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A highly elastic fabric with a soft, airy texture and a natural uneven surface that makes it lightweight, fast to dry and able to wick sweat has been developed by Teijin Frontier.

Technologies for recycling the aramids in end-of-life body armour are to be developed through a project funded by the Incubation Forum for Circular Economy in European Defence (IF CEED).

Waste products from agriculture are being used by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, to produce dissolving pulp for the manufacture of cellulose fibres. 

The organisers of ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 have released its exhibitor list through a new application available for users of both Android and IOS devices.

Cygnet Texkimp and Viritech have worked together to recover high-value continuous carbon fibres from hydrogen pressure-vessels as part of a Ford Motor Co-led project.

Ahlstrom has started-up a line for the production of molecular filtration media at its site in Turin, Italy⁽¹⁾.

A light, soft and breathable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material is being produced for apparel using an additive-manufacturing process by Nike of Beaverton, Oregon, USA.

Composites reinforced with flax fibres from Bcomp are to be used by BMW in place of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) to mass-produce exterior and interior parts for its cars.

Coater and finisher of technical fabrics, Nova Textil-Beschichtung GmbH (NTB), has recently modernised its three stenters from Monforts.

An environmentally sustainable, cost-effective and flexible gel-spinning process for manufacturing ultra-high molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres is being developed by Fibre Extrusion Tec

Developer of a process for the production of fibres from cellulosic biomass, Spinnova, is to close its Woodspin demonstration facility in Jyväskylä, Finland, as it works to build a consortium to co

The Boards of Directors of The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and EDANA have approved the foundation of the Global Nonwoven Alliance (GNA), with both organisations becoming fou

Textiles Monterey Group has received the 2025 Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) Innovation Award for Sustainability for a partly recycled aramid fabric

A water-resistant finish that is free from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been launched by Microban International, of Huntersville, North Carolina, USA.

A variety of testing, instrumentation and machine-control technologies for the production of textiles are to be shown by members of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) at ITMA Asia

Wellman International Ltd has filed a petition with the Irish High Court to place its factory and headquarters in Mullagh, Ireland, into examinership⁽¹⁾.

A line from Cygnet Texkimp is to be installed at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to create a unique open-access facility in the UK for the research and dev

Dow, of Midland, Michigan, USA, is to sell its 50% interest in manufacturer of carbon fibres and composites based on these, DowAksa Advanced Composites Holdings.

A nonwoven filter media that can capture particles of several tens-of-nanometres in size (smaller than viruses) without greatly restricting airflow is being developed for use in such as face masks

A three-dimensional (3D) piezoelectric fabric that generates twice the power output of conventional planar piezoelectric fabrics is being developed by researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute o