Land O’Lakes and Cotton Inc. partner for sustainability initiative
April 1, 2021 | Swatches
Truterra™ LLC, the sustainability business unit of farmer-owned cooperative Land O’Lakes Inc., has announced a new collaboration with Cotton Inc., a not-for-profit research and marketing company representing Upland cotton, to advance the adoption of sustainable farming practices across 50,000 ac…
SAYA Rscuw Project awarded for innovation in reducing textile waste
April 1, 2021 | Swatches
The SAYA Rscuw (Recycled Scrap and Cutting Waste) Project is addressing one of the largest areas of hidden waste in the textile industry: cutting scrap and overstock fabrics. Cutting scrap amounts to 25% wastage per yard, with fabric overruns amounting to 8.7 million tons in 2019, according to a pre…
Textile sensor patch detects pressure points for amputees
April 1, 2021 | Swatches
A soft, flexible sensor system created with electrically conductive yarns could help map problematic pressure points in the socket of an amputee’s prosthetic limb, researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) report in a new study.
Medical patch designed for sealing internal injuries
April 1, 2021 | Swatches
Many surgeries today are performed via minimally invasive procedures, in which a small incision is made, and miniature cameras and surgical tools are threaded through the body to remove tumors and repair damaged tissues and organs.
New technology for textile recycling underway
April 1, 2021 | Swatches
Swiss fluid engineering company Sulzer announced that its partnership with H&M Group and Worn Again Technologies is developing technology for closed-loop recycling of textiles. Because of the complexity of garment production, chemical recycling techniques to date have been applied to a minor sha…
‘Smart bandage’ can detect infection
April 1, 2021 | Swatches
University of Rhode Island (URI) assistant professor Daniel Roxbury (left) and former URI graduate student Mohammad Moein Safaee (right) have created a continuous, noninvasive way to detect and monitor an infection in a wound by embedding nanosensors in a “smart bandage.”
Scott Sutherland: Ready for anything
April 1, 2021 | Features, Perspective
In the summer of 2020, Scott Sutherland was elated with record-shattering sales, but he was also in a situation he had never imagined: out of aluminum, out of fabric, out of nearly every component used to make tents.
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Sewing industry shape-shifting
April 1, 2021 | Features
In January 2020, Archana Sharma, CEO of AKAS Tex LLC, a Bensalem, Pa., textile manufacturer/creator and designer of high-performance fabrics, says her company began receiving emails from Singapore, Australia, Japan and other eastern hemisphere countries inquiring about face masks and antimicrobial f…