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30th Mar 2020

The Americas Apparel Producers’ Network recently opened an online sourcing centre connecting its supplier and producer members to make masks, gowns and other urgently required medical garments and sewn products. The Industrial Fabrics Association International, which has a partnership with AAPN, is offering the service free to its members and network.

30th Mar 2020

The Industrial Fabrics Association International has transitioned the Smart Fabrics Summit, scheduled from April 16 to 17 in Washington DC, to a fully virtual event with almost the same speakers. It also postponed the Fabricators Conference and Showcase, scheduled on April 30-May 1 in Jacksonville. The new plans for the conference will be announced...

27th Mar 2020

Washington representative Joe Fitzgibbon joined Association of Washington Cities and INDA in applauding governor Inslee’s signing of HB 2565, a law intended to address labelling of certain disposable wipes. The law requires packages of certain wipes to carry prominent ‘Do Not Flush’ labelling to guide consumers dispose them appropriately in the trash.

27th Mar 2020

Seshadri Ramkumar, a professor of chemical countermeasures and advanced materials in the Texas Tech University’s department of environmental toxicology, had invented FiberTect, a three-layer, non-woven decontamination wipe to clean up toxic agents. Researchers now claim that wipe can also be used to clean up bodily fluids contaminated with coronavirus.

27th Mar 2020

Ukraine's Textile-Contact Group has started manufacturing protective gowns, shoe protectors, forearm sleeves and masks at its TC-Style garment factory in Chernihiv. Two more garment factories in Lubny in Poltava region and Korosten in Zhytomyr region will soon join the effort, group founder Oleksandr Sokolovsky recently said in a Facebook post.

27th Mar 2020

Leading specialist dryer and oven manufacturer, Spooner Industries, will supply a state-of -the-art TAD through air drying and curing system to Saint Gobain Adfors. The TAD is a key part of a new wet laid glass fibre mat line to be installed at the Litomyšl plant, scheduled to start mid-2021. The Spooner TAD system is designed to provide high...

26th Mar 2020

Global standards organisation ASTM International is providing no-cost public access to a suite of 2 dozen important standards used in production and testing of personal protective equipment to combat COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health emergency. The standards cover personal protective equipment including face masks, medical gowns, glove and hand...

26th Mar 2020

UK-based PPSS Group has unveiled a black version of its high performance cut resistant fabric Cut-Tex PRO, after several years of extensive research and development. Cut-Tex PRO enables uniform, workwear and tactical apparel manufacturers to incorporate a dependable and ultra-durable cut resistant fabric into their garment designs to help protect...

26th Mar 2020

Royal DSM, a science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living, Sabic, a leader in the chemical industry, and UPM Biofuels, a leading producer of sustainable raw materials, are collaborating to help reduce the environmental footprint of Dyneema, the world’s strongest fibre. With this, Dyneema will be able to transition to bio-based...