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This year’s Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress featured around 125 presentations on fiber innovation, recycling, circular economy, sustainability, nonwovens, technical textiles, sports and apparel. Photos courtesy of Dornbirn GFC

Fundamental Changes are Required to Support Circular Ideas For three days each year in September, Dornbirn in western Austria – one of the smartest cities in Europe – is the center of the textile world, with networking and cross-industry partnerships beginning to bear fruit. The fibers sector faces tough challenges in the years leading up …

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iStockphoto/Inna Kharlamova

Since COVID-19, manufacturing is receiving much needed attention as part of nations’ goals to have a good supply of life-saving materials, reviving their economy and generating highly skilled jobs. Funds have been budgeted in national budgets for infrastructure projects, defense materials, major R&D projects, and enhanced defense procurement. In all these initiatives, different forms and …

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BioHome3D was printed in four modules and assembled in half a day. Photo courtesy UMaine

Benefits at Both Ends of the Scale NatureWorks is continuously expanding its portfolio of Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA) materials which includes well-established grades for fibers and nonwovens, extrusion and injection molding, and increasingly those for 3D printing. Monofilaments made with Ingeo PLA have notable 3D printing characteristics such as precise detail, good adhesion to build …

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Black fabric made with 100% Infinna created out of 100% post-consumer textile waste. Photo courtesy Fanny Haga

With the Climate and Biodiversity Clocks Ticking, Scandinavian and Nordic Companies are Pioneering Innovation Toward Low-Impact, Circular Textile Production As fiber producers search for new ways to transition the textile industry away from petroleum-based raw materials, a lot of effort is taking place in Finland. Geographically a Nordic nation, but culturally Scandinavian, this northern European …

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Matt O’Sickey, Director of Education & Technical Affairs, INDA

INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry recently announced the appointment of Matt O’Sickey, Ph.D., as its new Director of Education & Technical Affairs. An accomplished market development, technology and product management executive, O’Sickey has more than 20 years of experience with Tredegar Film Products in the absorbent hygiene, food, and medical sectors. Most recently, …

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