textile technology

7th May 2020

Burlington’s reusable fabrics are important for fighting the current pandemic. Its Maxima and Xalt collections, engineered, state-of-the-art healthcare fabrics, combine the highest degrees of protection, performance, comfort and durability, while offering a more sustainable, cost effective and environmentally responsible solution, the company says.

7th May 2020

Iris US, a leading household products manufacturer, has announced its plans to add face mask production to its 570,000-square-foot, 250-employee manufacturing plant in Pleasant Prairie. The new capability will support federal mask-wearing recommendations issued by the Centres for Disease Control, to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.

6th May 2020

IDI Composites International has scaled up the capacity of its resin materials tank farm to meet industry demand for its composite materials. The tank farm expansion and process improvements will help IDI to deliver the industry’s highest standards for quality control and quality assurance for manufacturing molding compounds and composite materials.

6th May 2020

ACAMP, an Alberta non-profit organisation helping companies develop high-tech products, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Alberta, has designed a reusable respirator to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The respirator’s filters can be washed and are reusable. Their effectiveness has been tested against N95-rated respirators.

6th May 2020

Ambala-based NUFAB Technical Textiles recently claimed to have developed a unique non-woven fabric that will significantly reduce infection risk to medical workers facing heightened risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The light-weight fabric is soft, comfortable, impregnable, permeable and breathable, which can reduce the infection risk by up to 90 per...

6th May 2020

Composites Europe has become ‘Composites for Europe’. From November 10-12, the business summit for composite materials will take off in a new format and fresh ideas. In future, the event in Stuttgart will focus especially on small and medium-sized companies, innovative start-ups and strong composites market in D-A-CH region...

5th May 2020

Crystal group has announced that the company’s factories in Vietnam, China, Cambodia, and Hong Kong, has donated more than 180,000 masks to support employees’ families and the communities, in addition to the masks provided to the employees. The company, which is headquartered in Hong Kong, is a global leader in the apparel manufacturing industry.

5th May 2020

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc, a leader in surgical disposable products, announced the acquisition of Precept Medical Products. Precept designs, manufactures, and markets nonwoven, single-use disposable protective medical apparel that addresses infection control challenges faced by healthcare professionals, with a strong emphasis on the US market.

5th May 2020

Scientists at India’s Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) have found a low-cost way to disinfect garments carrying microbes. They have found a nanomaterial which kills microbes using visible light. The team will now explore its effectiveness as anti-viral agent, which may help fight Covid 19. The aim is to incorporate it in fabrics.