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Nanocomposites: Self-disinfecting Fabrics
Crescoating Infuses Textiles with Antimicrobial Properties That Don’t Wash Out The paradox of hospitalization is that the very places patients go to improve their health can make them sick. Healthcare-associated …
2022 Dampened by Economic Challenges
The Fabric Year 2022 is a unique service as the result of joining forces between Groz-Beckert and The Fiber Year to combine the upstream spinning industry with fabric making stage …
Emerging Common-Sense Sustainability
Sustainability has been a dominant, if not the dominant presence in fiber and yarn developments throughout 2022 and shows no signs of abating in the near future. Manufacturers have, in …
Nonwoven Wipe Innovation for Global Security
Recent work by the U. S. Army has shown that FiberTect wipe can decontaminate biological toxin spores as well. With heightened political tensions in some regions of the world, high-tech …
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 …