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PrimaLoft, manufacturer of high performance insulations, yarns and fabrics, has renewed its Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification for its PrimaLoft Insulations, Yarns and Performance Down Blends.
The technical textiles sector is one of the most innovative branches of the industry in the world, ranking as one of the five high tech sectors with the greatest potential for driving the textile industry in countries such as India and China. The ambition and versatility of technical textiles covers all segments such as fibres, yarns and woven/knitted/nonwoven fabrics with applications spanning an enormous range of uses.
Korean digital inkjet printer manufacturer, Digital Graphics Incorporation (DGI), is expanding its digital textile portfolio with the upcoming launch of its new high-speed dye sublimation printer, to be presented at the Kosign show in Korea (November 5-8).
News15 Sept 2014Mr Friedrich Weninger of the Austrian Man-made Fibers Institute in Vienna opened last week’s 53rd Dornbirn Man-made Fibers Congress (Dornbirn MFC), reflecting on the two biggest challenges he considers to have befallen the synthetic fibres industry – political unrest and the economic climate.
News15 Sept 2014The Woolmark Company is collaborating with designer Holly Fulton, it was announced during this month’s London Fashion Week. Introducing wool into her Spring/Summer 2015 collection in a variety of pieces, Ms Fulton conveyed the versatility of Merino wool as a trans-seasonal fibre.
Insight15 Sept 2014At this week’s South Island sale there were gains of up to 2% on the back of r ecent business concluded mainly with Chinese interests. A limited Merino offering saw best top making types slightly in buyers’ favour and poorer styles mixed and irregular.
News12 Sept 2014The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Wyss Institute at Harvard University a $2.9m follow-on contract to further develop a biologically-inspired smart suit for soldiers. Boston-based New Balance is also lending its textile and apparel expertise to this phase of the project.
Technical12 Sept 2014Schlafhorst has released details of a comparative study, in which its Schlafhorst Technology Center set out to discover the comparative productivity potential of the company’s Autoconer winding technology when used in conjunction with its PreciFX and Speedster FX package-design systems.
News11 Sept 2014The trading volume in China’s Keqiao Textile City (a huge production and trading hub in Zhejiang province) fell significantly for a third successive month in August, with a drop of 24.75% from the previous month, to 233.7 million metres.
