![PolyIC GmbH & Co KG’s Human Machine Interface (HMI) interface panels bring together layers of responsive functionality for the transport market. Images showing front view (above) and reverse (right). Marie O’Mahony](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_022023_feh-fibers_IMG_0920-335x186.jpg)
Fibers for FHE
Driving Forces of Flexible Hybrid Electronics The global smart textile market estimated to be worth $2.82 billion in 2022 and projected to rise to $17.94 billion by 2031, showing a growth rate of 22.8% CAGR over the forecast period according to a report by Straits Research. Fibers in this field have two related but distinct …
![TWINE offers an inkjet color process for thread or yarn that is waterless and allows for only the quantity required to be dyed, reducing waste. Photo courtesy Marie O’Mahony](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_062022_sustainability_twine-2-335x186.jpg)
Emerging Common-Sense Sustainability
Sustainability has been a dominant, if not the dominant presence in fiber and yarn developments throughout 2022 and shows no signs of abating in the near future. Manufacturers have, in the past, shown hesitancy to promote their environmental progress, often because of a wariness of being taken to task for not being fully circular, or …
![The sensoric yarn developed by DITF allows for precision locating within a single yarn giving greater flexibility to how sensor yarns are integrated as it eliminates the need for multiple sensors and a grid format. Photo courtesy of DITF](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_042022_smartyarn_07-DITF_wrapped_sensor_Yarn2-1080x608-1-335x186.jpeg)
Smart yarns for health and wellbeing
In the last five years, smart yarn technology has gone from being an enabler of smart materials to being the carrier – and the dispenser – of intelligence in wearables. And, nowhere more so than in the health and wellness sector. This is certainly a boon for yarn manufacturers, but it is also a time …