Archive: 2022
Malaysian textile industry has huge potential, says PM
Malaysia’s textile industry, especially unique and creative fabrics such as weaving and batik, has great potential to bring the country to the international stage and…
Textiles with embedded fluidics for HMI
In a world increasingly dominated by visual and auditory information exchange, MotorSkins’ morphing textile surfaces are bringing back touch as a way to interact with…
Smart socks help people living with dementia
Smart socks that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the well-being of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that…
Dressings with improved extensibility, elasticity and conformability
Dressings such as bandages or tapes having improved extensibility, elasticity and conformability for better coverage of movable areas such as joints are disclosed by Johnson…
Euratex launches support initiative for Ukraine
Euratex, the European textile and apparel confederation, has launched its EU-Ukraine Textile Initiative, which aims to facilitate co-operation between European and Ukrainian textile and apparel…
Robotic sleeve for lymphoedema treatment
Canadian researchers from the University of Waterloo’s Microfluidics Laboratory and Diesel Biomechanics Laboratory, Breast Rehab and Myant have developed a soft robotic sleeve for the…
Smart diaper for bedside urine testing
Researchers in China have designed a flexible sensor that fits in a diaper, measures multiple components in urine and can share those results over Bluetooth…
Concept vehicle wins design award
Continental’s AMBIENC3 concept vehicle received an accolade at the iF Design Awards 2022.
Autonomous knitting creates soft robotic ‘banana fingers’
US scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a rapid design and fabrication tool to create a glove containing soft pneumatic actuators.
Silk-based regenerative implant to prevent total knee replacement
A European research team focused on transforming silk into substitute knee cartilage will launch clinical trials in Hungary and the UK later this year with…
Documentary on working conditions and trade union organising in Serbia
A new web documentary – Beyond the label – Made in Serbia – examines the situation in the Serbian textile and footwear industry when it…
South African JV to produce automotive flooring, acoustics and fibre-based products
UK-headquartered Auria Solutions, a Tier 1 supplier of vehicle flooring, acoustic and fibre-based products, and Feltex Automotive, a South African manufacturer of automotive textiles and…
Coloured carbon and flax solutions at JEC World
Hypetex demonstrated the processing and sustainability benefits of its patented colourisation technology at last month’s JEC World composites exhibition in Paris, France.
Russian textile and clothing market facing record losses
The Russian textile and clothing market continues to bear huge losses owing to the ongoing military conflict with Ukraine and sanctions imposed on the country.
Lightweight nonwoven mat made from recycled carbon fibres
A lightweight nonwoven made from recycled carbon fibres with an areal density of 60 g/m2 was launched by UK-based Gen 2 Carbon at last month’s…
Kordsa to buy majority stake in Italian composites firm
Kordsa of Izmut, Turkey, is to acquire the majority shares of Italian composites company Microtex Composites of Prato, which provides carbon fibre fabrics and prepregs…