technology textiles

26th Jul 2021

SWATRIC, an Indian Institute of Technology Delhi ((IIT-D) start-up, has collaborated with the Flag Foundation of India to develop an advanced textile solution for India’s national flag. A memorandum of understanding was recently signed between IIT-D Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer and the foundation to execute the research and...

23rd Jul 2021

Italian companies Advanced Composites Solutions, Susta Srl and U.Form Srl have signed the CarbonForm agreement to develop press forming technologies for composite materials. The collaboration can lead to the possibility of mass-producing a much higher number of parts for automotive sector compared to traditional composite moulding technologies with...

22nd Jul 2021

Myant, Canadian leader in textile computing, has secured Health Canada clearance for its biosensing Skiin underwear. The Class II medical device clearance allows garment wearers to reliably monitor their ECG data. Additionally, wearers can track other metrics, including heart rate, HRV, core body temperature, with more to come such as sleep and...

22nd Jul 2021

Glen Raven, a leading provider of innovative performance textiles with widely recognised brands including Sunbrella and Dickson, will invest up to $82 million and create 205 new jobs as it expands Custom Fabrics operations in Warren County, NC, US. A performance-based grant of $1 million from the One North Carolina Fund will help facilitate the...

22nd Jul 2021

American spacecraft company Lockheed Martin has opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center in Titusville, Florida, US. It features business and digital transformation innovations that will expand manufacturing, assembly and testing capacity for NASA's Orion spacecraft programme and ultimately, future space exploration.

22nd Jul 2021

Scientists at North Carolina State University have produced insecticide-free, mosquito-resistant clothing using textile materials which were bite-proof in experiments with live mosquitoes. The textile materials were developed using a computational model, which describes the biting behaviour of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries viruses.

21st Jul 2021

E-Xstream engineering, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, has been chosen by McLaren Racing to provide materials data management for its Formula 1 cars. The historic racing team uses advanced materials to get optimal performance from its race cars. The team has selected the MaterialCenter materials lifecycle management system.

20th Jul 2021

INDA, the association of nonwoven fabrics industry, has wrapped up its 15th annual World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, held from July 12-15. The in-person event was attended by 475 enthusiastic professionals from 14 countries, recording the highest attendance in six years. The World of Wipes Innovation Award was presented to Kimberly-Clark...

20th Jul 2021

Asahi Kasei has introduced Bemliese, its proprietary ultra-sustainable continuous-filament cellulosic nonwoven fabric, in North America via its trading arm in the US, Asahi Kasei Advance America. Bemliese is a nonwoven fabric sheet made from cotton linter – tiny hair-like fibres on cotton seeds. So far, linter has been seen as a pre-consumer waste...