world fashion designers news

19th Apr 2022

The French Textile Equipment Manufacturers (UCMTF) will offer, on their association stand, HALL 12 E 94, a first ever demonstration of virtual and augmented reality visits of their equipments and services at Techtextil, scheduled to be held from June 21-24, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. At Techtextil, virtual visit will be a new step forward.

19th Apr 2022

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and collaborators at Rhode Island School of Design have designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations, then into electrical signals. Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.

15th Apr 2022

AstenJohnson, a textile manufacturer headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with roots dating back to 1790, has selected Waco, Texas as the location for its eighth North American location. The company will invest over the next two years to build the 220,000 square foot facility. Waco and McLennan County provided incentives supporting the project.

15th Apr 2022

Suominen’s Hydraspun Aquaflo product has won the Nonwoven Product Achievement Award at the recently held IDEA22 conference in Miami. Hydraspun Aquaflo was selected from the three finalists in the nonwovens category and acknowledges the contribution of the product towards sustainability. Suominen has raised the moist toilet tissue segment to a new level.

15th Apr 2022

Borealis, Austria’s advanced and circular polyolefin solutions provider and Grabher, a manufacturer of high-tech textiles, have joined hands for plastics that safeguard human health while helping minimise waste. Grabher has initiated a collect-and-recycle scheme for used face masks which turns them into value-added products such as oil absorption...

14th Apr 2022

Registration is now open for the World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, which is returning for its 16th edition, from June 27-30, at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago. Industry participants are looking forward to a dynamic, information-packed conference focused exclusively on the wipes sector and making business connections face-to-face.

14th Apr 2022

The Ontario government is protecting people against emergencies with a legislation to ensure that a healthy and robust stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) and critical supplies and equipment (CSE) is available at all times. The Personal Protective Equipment Supply and Production Act, 2022 (PPESPA) is the first legislation of its kind in...

14th Apr 2022

Researchers at Germany’s DITF are showing ways to replace the harmful formaldehyde used in the manufacturing of tires and conveyor belts, with technically equivalent substances that are harmless to health. In the established manufacturing process, adhesion promoters made of resorcinol-formaldehyde-latex (RFL) are used to improve the adhesion properties.

13th Apr 2022

VTT Research Centre will be hosting the 2022 Nonwovens Innovation Academy (NIA) in Jyvaskyla, Finland from May 11-12, 2022. The NIA will bring together academics, students, scientists and industry experts to encourage the sharing of knowledge, research and developments that will support the innovation and growth in the nonwovens industry.