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Avient completes acquisition of DSM Protective Materials
September 2nd, 2022
Avient Corporation, a provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, has completed its purchase of the protective materials business of DSM (including the Dyneema® brand), which will now be called Avient Protective Materials and reported within the company’s Specialty Engineered Materials segment. “We proudly welcome our newest associates and valued customers joining us today,” said […]
Motion and posture sensing textiles
September 1st, 2022
A form-fitting sock embedded with sensors can track the wearer’s movement and posture. Photo: MIT Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a novel fabrication process to produce smart textiles that can snugly conform to physical requirements by sensing the posture and motion of the wearer. By incorporating a special […]
They’re out there
September 1st, 2022
What’s the labor picture in your area? Do you have enough skilled staff? A recent post on the Advanced Textile Association’s CONNECT forum asked, “Is it getting any easier for you to find employees in the textiles industry?” The replies were indicative of how the “front lines” of the industry confront labor challenges. “My travels […]
Leather from invasive species
September 1st, 2022
An ottoman made from Leukeather has a rich leather look and feel. Photos: Leukeather The latest member of the alternative textile family is called Leukeather and is made from dried Leucaena pods, a byproduct of existing agriculture. Leucaena leucocephala, also known as river tamarind, is a small, fast-growing tree native to southern Mexico and northern […]
Mushroom apparel
September 1st, 2022
The Reishi Boletus bucket hat is made from mycelium, the renewable root structure of mushrooms. Photo: Nick Fouquet California-based biomaterials innovator MycoWorks has launched its first items made from the flagship mycelium material, Reishi™. The collection by hatmaker Nick Fouquet includes the Boletus bucket hat, Coprinus and Morchella hats, available in limited runs. “We are […]
Turning leather waste into textile coatings
September 1st, 2022
CITEVE, the Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal, has developed a process for turning natural leather waste and by-products from the tanning industry into new textile coatings. The process chemically transforms leather trimmings into a solution which can be used to make a coating for car interiors. Leather waste is chemically […]
Smart textiles poised for growth
September 1st, 2022
According to a report published by Global Market Insights Inc., the global smart and interactive textiles market is expected to reach about $16.4 billion by 2030 . Smart and interactive textiles are fabrics integrated with technologies like edge computing, cloud data, artificial intelligence (AI) and Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) that can monitor and communicate wearers’ […]
Graphene nanotubes in yarn
September 1st, 2022
An electroconductive textile glove with touch-screen functionality that can be used by machine operators. Photo: OCSiAl Because of the high demand for interactive electronic textiles, CoatYarn, an Italian company that, as its name suggests, specializes in coated yarns, has expanded its product line with a thermoplastic polyurethane yarn enhanced with graphene nanotubes provided by OCSiAl, […]
Energy from fabric
September 1st, 2022
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University have developed a fabric that turns body movements into electrical energy. Photo: NTU Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a stretchable and waterproof fabric that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy. A crucial component in the fabric is a polymer that, when pressed […]
Fabric with built-in “muscle”
September 1st, 2022
Researchers at Sensory Motor Systems Lab at ETH Zurich have developed a wearable exo-muscle made of fabric. The Myoshirt is a soft, wearable technology to give people with limited mobility more strength and endurance in their upper body. The product features a vest with cuffs for the upper arms and a small box containing the […]