nova-Institute Nominations for the innovation award “Renewable Material of the Year 2021” Which renewable materials are solutions that meet the needs of future societies? As a response to this challenging question, nova-Institute has decided to unite all relevant industries in the new Renewable Materials Conference » Monday, May 03, 2021
TextileTechnology More than 60 years of TECHNICAL TEXTILES In our journal TECHNICAL TEXTILES/TECHNISCHE TEXTILIEN we have been reporting for almost 65 years on the most innovative and exciting field in the textile industry » Wednesday, April 28, 2021
STFI Trendreport The finishing of textiles goes digital! 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
nova-Institut nova-Institut The role of cellulosic fibers in a circular economy Cellulose has great properties in terms of the circular economy. As a high-quality multipurpose fiber from nature, it is bio-based, renewable, biodegradable, recyclable, carbon binding and safe for people and the environment. Cellulose belongs to the renewable carbon family and plays an important role in replacing fossil-based materials. » by Michael Carus | Tuesday, April 06, 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
Empa Technical Textiles 1/2021 Wearable health Thanks to a variety of smart technologies, high-tech clothing today is capable of analyzing body functions or actively optimizing the microclimate. » by Andrea Six | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
ITMF ITMF The corona pandemic, a once in a lifetime experience - hopefully! Digital challenges and opportunities: The expression “Never let a good crisis go to waste” certainly applies to the corona crisis, which has revealed the enormous potential of digital products and services. Online products like streaming music or movies are the most obvious ones. Online services that enable digital meetings, exhibitions, conferences, or digital teaching covering everything from cooking and music to yoga lessons are now available. » by Christian Schindler | Tuesday, March 16, 2021
CvB Trendbook Technical Textiles 2020/2021 The Textile World 2030 The publication of our 6th Trendbook Technical Textiles falls in the midst of this challenging time for all of us, this time entitled “The Textile World 2030”. After the discussion about climate change, environmental protection and various forms of sustainable management became louder and more intense last year, we aligned the contents of the book with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the UN. » by Claudia van Bonn | Saturday, February 27, 2021
IVGT IVGT Major challenges for the textile industry The Corona pandemic continues to keep the world in suspense. In the area of technical textiles, the previous driving force of the innovative textile industry in Germany, many companies have also seen sales fall, in some cases dramatically, in 2020. From January to November 2020, the drop in sales for technical textiles lies at around 12 %. » by Michael Pöhlig | Friday, February 26, 2021
Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. Textile materials as the fabric of the future When we started working on our textile future study "Perspectives 2035" a year ago, none of us realized that the future was so close. Sustainable, resource and climate-friendly textile solutions, including those with additional benefits in the medical sector, were an important trend that we identified even before corona. » by Johannes Diebel | Thursday, December 03, 2020
IRG WBC nonwovensTRENDS 4-5/2020 Nonwovens as lightweight construction material Approx. 1 year ago, 5 companies and one institute joined together to form the Industry Research Group Web Based Composites (IRG WBC) with the aim of promoting the use of nonwoven-based composites in their applications. » Monday, November 30, 2020
Oerlikon Technical Textiles 4-5/2020 Protective equipment demands high-end nonwoven products Since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic, the worldwide demand for protective masks and apparel has resulted in a record number of new orders in the high double-digit millions of euros for the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment. » Friday, November 27, 2020
Wendler Technical Textiles 3/2020 Release and transfer of agents from functional cellulosic fibers The emerging trend to support good looks through a healthier and more natural lifestyle is causing the market for functionalized textiles to grow rapidly. Both end consumers and the fashion industry are increasingly asking for properties such as sustainability, transparency in production and processing, and the biodegradability of the materials used. » Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Robert Bosch GmbH/Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH/Jean-Luc Valentin Technical Textiles 3/2020 Knitted sensor glove Assistance systems for the digital data acquisition of human motion sequences and patterns such as data gloves can be beneficial. » Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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
Groz-Beckert Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt/Germany What is noise? Nonwovens for acoustic applications Noise refers to all unwanted loud sounds. The louder a noise is, the more people perceive it as an unpleasant noise. » Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Junge-Engineering Junge-Engineering Covid 19 – is this the right time to enter meltblown technology? For simple face masks, a crowd production has been established. Europe’s sewing machines are running again, in living rooms, at theater workshops, sail producers and at still remaining garment productions. All kind of textile materials, nonwovens, woven and knitted fabrics are used. » Thursday, June 18, 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
melliand International 1/2020 DNA analytical testing of genetically modified cotton More than 75 % of the globally produced cotton is already genetically modified. Unintentional mixing of organic and GM cotton can now be avoided. » by Lothar Kruse | Friday, March 27, 2020
