fashion brand extension news

20th Feb 2023

Germany’s Freudenberg Performance Materials is widening its range of technical packaging textiles. The new Evolon ESD collection protects automotive and industrial parts with electronic components from electrostatic discharge. This includes trim lines, dashboards, mirrors, steering wheels, etc. Evolon ESD also prevents scratching of sensitive surfaces.

20th Feb 2023

With India’s technical textiles market—the fifth largest with a size of $22.5 billion in 2021-22—growing at 9-10 per cent per annum in the last five years, the textiles ministry will soon organise ‘Technotex 2023: Envisioning Indian Technical Textiles@ 2047’ in Mumbai, aligning with government efforts to make India a top technical textiles...

18th Feb 2023

US’ Berry, manufacturers of innovative packaging and engineered products, has appointed Anastasia Matthews as vice president – global diversity and inclusion/corporate human resources. In her new role, Matthews is leading Berry’s executive D&I council and D&I global workgroup in the development and execution of an updated diversity and inclusion...

17th Feb 2023

Taara has launched sustainable scrubs designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals. The scrub line features Bluesign approved fabric made from recycled material that match the criteria of OEKO-TEX standards, and comes in a variety of styles, colours, and sizes. The new line is designed with environmentally friendly, fluorine-free latest...

17th Feb 2023

US-based Microban International has announced the launch of a new range of antifungal additives called MicroGuard. The series of additives are designed to be used in PVC, PU, and EVA applications, including foam, and provide high antifungal efficacy and 24/7 built-in protection to prevent microbial degradation and extend the product lifetime.

17th Feb 2023

Finnish institutes and companies have come together for the SUSTAFIT nonwovens project that boosts the competitiveness and broadens the export potential of the Finnish nonwovens sector in the growing markets. The €2.6 million project is conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, TAMK, and Aalto University and supported by 17 industry...

17th Feb 2023

Japan’s Repeat has announced that the company has signed an agreement to license its chemical recycling technology for polyester products to Zhejiang Jianxin Jiaren New Materials, as the world's first company to be licensed by Repeat. Repeat is a company engaged in licensing business based on technology for chemical recycling of polyester products.

17th Feb 2023

Roswell Textiles has launched Ecofuse, plant-based low carbon nonwoven materials that provides carbon offsets and intended to replace incumbent synthetic nonwoven materials with sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives. Roswell Textiles developed, commercialised, and scaled Canada’s first domestic supply of synthetic meltblown during...

16th Feb 2023

Italy-based machine manufacturer A.Celli has enabled Fibertex Personal Care to monitor its production processes with a view to optimising and reducing waste via a solution based on the former’s Omnia DP Process app. The solution developed by Extreme Automation for Fibertex is based on the Process module of the Omnia DP app suite for machine...