ITA’s cellulose aerogels go Into space
Many people dream about sending a rocket into space. Together with the German Aerospace Center or DLR, and the RWTH Aachen Institute of Textile Engineering, ITA for short, five RWTH …
Worldwide protective products adds Dyneema Diamond Technology in spun yarn form to protective gloves portfolio
Worldwide Protective Products and DSM Dyneema announced in October a completion of a technology licensing agreement enabling Worldwide to bring to market protective work gloves made with Dyneema® Diamond Technology, …
Huntsman Textile Effects commemorates 50th anniversary of its Mexico manufacturing facility
Atotonilquillo, Mexico and Singapore — Huntsman Textile Effect is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its primary manufacturing facility in the Americas. The plant in Atotonilquillo, Mexico is one of Textile …
WinFors – special winder for delicate materials ensures stable processes
By Susanne Beyer and Harald Müller, Oerlikon Barmag
With the new WinFors reversing winder, Oerlikon Barmag is expanding its family of winders to include a new member. The specialist for especially delicate yarns reveals its potential in particular when winding materials such as microfilaments, mother yarn, airbag yarns and seatbelt yarns.
Gelest biosafe antimicrobial technology: protecting textiles safely
By Donald Wagner and Joel Zazyczny, Gelest, Inc.
BIOSAFE® is a new silicon-based antimicrobial from Gelest, Inc. Its novel activity imparts long lasting bacteriostatic, fungistatic and algistatic properties to substrates, such as textiles, preventing deterioration and discoloration caused by fungi.