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News19 Aug 2014British e-tailer, Mayfair & Fifth is launching the action sport performance range, Virus International (Virus), to the UK market.
The ‘Prospects for the British fashion industry – domestic manufacturing, skills and wearable technology’ seminar is to be held in central London on October 21. It is set to examine the next steps for policy and business practice to ensure that the British fashion industry can grow, widen and sustain its markets and will focus on technical skills, infrastructure and export strategies.
MIT engineers have fabricated a new elastic material coated with microscopic, hairlike structures that tilt in response to a magnetic field. Depending on the field's orientation, the microhairs can tilt to form a path through which fluid can flow; the material can even direct water upward, against gravity.
Insight18 Aug 2014Jane Walker, founder of Bailey Hills Print+Wool, who designs wool furnishing products, was approached by Shima Seiki, which recently launched textile printing machine, SIP-160F, and given the opportunity to have some of her designs sampled onto different wool fabrics.
Putian Huafeng has applied for a patent for a new system of preparation technology for a warp-knitted elastic jacquard three-layer fabric. The technology comprises three steps. The first involves machinery for warping, at constant speed, the core silk spandex yarn. In the second step, the machinery warp yarn, dacron or chinlon monofilament and dacron or polyamide fibre and spandex are warp-knitted into a three-layer screen cloth.
News18 Aug 2014University of Washington (UW) bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibres that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other topical materials, such as gels or creams.
Tex Tech Industries has acquired UK-based Universal Carbon Fibres Ltd (UCF). The company has designed and manufactured high performance yarns and fabrics for over 30 years, with a focus on carbon-based fibres for use in technical and extreme environments. It produces materials for automotive fuel cells and friction materials, fire blocking for the transportation and aerospace industries, and water-blocking technology for communication and power cables.
News18 Aug 2014Aichele Werkzeuge GmbH has purchased a six acre site for the construction of a new manufacturing plant in the Gastonia Technology Park in North Carolina, USA. The company will invest around $2m for the construction and machinery and equipment at the plant, which will serve customers in the Americas.
IMI is to hold a Color Management for Successful Ink Jet System Implementation Course on September 5, 2014 in conjunction with its Ink Jet Technology Showcase 2014 from 3-4 September, 2014 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
After a strong performance in the first week following the Australian wool market recess, this week the market has eased. The Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has fallen by 11 Australian cents compared with the previous week. The EMI closed at 1,020 cents per kilo clean on Thursday August 14. In US dollar terms, the EMI fell by 7 US cents per kilo.
