Archive: 2022
Woven heart valve without post-fabrication
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…
Engineered mattress tricks the body to fall asleep faster
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…
US retailers still selling products made of banned Turkmen cotton
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…
Graphene nanotubes add functionality to yarns
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…
Slovak sock brand asks customers for help
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…
Form-fitting individually customised face masks
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…
H&M begins ‘winding down’ operations in Russia
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…
Smart solution for dealing with daily back pain
Myovolt is launching a new platform technology for the treatment and tracking of lower back pain.
Stretchable and washable printed electronic technologies
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…
Fire-retardant upholstery system launched
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…
Thai clothing workers’ leader ‘targeted by officials’
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…
Wire woven moquette featured on London’s Elizabeth Line
Transport for London’s new £18bn Elizabeth Line stretches for more than 100 km, stopping at 41 accessible stations – 10 of them new – and…
Intelligent boot created for healthcare workers
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…
New shape-shifting material can move like a robot
Australian engineers have developed a new class of smart textiles that can shape-shift and turn a two-dimensional material into three-dimensional structures.
New material for surgical dressings can prevent recurrence of melanoma
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…
Native bast fibres for buses, boards and automotive equipment
The DuroBast project focuses on the use of bast fibres in the production of large-scale composite structural components.