Yarn & Fiber
Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei at Filo to unveil its smart DNA story that meet contemporary consumer needs
Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei has been invited to showcase at Filo fair, the international exhibition of orthogonal weaving yarns for clothing and furnishings, circular knitwear and technical textiles, in a new special area, a dedicated open space reserved to sustainable fibers that will allow visitors to discover all their production cycle and performances, in full relax and transparency.
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Research & Development
Original or fake? Counterfeit-proof and unique identification shows authenticity of products
Counterfeit-proof product protection and resilient supply chains are the goals of the Fraunhofer SmartID project. The Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP, for Secure Information Technology SIT and for Open Communication Systems FOKUS are developing a novel marking system that can determine the authenticity of products via smart devices even while being offline, i.e. without access to a database. SmartID will be embedded in existing track & trace infrastructures and can be printed on products or their packaging using commercially available printing processes.
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Textiles & Apparel / Garment
Asia’s leading fashion event CENTRESTAGE, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), concluded on 12 September with the 2021 Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest (YDC). Ten promising local designers showcased their creations at an eye-catching fashion show with celebrities Denis Kwok (aka 193) and Bonnie Wong (aka Ah Jeng) showing up as special guests to add to the celebratory atmosphere.
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Ascend Performance Materials is showcasing its battery and e-mobility solutions at the Battery Show North America. With its e-range solutions, Ascend has a full portfolio of engineered plastics for battery protection and power transmission, a high-performance Trinohex™ Ultra electrolyte additive, and technical support capabilities.
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Indian Textile and Apparel Market (2021 to 2026) - Players Include Welspun, Raymond and Bombay Dyeing Among Others
The "Indian Textile and Apparel Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
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United States High-performance Fiber Market Report 2021: PBI, Aramid, PBO, Glass Fiber, High Strength Polyethylene Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts 2019-2027
The "United States High-performance Fiber Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
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Trützschler Card Clothing on a growth path in India
Today, more and more mills across India put their trust in products and services from TCC – a brand operated by Trützschler India’s Card Clothing division. The rapid growth of this brand in the Indian market is a success story that started 10 years ago, when our local Trützschler team began manufacturing flat tops with imported pin-setting machines from our parent company in Germany.
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Global Textile and garment manufacturers initiative publishes white paper on commercial compliance
The initiative, led by the STAR Network, the International Apparel Federation (IAF) and the Better Buying Institute and supported by GIZ FABRIC consists of 13 industry associations from nine countries facing similar challenges regarding purchasing practices in the textile and garment industry. Through a process of consultation, these associations have now jointly agreed on the text of the white paper that is published today. This marks the first joint manufacturers’ position on the improvement of purchasing practices.
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Connecting the puzzle pieces towards a sustainable future – Sandler to focus on alternative raw materials at this year’s INDEX™
Sustainability has always been a part of Sandler’s philosophy and the company continues to advance its efforts.
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Ahlström Collective Impact makes a significant investment into UNICEF’s Global Education Program
Ahlström Collective Impact (ACI), a joint responsibility initiative by a group of companies and foundations has decided to make an investment of 600,000 € into UNICEF’s Global Education Program. Ahlstrom-Munksjö is one of the members and founding partners of the initiative.
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The Inditex Group reported revenue of €11.94 billion in the first-half (1 February - 31 July 2021), representing growth of 49% year-on-year, or 53% growth in local currencies. Net profit amounted to €1.27 billion, compared with a loss of €195 million in the first half of 2020.
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The LYCRA Company, a global leader in innovative solutions for stretch and performance technologies for the apparel industry, introduces today a breakthrough technology, LYCRA® ADAPTIV fiber. This fiber allows garments to have a better fit for various lifestyles, movements and different body types. The accompanying new brand identity—LYCRA® ADAPTIV—was created to communicate these new and beneficial motion attributes.
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In a bid to strengthen indigenous production through the state and attract investors, the nodal agency for investment promotion and facilitation for the Government of Tamil Nadu – Guidance has signed up for Techtextil India 2021 – the leading International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens. The TN Government will be promoting technical textile policies through both physical and virtual segments of the hybrid fair, enabling investors to set up integrated facilities. Leading technical textile players from Tamil Nadu and across the nation confirm participation for the three-day business event.
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ITA scientist Dr Stefan Peterek was awarded the Paul Schlack Prize 2021 on 15 September 2021 for his dissertation "Cost-efficient wet spinning of polyacrylonitrile fibres with alternative solvents". The award ceremony took place during the digital opening event of the Dornbirn GFC Global Fiber Convention on 15 September 2021 in Dornbirn, Austria.
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Kornit Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ: KRNT), a worldwide market leader in digital textile production technologies, today released its 2020 Impact and Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Report. This inaugural report affirms Kornit’s commitment to achieving specific ESG goals. This includes the way Kornit conducts business, creates meaningful impact in local communities, and achieves environmental sustainability, in addition to how Kornit will continue to build a diverse and inclusive company culture, foster employee growth and development, and empower fair and safe labor practices globally.
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Across the globe, Oerlikon Barmag gear metering pumps are deployed as technical components in chemical, plastic, paint, lacquer and PUR applications. Due to rising demands and requirements, customer-specific process solutions are becoming increasingly complex. Oerlikon Barmag has taken on this challenge with its new eccentric screw pump series, which covers a throughput range of between 1 ml/min. and 30 l/h. They will be premiering at the UTECH Europe in Maastricht (Stand H32), which takes place between November 16 and 18.
