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INDA presented the World of Wipes Innovation Award to ITW Professional Brands for the Sertun Rechargeable Sanitizer Indicator Towels at the WOW conference, which took place in Minneapolis in the USA last week. The award is given to the product that demonstrates the most innovative, creative and novel use of nonwovens that most expands the use of nonwovens in terms of creativity, novelty, uniqueness and technical sophistication.
Verdol supplies technology for filament yarn processing including twisting machines for embroidery and sewing thread applications covering machines for hosiery, stockings, sportswear and technical yarns, air covering machines for hosiery, stockings and sportswear.
News11 Jun 2014Outlast Technologies is introducing a new phase change material (PCM) filling for the apparel market called Spherix. The new material is a blend of PCM viscose fibres and polyester fibre balls, designed to provide dynamic climate regulation and comfort properties in apparel such as jackets.
News11 Jun 2014The RWTH Aachen University is working to tackle the German language barrier and make itself more accessible to international students. With the support of the Goethe instutute which promotes the study of German abroad, it is aiming to establish a ‘study bridge‘ for Indian students in the MINT fields: mathematics, information technology, natural science and technology.
News11 Jun 2014More than 13,000 diapers were stolen from a diaper bank serving babies’ families in need in Durham, North Carolina in the USA. This unusual theft from a non-profit organisation made news the headlines across North America and beyond.
Insight11 Jun 2014The 140 or so people who attended the Textile & Clothing International Conference, organised by Euratex in Brussels on June 5, were able to participate in a highly interesting debate. While speakers from the European Commission, Euratex and some national textile associations convincingly explained the benefits of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) for the textile and apparel sector, some other speakers explained just as convincingly why, in practice, many companies – and especially SMEs – hardly benefit at all.
News10 Jun 2014M&R has added the Transformer & Blu-Flash flash-based curing system to its line of curing/drying/flashing systems. It says the combination gives small and start-up manual screenprinting shops an unmatched level of versatility in flash curing and electric-conveyor drying, at a low price.
News10 Jun 2014Following six years of partnership between the two French innovation clusters Up-Tex and Techtera, and the major entities in the textiles and advanced materials sector (the Japan Chemical Fiber Association, the Society for Fiber Science and Technology of Japan), the governments of France and Japan have signed a Memorandum for Co-operation for Textiles.
