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Insulation from fabric scraps
April 1st, 2022
Thermolite EcoMade fiber insulates against harsh outdoor conditions. Photo: Lycra The Lycra company has introduced Thermolite® EcoMade fiber made from 100-percent textile waste for insulation applications. This new warming technology involves recycling textile waste from cutting room floors that would have been sent to a landfill or incinerated and transforming it into high-performance fibers for […]
Plant expansion will introduce new workers to textile industry
April 1st, 2022
An aerial view of Glen Raven’s Norlina plant, where an expansion project is underway. Photo: The Warren Record Construction of Glen Raven Custom Fabrics plant expansion in Norlina, N.C., is progressing on schedule, and equipment installation will begin in April. The Norlina plant manufactures synthetic yarn to be woven into the company’s flagship product, Sunbrella. […]
Paper technology turns old clothes into new fabrics
April 1st, 2022
Circulose pulp made from shredded clothing. The textile industry is taking a page from the pulp and paper industry. Sweden-based Renewcell has developed a sustainable process that recycles waste textiles into a product called Circulose, whose name is the tip-off that it’s aimed at making fashion circular. The company has restarted a shuttered paper mill […]
A sleeping bag for astronauts’ vision issues
April 1st, 2022
A high-tech sleeping bag developed at UTSW is designed to alleviate vision problems astronauts commonly endure during longer missions in space. Photo: UTSW The University Texas Southwestern (UTSW) has been involved in a brain pressure project that NASA says is critical to its mission to Mars. According to UTSW, scientists there have created a sleeping […]
PrimaLoft manufacturing platform reduces carbon emissions
April 1st, 2022
PrimaLoft Inc., developer of high performance insulations and fabrics has announced developments to its PrimaLoft® P.U.R.E.™ manufacturing platform. P.U.R.E. (Produced Using Reduced Emissions), a proprietary, renewable manufacturing technology, now achieves up to 70 percent reduction in carbon emissions. “We looked at the whole manufacturing process and focused on where all the dirty emissions are coming […]
RIKEN announces ultra-thin electronics breakthrough
April 1st, 2022
These images are from the conformability test on a curved surface (radius: 0.5 mm). Ultra-thin films bonded using (top) water-vapor plasma assisted bonding or (bottom) standard adhesive. Conformability was much better for water-vapor plasma assisted bonding. Photos: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) and the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research […]
Smart collar monitors dog’s health and location
April 1st, 2022
French tech company Invoxia has unveiled a biometric health collar that can monitor a dog’s vitals, activity and location. With a long battery life and precision GPS tracking, the owner of a dog with an existing health condition, especially, will appreciate the collar’s special features. The collar’s lightweight, low-power sensors are enhanced with deep neural […]
Knitting glass produces “soft silica”
April 1st, 2022
Canadian designer Sarah Roseman has unveiled a new material that challenges definitions of glass and textiles. Designboom.com reports that Roseman began her research experimenting with knitting glass fibers, working to find innovative and sustainable industry alternatives in materials. The result is a material called “soft silica,” that can be formed into an ever-growing list of […]
A focus on what we do best
April 1st, 2022
If a college friend hadn’t had extra space in a harborside building he was renting in downtown Bellingham, Greg Keeler may have never started up Washington-based marine canvas company Oyster Creek Canvas Co. After earning a degree in environmental policy and assessment, the lifelong boating enthusiast had spent several years in a related desk job. […]
The revolution in soft signage
April 1st, 2022
Soft signage has commonly been used for trade shows, but the use of fabric in a wide variety of signage is growing by leaps and bounds. Photo: Image Options You may say tomato and I may say to-MAH-toe, but at places like the International Sign Association, a trade group based in Alexandria, Va., Craig Campbell, […]