textile technology

24th Feb 2022

MP Activewear, born from the leading online sports nutrition brand MyProtein, has launched products with Sweden’s Polygiene in their high-end running range Velocity Ultra as well as their Power Ultra collection. It will cover a number of treated items in high performance fabrics for men and women, such as sport-bras, leggings, t-shirts, shorts and...

23rd Feb 2022

Austrian technology group Andritz will deliver customised needlepunch lines for production of high-quality needlepunch filter felts to Yanpai filtration technology, a Chinese producer of nonwoven filters and woven filter fabrics. The lines will enable Yanpai to achieve state-of-the-art technical characteristics in product quality and line performance.

23rd Feb 2022

US-based firm, Neenah Filtration, has developed a Gessner medium for engine air filters in passenger cars with an improved gradient structure to fulfil these needs. Our A006D medium consists of 100 per cent leading edge cellulose and has a special paper media design – these characteristics lead to an increased lifetime of the filter medium.

22nd Feb 2022

The University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering researchers have found a cost-effective way to apply a silver-based antimicrobial clear coating to textiles. The method uses polyphenols, found in food items notorious for staining clothes such as wine and chocolate. A range of textile types can be treated and items can be washed multiple times.

22nd Feb 2022

Austria’s technology group, Andritz, has successfully started up its latest-generation tearing line for spinning grade fibres delivered to Sasia at its Ribeirão premises, Portugal. As the first of its kind in Portugal, the machine contains the latest Andritz Laroche innovation for fibre opening, featuring a new-generation pinning configuration.

22nd Feb 2022

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Origin Materials, a carbon-negative materials company committed to leading the global transition to sustainable materials, have announced that the company plans an investment of at least $750 million to develop a biomass manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish that will result in 1,057 new direct and indirect jobs.

22nd Feb 2022

IMA TMC will attend Tissue World Miami 2022 from March 16-18, 2022, in booth B10. The show will display products, and services with North America’s tissue industry decision-makers, purchasers and innovators. IMA is a leader in the manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.

21st Feb 2022

Germany’s Wevo-Chemie has developed tailor-made reactive resins that improve both the processing conditions and the durability of the end products – from smart textiles to components for filtration technology or fuel cells. 3D printing offers greater freedom in design, enables existing functions of textiles and textile components to be optimised.

21st Feb 2022

US’ Bemis Associates has invested in Novoloop, as a part of Novoloop’s Series A financing. The company believes it is its corporate responsibility to commit to environmental sustainability by measuring and reducing all scopes of emissions across global operations. Bemis works with leading brands in adhesives, coatings, tapes, and specialty films.