
Insight27 Jan 2015Adidas is the only textile or luxury goods manufacturer to make it into the 2015 Global 100 – a league table of sustainability performance published by ‘Corporate Knights’, described as ‘The Magazine for Clean Capitalism’.
Insight27 Jan 2015The debate between synthetics and natural fibres is ongoing, as each boasts its own special properties and advantages for a myriad of applications. Wool has previously had connotations as a warm and cosy fibre for the likes of jumpers and socks, but it is fast-becoming one of the go-to materials for edgy sportswear and thin layers intended to keep you cool as well as warm.
