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TTNA Highlights Innovation for a Circular Economy

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Functional Advanced Textiles: Way Forward

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Brave New World of E-Textiles: Automotive, Robotics and Beyond

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The Techtextil Symposium was well-attended, highlighting functional fabrics, circular economy, medical textiles, aerospace and defense applications and nonwovens. Photo courtesy Caryn Smith

Techtextil 2023 Provide Platform for Companies to Attract the Sustainably Minded Market-leading innovations from over 350 exhibitors from 30 countries combined with thousands of attendees gathered for Techtextil North America …

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Functional textiles that provide added applications and at the same time support sustainability is the way forward for the sector. Photo: iStock/Handatko

What is the next phase for the advanced textiles sector? Functional textiles that provide added applications and at the same time support sustainability is the way forward for the sector. …

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A new roll-up shade demonstrator was developed by Covestro and Loomia Technologies, showcasing the integration of lighting and heating into the shade. This idea is more relevant now, considering the rapid adoption of electric vehicles. Since you will no longer have an internal combustion engine to generate heat, smart surfaces will be needed to bring comfort into the interior. Photo courtesy Loomia/Convestro

When I first entered the smart textiles industry, there was little knowledge of electronic textiles (e-textiles). People had this skeptical kind of curiosity, like they were something out of a …

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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

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 …

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EnviroKlenz Mobile Air System at-home filtration; and EnviroKlenz’s HVAC Filter. EnviroKlenz is the brand from Timilon Corporation who manufactures high surface area micron and submicron powders, mostly metaloxides that can be incorporated with fibrous substrates. EnviroKlenz

Manipulating materials and functionalization at the bottom of the size scale are two important tools that the textiles sector has at its disposal to develop advanced textiles. For six decades, …

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