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Innovation in Textiles is the leading free content website for the global technical textiles industry, delivering daily news, comment and analysis on the latest technologies for technical textile applications. Technical features, exhibition and conference
About us - Innovation in Textiles
About us First for textiles innovation Innovation in Textiles, published by Inside Textiles Ltd, was the second of our group of websites and was launched in 2009.
Changing the world with textile innovations
Apr 17, 2024 · Messe Frankfurt has announced the winners of this year’s Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Awards ahead of the jointly-held shows taking place in Frankfurt from April 23-26.
New Publication: 21st Century Innovations in Technical Textiles
A new publication from Innovation in Textiles – ‘21st Century Innovations in Technical Textiles’ aims to guide you through some of the areas in which considerable innovation in textiles is underway – from basic polymer and fibre science breakthroughs to the processing technologies which will have a momentous role in shaping the future.
What’s new on Innovation in Textiles?
Let’s take a quick look at what’s been happening on Innovation in Textiles over the last few days. A start-up Netherlands-based company called Elasol, established in 2012, has developed a technology that uses an innovative elastic, warp-knit textile in an intelligent system to help balance sunlight, shade, temperature and humidity in greenhouses.
Next-gen fibres: From performance to purpose - Innovation in …
Feb 26, 2024 · In an illuminating webinar organised by Material Innovation Initiative (MII), three panellists from next-generation fibre developers – AMSilk, Circ and Kintra Fibers – spoke of the challenges of getting to industrial scale and the importance of cementing strong partnerships with both brands and mills.
A cost-effective shape shifting fibre
Oct 30, 2023 · Fibreobo is a new fibre developed at MIT that contracts in response to an increase in temperature and self-reverses once the temperature decreases, without any embedded sensors or other hard components.
Elastic fibre to change smart clothes - innovationintextiles.com
Jun 13, 2018 · EPFL scientists have found a fast and simple way to make super-elastic, multi-material, high-performance fibres. 13th June 2018. Innovation in Textiles
Impressive growth in nonwovens production
Nov 25, 2024 · Between 2013 and 2023, the global production of nonwoven fabrics increased at an annual rate of 5.4%, with significant growth driven by the spunlaid and needlepunch processes, according to the latest report from industry associations EDANA and INDA.
Meeting the changing needs of synthetic fibre producers
Mar 5, 2024 · The global textiles industry is experiencing an era of unprecedented automation, alternatively referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, or ‘hyperautomation’ making manufacturing smarter, and more interconnected than ever.