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August 8, 2020 
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SENSIL HEAT - A Sustainable Fiber Technology
Cordura Forever Knit Fabric
Cordura Fabrics - Long Lasting Sustainable Solutions
KYORENE - Graphene Based Technical Fibers
MMI Textiles
THERMETRICS
NILIT®'s Sensil Trend Book looks to 2020
Schoeller shows new styles from brand partners
Microban® introduces Scentry Revive®l
ECLAT offers 3D engineered jacquard leggings
CoolVisions® introduces Dyeable Polypropylene
Sympatex Fully Recyclable Polyester Membrane
Downlite Sustainable Insulations for the Outerwear Market
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY FIGHTS COVID-19: The COVID-19 pandemic has still not reached its peak, and conditions are expected to worsen in the weeks ahead. Many in the textile/apparel industries have already provided their assistance in fighting the impact of the virus. Read More.
2020 TRENDS: Take a look at some of the new innovations from the 2020 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market + Snow Show, January 29 - 31, in Denver featured in the FabricLink Network's Innovation Watch. Read More.
Textile Exchange - Launches new micro site (aboutbiosynthetics.org) to demystify biosynthetics. In the future our clothes could be made from sugars, biomass and plant oils.
THE CUTTING EDGE - Innovative Fabric Developments for a New Outdoor Consumer- Driven by the 80 million Millennial consumers, along with the younger Gen-Z generation, born in the mid-90s and expected to reach 84.7 million by 2020, today's primary shopper groups have a See now – wear now buying attitude.
What's New in Comfort Activewear? A Lot! - Comfort remains one of the most important qualities for today's consumers. Feeling comfortable can also make the wearer feel more confident and lead to better performance.
| CONTINUOUS COMPOSITES IN US DESIGNS NEW REUSABLE MASK
The prototype can be sterilised and reused, and can be mass produced if the demand remains strong, according to a company press release.
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| ANDRITZ TO SHOWCASE NONWOVENS SOLUTIONS AT CINTE 2020
International technology group Andritz will showcase its innovative nonwovens production and textile solutions at CINTE 2020 in Shanghai during September 2-4, covering state-of-the-art nonwovens and textile production technologies.
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| AVGOL'S NATUREFIT FABRIC SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The new natureFIT suite of fabric solutions has been developed to reduce material impact for product designers, with a range of additional qualities that can be integrated into the material, including reducing resin use.
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| HAYDALE WORKING WITH IRPC ON GRAPHENE COATED FABRIC
The fabric has been shown to have antibacterial properties and will be further tested for antiviral pro
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| GERMAN BIONIC UNVEILS LATEST SMART POWER SUIT
Made of ultra-light carbon fibre, the fourth generation Cray X supports workers when lifting heavy loads of up to 28 kilograms by actively amplifying their movements and thus protecting the lower back from excessive strain.
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| HARVARD UNIVERSITY MAKES SOFT ROBOTS MORE USABLE
Scientists at Harvard University have developed Smart Thermally Actuating Textiles (STATs) that bring about pressure changes in soft robots by electrically controlling liquid-vapour phase changes, eliminating the need for pneumatic tethers.
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