world fashion designers news

20th Jun 2022

The American Medical Association (AMA), the national physician organisation in the country, has voted to adopt policies aimed at improving the nation’s health. The new policies were approved during the voting session of the recently held AMA’s annual meeting. The AMA called for removing the sales tax on child and adult diapers, a tax levied in 36...

20th Jun 2022

Electronically conductive fibres are already in use in smart textiles, but in a recently published research ionically conductive fibres have proven to be of increasing interest. The ionofibres achieve higher flexibility, durability and match the type of conduction body uses. In future, they may be used for items like textile batteries, displays and...

17th Jun 2022

Sweden’s Stora Enso has announced that its NaturaFluff Eco, a lower carbon footprint fluff pulp, is qualified for the Asthma Allergy Nordic label. NaturaFluff Eco is used in absorbent hygiene products, such as baby diapers, feminine hygiene, adult incontinence products, as well as in air-laid nonwoven materials such as napkins, table-tops and various...

17th Jun 2022

Through a clearly defined purpose, sharper strategic focus, and ambitious sustainability targets, Finland’s Ahlstrom-Munksjo is accelerating its pace of execution with the vision to become the preferred sustainable specialty materials company. In the last five years, Ahlstrom-Munksjo has tripled in size through acquisitions, mergers and organic growth.

16th Jun 2022

US’ performance fabric manufacturer Ultrafabrics has partnered with Tapis Corporation and Franklin Products to create Atago, a revolutionary fabric solution. The company has launched it at the recently held Aircraft Interiors expo in Hamburg. Atago incorporates a state-of-the-art fire-blocking backcloth with Ultrafabrics’ industry-leading haptics.

14th Jun 2022

Sitip will showcase latest fabrics developments in its industrial core-business go from footwear and helmets to the medical sector, pairing sustainability to great technical performance and technology at Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main from June 21. Techtextil will offer exhibitors and visitors an insight into the latest developments in the industry.

13th Jun 2022

The Austria-based technology group, Andritz, will be presenting its innovative nonwovens production solutions for wipe applications at the international World of Wipes (WOW) 2022 conference in Chicago, US, from June 27 -29, 2022. The company offers various nonwoven processes to produce wipes, for example spunlace, wetlace and wetlace carded pulp.

13th Jun 2022

More than 500 standards have been developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for technical textiles and around 40 more are in the pipeline, Rajeev Sharma, BIS deputy director general (standardisation), recently told the 5th National Conclave on Standards for Technical Textiles in New Delhi. Its theme was ‘Building Standards for India@2047’.

11th Jun 2022

Edgewell Personal Care Company aims to reduce GHG emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, said the company in its sustainability report. Further, the company decreased GHG emissions across its global operations by 17 per cent since fiscal 2019. It has also announced its ambition to go beyond this to achieve carbon neutrality across its global operations.