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The Dutch clean-tech start-up Healix (healix.eco) has secured funds totalling over 10 million Euros in its seed financing round completed beginning of September. The funding follows Healix’ announcement earlier this year to build a factory in Maastricht, the Netherlands to shred, wash and reprocess used twines, ropes, nets, and other plastic fiber waste from farming and fishing into pristine circular polymers for the global manufacturing supply chain.
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Mimaki Europe, the leading manufacturer of inkjet printers and cutting systems, will showcase its broad portfolio of market-leading, profit-generating digital print technologies at FESPA Global Print Expo 2021 (12-15 October 2021, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stand: 1-F45).
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Innovative viscose specialities from Kelheim Fibres: a sustainable blend of nature and performance
Not only since 2021 has sustainability been a topic high on society’s agenda. And yet the importance of sustainability for consumers and companies has once again increased sharply as a result of the Corona pandemic, as numerous studies confirm. Then why is it often so difficult to implement this conviction in everyday life? One of the biggest obstacles to sustainable consumer behaviour is the lack of availability of alternatives.
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VF Corporation and Redress Announce 2021 Winner of World’s Largest Sustainable Fashion Design Competition
VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, continued its three-year partnership with environmental charity Redress, announcing the 2021 winner of the Redress Design Award. As the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition, the Redress Design Award reflects VF’s continuous drive to innovate and foster the next generation of forward-thinking, environmentally-conscious designers in the apparel and footwear industry.
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AATCC announces 2022 “Wanderlust” Student Merchandising Competition
AATCC invites students to showcase their merchandising and marketing talents to win cash and recognition by participating in the 2022 Concept 2 Consumer® Student Merchandising Competition.
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2021 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen
"Check against delivery"
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European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): Getting ready for future health emergencies
Today, the European Commission is launching the European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to health emergencies. HERA will anticipate threats and potential health crises, through intelligence gathering and building the necessary response capacities.
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The H&M group’s sales development in the third quarter
Net sales in local currencies increased by 14 percent in the third quarter 2021, i.e., in the period 1 June 2021 to 31 August 2021, compared with the corresponding period in 2020. Converted to SEK, net sales increased by 9 percent to SEK 55,585* m (50,870).
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Nonwovens / Technical Textiles
Italian textile machinery at INDEX 20, the world’s leading nonwovens trade show
From 19 to 22 October, 2021, INDEX, the reference trade fair for the nonwovens sector, will take place in Geneva. Also for this edition there will be more than a hundred Italian exhibitors, of whom about eighty are machinery manufacturers. As in the past editions, Italian Trade Agency will organize an Italian Pavilion, where 13 Italian manufacturers will exhibit.
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Notus Composites launches new low temperature curing NE7 Epoxy Prepreg
Notus Composites (UAE), the award-winning producer of epoxy prepreg materials, is proud to announce the latest addition to its high-performance epoxy range with the launch of its new NE7 low temperature curing prepreg system. The entirely new Notus NE7 formulation allows composite manufacturers to cure components at temperatures as low as 70?C, reducing energy consumption and enabling more cost-effective tooling options.
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REACH4Textiles - Better market surveillance for textile products
The REACH4texiles project just kicked off. Funded by the European Commission, it aims at exploring solutions for fair and effective market surveillance on textile products.
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Paris Arc de Triomphe to be wrapped: Fabric is made in Germany by SETEX
It all started in the mid-1990s in the reunified Berlin: SETEX-Textil GmbH supplied the fabric for the wrapping of the German Reichstag. For what was probably the last project of the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the weaving machines were running at full speed again. For the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the world-famous artists relied on the expertise of the textile specialist for the fifth time. Blue and grey polypropylene fabrics were produced at the Greven production site, which will completely cover the Arc de Triomphe in Paris from 18 September.
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NIRI experts at the cutting edge of nonwoven technology and sharing new developments at this season’s industry events
After the inevitable delays due to COVID, experts from the Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute (NIRI) are looking forward to joining colleagues and clients at Virtual RISE 2021 and INDEX 20.
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A gentle kiss on the skin
The restrictions on our freedom of movement due to the coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching consequences – including physical ones. Trousers no longer do up, skirts no longer fit perfectly and T-shirts stretch over stomachs. Those still keen to cut a good figure of course have the option of hitting the gym, but shaping underwear can also help.
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Dissolving design boundaries
Thanks to 4D-KNIT, KARL MAYER has redefined the notion of warp knitted spacer fabrics. The term represents a completely new generation of spacer textiles that are based on the basic construction of conventional 3D warp knitted fabrics, but that significantly deviate from traditional designs. The spacer layer is particularly different: the space between the upper and lower can be filled with bulked yarns to achieve unprecedented effects in performance and design.
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Asia's fashion showcase CENTRESTAGE concludes
Asia's premier fashion event CENTRESTAGE, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, drew to a successful close yesterday. The three-day extravaganza (10 to 12 September) brought together more than 200 fashion brands from 24 countries and regions, with 30 fashion events taking place. It attracted over 2,550 trade buyers and more than 17,200 public visitors to participate and source fashion items. Over the three days of the event, close to 700 video business meetings were arranged to match global fashion buyers with exhibitors online.
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Breaking new ground in Turkey’s textile industry
The Starlinger recoSTAR universal 165 H-VAC iV+, which is part of Korteks’ 10 million dollars investment in a new polymer recycling facility, took up operation in May 2021. It has a production capacity of 7,200 tons per year and currently processes clean in-house polyester fibers from production scrap together with washed post-consumer PET flakes at a ratio of 50/50.
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