Year: 2014

Nonwoven fabrics have quietly revolutionised consumer, medical, and industrial market places, say Laga S K, Vignesh Dhanabalan and Daniel Karthik who provide details of the manufacturing of nonwoven with emphasis on fibre usage,

On 5 June 2014, more than 140 participants from the industry, , came to Brussels to join the international textile and clothing conference ´Free Trade and International Agreements´.

Innovation can be a catalyst for the growth and success of business: Zimmer Austria lives up to this maxim with a string of innovations in printing.

Geotextiles are permeable textile structures made of polymeric materials and are used mainly in the civil engineering applications in conjunction with soil, rock and water, says Dr Nemailal Tarafder.

Dyeing regenerated cellulosic materials is not done in a straightforward one-step process, says Alkesh Darji, who describes the various key stages in the dyeing of regenerated cellulosic materials and reviews the likely problems/concerns being faced at each stage.

The Lenzing Group has successfully initiated production at its new TENCEL-« jumbo production facility, the largest in the world, at the Lenzing site in Upper Austria. The plant is in the midst of a stable ramp-up phase. The feedback on the part of the market is very positive.

Picanol of America has appointed Tom Johnston as new Sales Manager with immediate effect. In his new function, Johnston, who has wide international experience in the textile sector, will be responsible for the sales of Picanol weaving machines in the US.