This report provides information on the latest developments in additives, automotive nonwovens, composites, fabrics, fibres, finishes, hygiene textiles, medical textiles, polymers and recycling technologies. The report includes information and analysis relating to a number of innovative companies worldwide, including: Autoneum; Avient; Camira; Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF—German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf); Eastman; Microban International; Northwestern University; TechnoCarbon Technologies Temca Matériaux Composites (Temca); Texas A&M University; The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); and Woolchemy.
- SUMMARY
- ADDITIVES
- Avient has launched a fluorine-free stain-resistant concentrate additive for polyester fibres
- AUTOMOTIVE NONWOVENS
- Autoneum has launched a sound-absorbing polyester nonwoven for the interiors of commercial vehicles
- COMPOSITES
- A flax-fibre biocomposite developed by Bcomp and called ampliTex has been used by Temca in cladding produced for shading a building in France
- TechnoCarbon Technologies and the Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) have received an award for a new stone composite which absorbs carbon dioxide
- FABRICS
- Contract fabrics manufacturer Camira has launched an acoustically transparent fabric made from recycled polymer derived from plastic bottles
- FIBRES
- Eastman has launched Naia Renew environmentally sustainable insulation fibre for fill applications
- FINISHES
- Microban International has developed a groundbreaking anti-odour finish which can be applied to synthetic materials for textiles and apparel applications
- Texas A&M University is developing a single-step process for depositing a non-toxic flame retardant coating on to cotton textiles
- HYGIENE TEXTILES
- Woolchemy has released a white paper which assesses the performance of neweFlex, its new wool-based acquisition distribution layer for hygiene products
- MEDICAL TEXTILES
- Researchers at the Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) are developing medical textiles with long-lasting antimicrobial properties
- POLYMERS
- US researchers have developed a two-dimensional (2D) mechanically interlocked nanoscale polymer which is flexible and strong and can be incorporated into synthetic fibres
- RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a reference database of “molecular fingerprints” of textile fibres for use in the training of sorting-algorithms employed in textile recycling
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