Technical Textiles

Textiles – progress in the making
It was very apparent at this year’s combined Techtextil, Texprocess and one-time-only Heimtextil Summer Special shows which were held in Frankfurt, Germany, from June 21-24, that European legislation is currently …

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. …

Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas gearing up for event in Atlanta
The largest technical textiles, nonwovens, machinery, sewn products and equipment trade show in the Americas is taking place May 17-19, 2022, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. …

Techtextil North America returns to Raleigh
Techtextil North America first brought its annual show for the technical textile industry to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2019. Presenting the event in the heart of the American textile industry …

How infrared technology is revolutionizing performance textiles
Humanity has long been able to conceptualize fitness, quantifying everything from strength and endurance to flexibility and agility. About 40 to 50 years ago, however, attention turned to the nutritional …