Archive: 2022

A German research team from Chemnitz and Dresden has taken a major step forward in the development of sensitive electronic skin (e-skin) with integrated artificial…

As leader of the Portuguese project ContiTex, Continental’s Portuguese unit Continental – Indústria Têxtil do Ave in Lousado, together with the Portuguese research centre, CeNTI,…

The first phase of a clothing and embroidery factory opened its doors in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai in April.

Bulgarian designer Hristina Nikolova presented her new brand Nikolova at February’s Paris Fashion Week at the invitation of FlyingSolo New York, a US fashion platform…

A scalable manufacturing technique to create wearable fabrics embedded with small power generators is being used by researchers in the UK and Sri Lanka to…

Using digital flat-bed and circular knitting machines, researchers at the School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have developed seamless and scalable piezo-resistive…

Estonian start-up Woola is now creating “bubble wool” packaging – envelopes and bottle sleeves – made from wool.

With stretchable, bendable smart textiles poised to reshape clothing of all kinds, creating new opportunities for integrating advanced monitoring technologies into everyday items, researchers at…

An estimated 15m babies are born prematurely every year in the EU, posing a significant risk to both maternal and neonatal health.

Fashion Revolution Indonesia returned for its second edition, highlighting the need for ethical and sustainable decisions in fashion, from yarn to garments.

Researchers at the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel have developed a novel mastectomy bra by employing ergonomic design and three-dimensional material engineering…

Researchers at Zhejiang University, China, have developed a conductive three-dimensional printing ink made of liquid metal droplets coated with alginate, a polymer derived from algae.

Honeywell is expanding its Spectra MG biofibre portfolio with a blue-hued fibre that provides a strong visual aid to better differentiate between multiple suture sets…

A wound dressing for treating moderate to heavily exuding wounds is disclosed by Advanced Medical Solutions.

A start-up in Thailand is saving surplus fabric from the scrap heap by selling it to designers and businesses, who transform it into new textiles.

An adhesive wound dressing that can be applied to the extremities of a human body while applying some tension onto the wound has been developed…