technology textiles

11th May 2022

Bolger & O’Hearn (B&O) team will be onsite at Booth 2906 at Techtextil NA 2022 to introduce the textile industry to the company’s latest innovation, Shell-Tech Dual Action – a Repel-&-Release technology that offers oil repellency, water repellency and soil release. The dedicated show for technical textiles and nonwovens will begin from May 17.

11th May 2022

Michelman will introduce visitors to Unyte water-based surface modifiers for technical textile applications at Techtextil North America, in booth #2405, from May 17-19, 2022, at the Georgia World Congress centre in Atlanta, GA. Unyte helps customers optimise fabric performance, decrease environmental impact, and improve production efficiency.

10th May 2022

Canadian researchers have woven ‘threads’ of Wi-Fi into fabric as a way of pushing boundaries to further understand how technology impacts lives. A textile Wi-Fi antenna has been created by weaving a conductive material directly into a tapestry fabric. It was conceived as a way to understand human relationship with home routers and the Internet.

10th May 2022

Austria’s Andritz has received an order from Manifattura Fontana to supply a complete neXline needlepunch line for the production of geotextiles to its site in Romano d’Ezzelino, Italy. Start-up of the line is planned for the fourth quarter of 2022. The needlepunch line will cover all process steps from fibre opening to automatic packaging of the...

9th May 2022

Thies GmbH & Co. KG will exhibit solutions for energy, labour and quality in wet processing at Techtextil in Atlanta from May 17-19, 2022. The company will present automated chemical dispensing, heat recovery systems that quickly pay for themselves in energy savings, and the colouration of materials at liquor ratios slightly above the material’s wet...

9th May 2022

CompPair and Decathlon SAS have announced the completion of their joint fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) recycling project. This project is an industrial proof-of-concept (POC) of what is possible with HealTech: making FRP recycling more environmentally and, ultimately, economically viable. CompPair is a Swiss company in the field of self-healing...

6th May 2022

Emtec Electronic presents its Tactile Sensation Analyzer (TSA) for the first time from June 14-18 at the HIGHTEX 2022 in Istanbul. Already a standard in the tissue paper industry, the high-tech measuring device is increasingly being used in the textiles and nonwovens industries to test softness, smoothness, stiffness, as well as deformation and...

6th May 2022

CIT Northbridge Credit, as advised by CIT Asset Management LLC, has served as sole lead arranger on a $65 million credit facility for Hello Bello, a US-based manufacturer and marketer of baby, child and adult care products. Launched in 2019 by co-founders Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, Hello Bello is a platform providing premium and affordable products.

5th May 2022

US’ Brunt Workwear, the fast-growing footwear and apparel brand for construction workers, has appointed Kevin Eskridge as the company’s president. In this role, Eskridge will oversee the company’s product development, merchandising, sourcing, and global retail expansion as Brunt accelerates its rapid growth as a leader in the modern workwear category.