Trendreport The finishing of textiles goes digital! STFI Digital inkjet printing has been one of the technologies in the textile industry with strongly increasing demand in the field of textile coloration. » by Tobias Petzold | Wednesday, April 07, 2021
melliand 102 years of melliand Textilberichte – a platform for the future For more than a century now, melliand Textilberichte has been providing information on new developments in the textile industry – making the magazine the world's most rich in tradition textile technical journal! » Thursday, April 01, 2021
The Fiber Year Chemical Fibers International 2/3 2020, September 2020 The Fiber Year 2020 – Deceleration along the textile chain The latest edition of “The Fiber Year 2020“ reveals latest developments, trade data for main markets and contains several contributions from industry experts. » Tuesday, September 15, 2020
pexels Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. Fight against corona: "Textiles can do a lot!" Besides the production of protective equipment and face masks, the textile industry is also working on numerous virus protection solutions. » Monday, April 20, 2020
The textile and clothing industry supplies protective equipment in the fight against corona The corona crisis has not stopped at the European textile and clothing industry. Global supply chains are tearing apart, missing supplies of raw materials or yarns are causing the production lines in the following process stages to come to a standstill. Every company is currently facing a multitude of tasks that have never existed before and now need to be solved. » Friday, April 03, 2020
The Fiber Year World fiber production 2018 The Fiber Year 2019 The latest edition of the textile yearbook “The Fiber Year 2019“ was presented during Techtextil in Frankfurt by the Fiber Year GmbH, Speicher/Switzerland. » Friday, October 18, 2019
ITMA 2019 Innovations in machinery for technical textiles The ITMA 2019 which took place in Barcelona/Spain was an extraordinarily successful exhibition in terms of the number of exhibitors, visitors, and presented innovations. » Thursday, October 17, 2019
acib acib Circular economy solution for flame-retardant protective clothing From textiles, valuable individual components can be recovered at the end of their service life. This is especially true for personal protective equipment, which often consists of complex material blends. So far, no processing method for the successful production of new products from these is known. This goal was achieved in a sophisticated recycling approach, which is demonstrated by the treatment of flame-retardant blended fabrics. » Thursday, August 15, 2019
DITF DITF Flame-retardant polyamides for textile applications The intrinsically flame-retardant polyamide fibers developed at the DITF are suitable for a wide range of textile applications. In addition to the primary objective of achieving a high and permanent flame-retardant effect for polyamide 6 (PA 6), the textiles obtained from these fibers show very good material properties. » Thursday, August 08, 2019
Techtextil/Texprocess Techtextil/Texprocess Urban Living and sustainability a major topic With the special event “Urban Living – City of the Future”, the international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, Techtextil, and the international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials, Texprocess, both taking place in Frankfurt/Germany from May 14-17, 2019, are dedicating a separate themed area to life in the city of the future. » Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Source: Grass Industry 4.0 Status quo of implementation in practice and future trends in roll manufacturing Hardly any other term has become as much known in recent years as the term "industry 4.0". New topics such as "Big Data" and "Artificial Intelligence", or "AI" for short, are being added and are focusing on the comprehensive and value-adding use of the comprehensively available data worlds. » Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Research and Markets Research and Markets Technical textile market: Global opportunity analysis and industry forecast, 2018 – 2025 The global technical textile market was valued at $234.7 billion in 2017, and is projected to reach $335 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2018 to 2025. » Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Techtextil-Techprocess Techtextil/Texprocess 2019 Integrated textile processing During the international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens Techtextil and the Texprocess, trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials on Mai 14-17, 2019 in Frankfurt/Germany the focus is also on individualization, automatization and digitalization. » Thursday, April 18, 2019
Idvac Ltd. Vacuum metallized black coating with no inks or dyes A new innovative product to the security, decorative, textile, packaging and solar market has been introduced by the vacuum R&D specialist Idvac Ltd., Manchester/UK. The new product is an elegant black coating with bright metallic reflection finish. » Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Groz-Beckert TFI/Groz-Beckert Tufted fabrics from 100% glass Currently, tufted floorcoverings are used exclusively as a traditional carpet floorcovering, in the automotive sector and for artificial lawns. To date there have been no real tufted structures found in the field of technical textiles. This could be set to change. » Thursday, March 21, 2019
Northrop Grumman Technical Textiles 5/2018 Warp-knitted textiles for space satellites Space reflectors are the part of satellites that receive and transmit the signals. They act in a similar way to satellite dishes on the roofs of houses. A parabolic dish bundles the electromagnetic waves together and reflects them toward antennas arranged in the center. » Friday, February 01, 2019
