Thermal textile innovation in Japan
As thermal control becomes an increasingly important area of innovation in technical textiles, manufacturers are developing solutions tailored to specific applications. In Japan, companies are applying advances in fibers, polymers and specialty materials to develop products addressing challenges that range from cooling large gathering and storage spaces to helping people stay warm without overheating in performance apparel.
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Thermal textile innovation in Japan
As thermal control becomes an increasingly important area of innovation in technical textiles, manufacturers are developing solutions tailored to specific applications. In Japan, companies are applying advances in fibers, polymers and specialty materials to develop products addressing challenges that range from cooling large gathering and storage spaces to helping people stay warm without overheating in performance apparel.
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Once valued primarily for their speed of deployment and flexibility, today’s clearspan structures increasingly are expected to perform like permanent buildings. Whether serving as manufacturing space, climate-controlled warehouses, aviation hangars, corporate hospitality venues or emergency-response facilities, owners want structures that maintain comfortable interior temperatures, reduce energy consumption and provide greater security over deployments that can last months or even years.
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From a distance across Victoria Harbour, the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong looks much like its nickname, “The Pearl of the Orient,” with its color changing with the light, from bluish green to a shiny gray. While sports stadiums have had the same basic shape since the Greeks and the Romans—a circular amphitheater with pitched seats—the Kai Tak Stadium, located in Kai Tak Sports Park, with its acoustically sealed, retractable roof is to the coliseum what a luxury timepiece is to a basic sundial.
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