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INDA’s Pillars of Sustainability Take Center Stage in Nonwovens

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Wearables & Healthcare

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A Shared Vision – Driven Towards a Collaborative Approach in the Value Chain

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Sustainability takes center stage in nonwovens.

Emerging Trends. Empowering Innovation. Enhancing Knowledge. Sustainability remains one of the most discussed topics, and biggest challenges, within the nonwovens industry. The topic is a significant component of every conference, committee meeting, leadership event and a driver of much of the industry’s investment and innovation – as it should be. The nonwovens industry, like many …

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Professor Jeanne Tan's work with Polymeric Optical Fiber (POF) investigates the potential for surface pattern and texture in e-textiles. Photo courtesy Marie O'Mahony

Materiality is rising to the forefront in some of the latest research and development in wearables for healthcare applications. The Wearables Collective symposium co-hosted by the Royal College of Art and UC Davis held in March 2024 highlighted this, looking at the motivations and case studies across North America, Europe and Asia. A number of …

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Women Safety PPE Panel – Second from Left: Dr. Cassandra Kwon, Research Assistant Professor at Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, Melissa Dixon, Director of Product Management at National Safety Apparel, and Kelly Franko, Founder & President at Seraphina Safety Apparel & MFG. Photo courtesy of Vickie Smead

Techtextil North America 2024 Offered Insights on Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities within the Industry Techtextil North America 2024 (TTNA), August 20-22 in Raleigh, North Carolina included a full slate of symposium and “on-the-floor” tech talks. The nonwoven portion was led by Dr. Raoul Farer of the Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University. Raoul presented …

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IDEKO Research Center will perform 3D measurements to assist in the development of material models. The primary technology employed, will be 3D absolute scanning, using the laser triangulation principle to generate a dense cloud of points. Photo courtesy of Ideko

Testing New Manufacturing Processes for Composites Reinforced with Natural Fibers and Biological Resins The utilization of biological materials as reinforcement in the development of industrial composites emerges as a potential, more economical and sustainable alternative to replace synthetic components like carbon fiber or glass fiber. However, the use of biocomposites also presents technical challenges in …

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Airbus helicopter with biocarbon

Exploring New Entry and Exit Routes for Carbon Fiber Composites Despite its currently unmatchable benefits in enabling the production of lightweight parts that are exceptionally strong and have been critical to reducing emissions in numerous end-use applications – most significantly the aerospace industry – carbon fiber remains based on oil-based raw materials and is extremely …

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