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A novel spacer fabric is being used for cushions to prevent pressure sores or decubitus ulcers.
Universal Fibers and DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) have entered into a collaboration to produce and market carpet fibre using Sorona.
Sigrafil C SBY is a high-performance, very fine stretch-broken carbon fibre yarn with a broad range of applications. The yarn can be used as a heat conductor due to its electrical resistance and can also be used as sewing yarn or knitting yarn, for example.
PurThread has received an exclusive license to embed Eastman Kodak’s antimicrobial agent into textile materials. The company’s process embeds the agent into synthetic fibres before the fibre is spun into a yarn and woven into a fabric to ensure the antimicrobial effects are uniform and consistent.
For the first time ever Coca-Cola Company’s PlantBottle Technology, which was introduced to the market in 2009, has been applied beyond its traditional PET packaging applications to create the fabric interior of a new Ford Motor Company vehicle.
Insight3 Jan 2014In a world away from the fast-paced disposable hygiene market, companies that have chosen to focus on industrial applications are expanding to meet growing demand, with particular success when functionality is optimised to protect health and the environment
With healthy growth rates, a new wave of consumers looking for added convenience and technological advancements, the wipes market is still a good place to be – although, not surprisingly, problems of overcapacity are never far away…
While labour unrest persisted in rapidly growing knitwear manufacturing countries such as Bangladesh in 2013, and China continues to dominate in both fabric and knitted apparel manufacture, the industry is consolidating further afield in countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, India and Indonesia.
Shanghai-based Wanhua Chemical Group is to build a 120,000 tons per year superabsorbent polymer (SAP) plant in Yantai, Shandong Province. The first phase, representing an investment of 160 million yuan ($26.4m), will produce a capacity of 30,000 tons per year and is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2014.
News3 Jan 2014Cotton plantings for 2014/15 will start in a few months in the northern hemisphere, which accounts for about 90% of world production. World area is expected to fall due mostly to the expected decline in China, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
