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Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions Europe is to become the sole distributor of an innovative self-adhesive textile window-film to the graphics industry in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (E

Expanding opportunities for knitted, woven and laminated fabrics

Innovation by manufacturers of knitted, woven and laminated fabrics continues to flourish. Nick Butler provides some examples to look for during Techtextil.

Kordsa SA of Izmit, Turkey, has announced the completion of its acquisition of two USA-based suppliers of custom-designed composite reinforcements for the aerospace sector.

A method of producing a jacquard woven fabric based on fusible fibres has been developed by carpet weaver Anker of Düren, Germany.

A golden flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) bottles has been unveiled by Starlinger of Vienna, Austria.  

Woven metallic fabrics for use in space are being developed by engineers at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA.

Frankfurt remains the destination for textile innovations

Textile developments for all kinds of applications will fill the halls of Messe Frankfurt, according to Editor Nick Butler.

Biomedical engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, have woven a fabric that mimics the sophisticated and complex properties of the bone tissue, periosteum. 

Toho Tenax of Tokyo, Japan, is introducing a flame-retardant (FR) thermoplastic prepreg reinforced with high-modulus carbon fibres.

Toho Tenax of Tokyo, Japan, is introducing a flame-retardant (FR) thermoplastic prepreg reinforced with high-modulus carbon fibres.

A woven fabric (Dymetrol) has been developed as a suspension system for passenger seats on commercial aeroplanes.

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