The Techtextil Innovation Award 2022 in the New Product category went to the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) at the…
Bioengineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress and pillow system that uses heating and cooling to tell the body…
Recent media reports suggest that leading US retailers continue to sell products made with cotton from Turkmenistan, despite a long-standing US Customs and Border Protection…
High demand for interactive electronic textiles has encouraged CoatYarn, an Italian producer of technical/industrial yarns, to expand its production range with a thermoplastic polyurethane yarn…
Fusakle, a popular sock manufacturer in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, is struggling with financial difficulties, with coronavirus, war in Ukraine, inflation and rising input…
A doctoral candidate in Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Architecture has developed a new active fibre and designed a process that, combined with a…
Following its decision to pause all sales in Russia, as announced on 2 March, the Sweden-based H&M Group has now said it will be taking…
Myovolt is launching a new platform technology for the treatment and tracking of lower back pain.
TNO at Holst Centre in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has developed a platform of thin, stretchable and washable printed electronic technologies for smart clothing and wearable…
High-end performance fabric manufacturer Ultrafabrics has partnered with Tapis and Franklin Products to create Atago, which was launched earlier this year at Aircraft Interiors Expo…
A trade union leader in Thailand has accused the country’s authorities of using Covid-19 restrictions to keep workers in line after 1,388 former clothing workers…
Transport for London’s new £18bn Elizabeth Line stretches for more than 100 km, stopping at 41 accessible stations – 10 of them new – and…
Australian researchers have created a high-tech boot concept that continuously monitors temperature and pressure, designed to address the specific needs of doctors, nurses and other…
Australian engineers have developed a new class of smart textiles that can shape-shift and turn a two-dimensional material into three-dimensional structures.
A new type of dressing for the post-surgical treatment of melanoma has been created by UK scientists, who have discovered a new method for making…
The DuroBast project focuses on the use of bast fibres in the production of large-scale composite structural components.