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At its plant in Liège, Belgium, Sioen Technical Felts is to produce heavy fabrics in a single step using a complete needlepunch line from Andritz, having placed an order for the equipment with the

The US House of Representatives has passed legislation to make it mandatory for manufacturers of non-flushable wipes to print ‘do not flush’ on the containers for their products.

A direct method for attaching small, modular chips (chiplets) to embroidered conductive yarns has been developed by Nautilus Defense, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.

Yarns, fabrics and cushions made entirely from recycled polyester (PES) have been developed for use in the production of airbags by Autoliv.

EcoTechnilin has purchased machinery for cleaning flax scutcher tow from Dilo Temafa to augment its flax fibre-preparation plant in France.

Andritz has received an order from manufacturer of insulation felt, Şiteks Şişmanlar Tekstil San ve Tic AŞ (Şiteks), to supply a complete needlepunch line for its production plant in Tekirdag, Turk

A spun polyester (PES) yarn that has a soft, gentle feel, fluffiness, is light in weight, absorbs moisture and retains heat has been developed by Teijin Frontier, of Osaka, Japan, for the productio

The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (CEMATX) elected a new President, Alex Zucchi, at its General Assembly held on 14 June 2024.

A system that improves the energy-efficiency of cylinder dryers has been developed by Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany, for its Prosize sizing machines and Bluedye dyeing plants for warp prepara

A prototype composite nose-panel for a helicopter has been developed by Airbus using carbon fibres made from acrylonitrile (ACN) sourced from bio-based feedstocks.

The world’s first demonstration plant for converting plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile (ACN) is to be established by Trillium Renewable Chemicals at INEOS Nitriles’ Green Lake facility in Por

A model for determining how the types and patterns of stitches affect the elasticity of knitted fabrics is being developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atalanta, USA.

Sri Lankan clothing and textiles manufacturer MAS Holdings has formed a partnership with US developer of a textile-to-textile recycling process, Ambercycle, through the signing of a three-year offt

Swedish investment firm Altor has announced the acquisition of textile-recycling venture Renewcell, which declared bankruptcy in February 2024⁽¹⁾

Windsurfers at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in France will compete on identical boards made by Cobra International using an epoxy resin from Sicomin.

Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies (CFT PCC) has signed a binding agreement to acquire two business units of the Swiss company Cilander AG, whi

A quality-monitoring system (QMS) for warp-knitting machines has been launched by Karl Mayer's digital technologies company, KM.ON.

as it looks to sell more environmentally sustainable products, US fibre supplier Stein Fibers has acquired distributor of recycled materials and compatriot, Banyan Plastics.

Trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, Cinte Techtextil China, is to open its doors in Shanghai, China, on 19-21 September 2024, backed by a strong line-up of international exhib

An RF5 line that is equipped with a number of complementary technologies from A.Celli Nonwovens, and produces spunbond nonwovens and high-loft products, has been installed at a facility in Jinjiang