Self-reinforced polymer composites (SRPC) consist of highly oriented reinforced polymer fibres and a low melting fraction of the same polymer family as matrix, write Marie-Isabel Popzyk, Sangeetha Ramaswamy, Volker Niebel, Thomas Gries, Linde De Vriese, Kristel Beckers and Lien Van der Schueren.

SPIDERweb, the basis module, is today the well-known and proven SPIDERweb system, writes Marcel Rengel. SPIDERweb of the latest generation is the only mill management system that collects, displays and analyses all relevant data from the spinning preparation to all four spinning systems as well as providing support.

Texas Tech University professor Seshadri Ramkumar has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 President’s Excellence in Commercialization Award. Ramkumar, a professor of technical textiles and countermeasures to chemical threats in Texas Tech’s Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to nonwoven materials.

European flax fibres and Chinese linen yarns are flooding the Indian market thanks to a spurt in consumers’ interest in linen products. Samuel Joseph reveals some emerging trends in the linen scenario. Linen is the coolest fabric material in the world, but its market is getting warmer day by day in India, thanks to a spurt in promotion mounted by the big names including Grasim, Raymond and many more small players.

The vibrant spinning industry of Indonesia is the perfect match for the USTER® TESTER 6. The world?s most advanced quality measuring system is the gateway to Total Testing, while the integrated Assistant Q support feature guides mills to the best quality and profitability choices for targeting high-end textile applications. Agansa Primatama demonstrated these benefits directly to the spinners at the Indo Intertex event.

What sets a spinner apart from the rest? The answer obviously is the absolutely consistent production of yarns of best quality, year after year. That’s exactly where TeraSpin comes in – in helping spinning mills to produce yarns of finest quality consistently with its high precision spinning components.

Classifault Trichord Flex is the new model of Keisokki Evenness tester. It has the following sensors which can run, all the same time: capacitive, optical, contamination for detecting and clearing of contamination and CV% sensor for monitoring CV% and IPM of yarn. All the four sensors can be incorporated onto your winding machine.

Many specialised yarns are gaining importance in recent times over conventional yarns, elaborates an ITJ exclusive feature. It was a trickle a decade ago, but now speciality yarns are flooding the market. Boom in fashion, fast growth of technical textiles and newly emerging areas like leisurewear and sportswear are fueling the growth of speciality yarns.

The efficiency of modern dyeing machines provides great advantages in terms of quality and cost effectiveness. Noseda engineers have developed a machine capable of reducing processing costs thanks to excellent reproducibility, quality and operating flexibility features.