Protective Apparel
Defense Spending Drives Innovation At Techtextil 2026
Advanced textiles are entering a new phase of strategic importance as they address economic, environmental and security challenges. Protective wear emerged as the defining theme of the Techtextil 2026 exhibition …
Why Europe Needs Its Own Berry Amendment
Europe’s protective clothing and performance textile industries stand at a critical inflection point. From workwear and healthcare garments to military and civil-defence apparel, the sector is expanding rapidly under the …
Designer Prada in Space
New Textile Partnerships Forged in the Commercialization of Space For decades, the uncharted exploration of space was largely the domain of government-led organizations, most notably the USA’s NASA. Now, private …
Space Sportswear
The Final Frontier Has Never Been So Fashionable Space provides a very unique environment in which to build products with particular attributes that can’t be built terrestrially. The value is …
Out of this world smart wearables
Wireless Compose-2: A Wireless Communication Network with a Ballistocardiography Smart-Shirt Experiment in the ISS Columbus Module Evaluating the effects of the environment of space on the human cardiovascular system was …