AATCC will conduct a conference titled Wet Processing of Textiles with Spandex: Best Practices on February 11-12, 2015 at the Textile Technology Center on the Kimbrell Campus of Gaston College located at 7220 Wilkinson Blvd. in Belmont, North Carolina, USA.
Month: January 2015
Concept Gallery, organised by the US headquarters of Glen Raven Inc, displayed more than 150 different products providing the spark for innovation. The event designed to encourage the initiative of experimenting with technically textile material in various industries from automotive, petrochemicals, construction, mining, and geo-synthetics to filtration and protective fabrics for the police, military, fire fighters, etc
For more than 30 years, Dow Corning´s proven silicone solutions have enabled its customers in India to manufacture world-class products. The company set up its Indian operations in 2000 to better serve its customers – and since then, it has developed new products, supplied technical and business support, and offered innovative solutions to customers in dozens of industries and markets across India and South Asia.
Katharine E Morgan has been promoted as new president of ASTM replacing James A Thomas. She was earlier the vice president of technical committee operations. Morgan came to ASTM in 1984 as a staff manager and soon assumed roles of increasing responsibility in standards development at ASTM, rising to her current post in 2007.
According to the Research and Markets´ new report ´Global Technical Textiles Market 2015-2019, high demand for nonwoven textiles is driving the growth of the overall market.
The 15th China (YIWU) International Exhibition on hosiery, knitting, dyeing & finishing machinery took place at the Yiwu International Expo Centre in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. From 19 to 22 November, the exhibition attracted a large number of visitors from the region, which is known as the distribution hub of hosiery and underwear.
In textile manufacturing, as in many other industrial fields, production speed is a decisive factor. But high production speed often means vibration problems due to rotating rolls and other machinery parts.