Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel has launched a competition for fashion and design colleges in Europe under the motto “Fashioning Sustainability”.

Beaulieu Yarns, the global supplier of high-quality synthetic polyamide and polypropylene yarns, now offers sustainable versions of all its polyamide (PA6) yarns for carpets for residential and commercial use, including automotive. The EqoBalance® family of “biomass-balance” yarns was launched at Domotex 2018.

Huntsman Corporation has announced that the Patent Re-examination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office, China (PRB) upheld Huntsman’s Chinese Patents Nos. ZL00106403.7 and ZL200480003051.4.

Saltigo GmbH, a subsidiary of speciality chemicals company LANXESS, presented its comprehensive expertise and longstanding experience as a reliable custom manufacturing service provider and producer of multi-customer products at Chemspec India 2018, which was held in Mumbai recently.

Saltigo GmbH, a subsidiary of speciality chemicals company LANXESS, presented its comprehensive expertise and longstanding experience as a reliable custom manufacturing service provider and producer of multi-customer products at Chemspec India 2018, which was held in Mumbai recently

Archroma, a global leader in color and speciality chemicals, and Montega Srl, Italy, (Montega) announce a collaboration aimed at supporting the fast-growing garment and apparel industry in Pakistan, particularly in the denim segment. The joint efforts will focus on fostering excellence in the finishing of textile garments.

Scaled-up process enables the production of knitted wearable textiles. A different approach has been adopted by researchers at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Geelong, Australia-based Deakin University to produce strain sensing smart textiles.

The importance of marketing and branding kidswear was underlined by Avinash Mayekar, MD of Suvin Advisors at the Children & Baby Maternity Expo 2018 (CBME 2018), which witnessed a grand opening in the presence of renowned film actress Esha Deol recently in Mumbai. The day followed with overwhelming visitor response and also witnessed a remarkable conference, Fashion N Kids conclave in the second half. The conclave was conceptualised by Suvin Advisors, knowledge partner for the event. It served as a platform to address key issues faced by the kidswear and textile baby products segment. It provided a platform to entire value chain in kid’s textile segment for knowledge sharing on latest developments and provided expert opinions on the future of kid’s textile segment.

Scaled-up process enables the production of knitted wearable textiles. A different approach has been adopted by researchers at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Geelong, Australia-based Deakin University to produce strain sensing smart textiles.

A few disadvantages so far, regarding wearable textiles are scalability for mass production, acceptable cost, durability and washability.