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Commercializing Smart Textiles – Challenges and Opportunities

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Sofia Guridi’s bio-based pressure sensor appears on the center page in E-Stitches Zine. Photo courtesy Marie O’Mahony

Held in late 2024, E-Textiles: International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations, and Applications in Electronic Textiles, was hosted by the E-Textiles Network, and brought together many of the discussion …

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The Hygienix 2024 Conference, held in Nashville, TN included thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts who sought to provide specifics on how and where to bring solutions to the future generation of consumers.

Hygienix 2024 Focused on Tailored Product Markets and Sustainable Options The hygiene industry’s biggest challenge is achieving sustainability and market growth through innovative thinking. From period care to infant diapers …

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Mewalii hemp femcare pads

Who Are We Developing For? Innovation in the period product category has experienced a boost in recent years as part of the growing interest in women’s health products. The “Big …

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The opening night party at AT EXPO 2024 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Photo courtesy pf Mark Skalny Photography

The Advanced Textiles EXPO is held in different North American cities each year, spanning both coasts and a sprinkling of key cities inland. The selection is driven by a combination …

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Senay Simsek, head of the Department of Food Science and the Dean’s Chair in Food Science at Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, leads a team developing patent-pending, superabsorbent materials from cellulose extracted from hemp and refined through a sequence of treatments. Photo courtesy Tom Campbell/Purdue Agricultural Communications

Natural Fibers Are Continuing to Make Inroads Into a Sector Dominated by Man-Made Fibers With increasing concerns over their environmental impact, medical textiles from natural renewable resources such as natural …

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