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BIOCarbon Fiber Takes Flight

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Fiber in the Driver’s Seat

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Wipes Leaders Advanced Their Business at the 2024 World of Wipes® International Conference

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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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As part of its sustainability strategy, Volkswagen is increasing the use of recycled materials in the ID family. Photo courtesy of Volkswagen

Textiles Ensure Safety, Performance, Comfort and Reliability in Transportation Transportation, which includes the automotive, aerospace, railways and marine sectors, represents one of the largest markets for technical textiles, with fibers used in significant volumes for a wide range of end uses. Fabrics for transport are subjected to a range of environmental conditions, including abrasion and …

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WOW 2024

Rockline Industries Wins the World of Wipes Innovation Award® INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced that wipes leaders across the supply chain convened for new connections, intelligence, sustainability strategies, and business at the World of Wipes® (WOW) International Conference, June 17-20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The winner of the World of Wipes Innovation …

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Figure 2: Some applications of electronical textiles.

Development of Electrically Conductive Polyester Yarn by Surface Modification for Smart and Technical Textiles Until textiles take their place in our lives, it involves many complex and long processes such as fiber and fabric production, finishing processes, sales and marketing (Figure 1). Textile structures, which were first developed to meet the dressing needs of people, …

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ASSIST’s flexible thermoelectric generator (TEG) with rigid thermoelectric pellets and liquid metal interconnects provides a flexible TEG suited to wearables. Photo courtesy ASSIST, NCState University

Wearables & E-Textile Concepts Advance with Compelling Research & Development Wearables are creating a demand for more sustainable and efficient energy, with energy harvesting high on the interest list. As functionalities increase, so does the demand for power. From the user’s point of view, this needs to be matched by invisibility in that the technology …

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