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…
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 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 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, 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…
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…
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…
Continental’s AMBIENC3 concept vehicle received an accolade at the iF Design Awards 2022.
US scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a rapid design and fabrication tool to create a glove containing soft pneumatic actuators.
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…
A new web documentary – Beyond the label – Made in Serbia – examines the situation in the Serbian textile and footwear industry when it…
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…
Hypetex demonstrated the processing and sustainability benefits of its patented colourisation technology at last month’s JEC World composites exhibition in Paris, France.
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.
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 of Izmut, Turkey, is to acquire the majority shares of Italian composites company Microtex Composites of Prato, which provides carbon fibre fabrics and prepregs…