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Tensioned textile lamp could lead to smart fabrics in cars
December 2, 2025 | Swatches
In the interactive textiles feature in December 2023’s Specialty Fabrics Review, an expert postulated that controls one day could be incorporated directly into a vehicle’s fabric surfaces. That might be a step closer with a prototype tensioned textile touch lamp that took a year of multidiscipli…
Biodegradable fiber could mean less fishing-net waste
December 2, 2025 | Swatches
Researchers at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) have developed a high-performance polyester-amide (PEA) fiber that decomposes by more than 92% in one year under marine conditions and is also compostable and recyclable. The scientists envision gill nets made of the material…
Highlights from Advanced Textiles Expo 2025 in Indianapolis
December 2, 2025 | Expo Report, Features
Advanced Textiles Expo this year returned to the Midwest for the first time in more than a decade, coming back to a region with thousands of fabricators. That resulted in a lot of first-time attendees at the show as new faces filled the expo hall show floor at the Indiana Convention Center.
Death, taxes and canvas repairs
December 2, 2025 | Features
Death and taxes may be certain, but for those who own boats, so is canvas damage. For many marine fabricators, the industry is becoming increasingly complex due to computerized patterning software, innovative high-tech materials and tools, and advanced methods for accomplishing just about anything. …
Test-tube textiles
December 2, 2025 | Advanced Textiles, Markets
The creation of sustainable textiles has been top of mind for the textile industry since the 1990s. Along with recycled polyester and circular textile-to-textile manufacturing, fibers created from bio-based inputs are finding increasing applications in innovative textile fibers. With a focus on perf…