Bekaert Textiles has launched Purotex, a environmentally friendly, microencapsulation treatment for mattress ticking designed to help create a clean and healthy sleep environment. The patented treatment, which meets the Ökotex 100, class 1 standard, is applied during the textile ...

Collections from Peter Ingwersen of the label Noir and the African designers Marina Spadafora, Imane Ayissi and Kofi Ansah will be just some of the highlights at a fashion show to mark this year’s World Congress on Organic Cotton in Switzerland. Running as part of the UN Year of Natural Fibers ...

Hyosung has been awarded the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification for its Mipan Regen range of recycled nylon and polyester yarns which are derived from post-consumer waste. The Korean-based synthetic fibre producer, which is best ...

UK-based Coats has added to its range of environmentally friendly products with the global launch of 100% organic cotton threads under the EcoVerde brand. Certified to GOTS by the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) in Switzerland, the Coats EcoVerde organic cotton sewing ...

Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials—, is one of 17 European companies chosen to participate in the report ‘A New ...

KSUK has just launched Texflex as the most versatile and comprehensive internal display system ever seen. Lightweight with no trims, screws, clamps, hammers or other tools required - there's nothing to ...

In future, cartilage, tendon and blood vessel tissue will be produced in the laboratory, with cells being grown on a porous frame, such as non-wovens. A new software program helps to characterize and optimize the non-wovens. When someone’s knee ...

For six decades BRÜCKNER is worldwide well-known as supplier of modular well-tuned lines for the finishing of woven and knitted fabric. The family-run company with domicile and production site in Germany invested in the last years specifically in the strongly growing market of Technical Textiles. Stork Prints is one of ...

With eleven product groups and twelve areas of application, Techtextil covers the world market for technical textiles and nonwovens in its entirety. With over 500 exhibitors, ‘Indutech’ is the biggest area of application at this year’s Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main. ‘Indutech’ stands for the use of technical textiles in ...

In news which could be a boon for the fledging inflatable Moon habitat tent podule industry, a group of textiles students from North Carolina say they have invented a radiation-proof, solar power generating fabric ideal for lunar camping. As regular Reg readers will be well aware, most of the universe is ...