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May 23, 2019 
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The Los Angeles International Textile Show for spring/summer 2019, which ran March 5 - 7th, celebrated its 25th Anniversary by showcasing a variety of fabrics, including interesting applications for the home fashions market. The FabricLink Network highlights several of the important home dècor color and fabric trends, and reviews some of the companies exhibiting fabrics for home dècor, upholstery and window applications.
TRENDS Visiting ORSS? Or maybe need
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from the 2018 Outdoor Retailer
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HOME FURNISHINGS A forest in fabric: he Sunbrella Canopy was created using thousands of interlocking embroidery hoops tied together and fitted with the fabric. The exhibit invited visitors to walk through and immerse themselves in a world of color, sounds and senses. Read More.
HOME FURNISHINGS AATCC conference examines new textile developments. It was the largest gathering in ten years with 280 attendees. This year’s conference featured a number of innovations spanning dye chemistry, sustainable dye colors, use of nanotechnology in building advanced products using nanocellulose, and designing fashion and activewear garments. Read More.
| LENZING LAUNCHES ECO CYCLE TECHNOLOGY WITH VEOCEL BRAND
The technology involves the upcycling of a substantial proportion of pre-consumer cotton scraps, from garment production, and mixing with sustainably sourced wood pulp, to produce pure new virgin Veocel branded lyocell fibres for nonwoven applications.
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| COVESTRO'S IMPRANIL DLN-SD ENSURES SUSTAINABILITY
Covestro has introduced Impranil DLN-SD, a water-based polyurethane (PU) dispersion, which can be used to manufacture biodegradable textile coatings.
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| USTER TO SHOW EVS FABRIC INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT TECHTEXTIL
The system’s ability to capture any visible fabric faults – with a proven and consistently high rate of defect detection – and its optimized fabric grading makes accurate automatic quality control an integral part of manufacturing.
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| SCHOELLER'S NANOSPHERE PLUS PROTECTS AGAINST GREASY STAINS
The special effect of this new development is its protection against fingerprints and greasy stains. Even after being absorbed by the fabric, stains are quickly and easily wiped away without washing.
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| SOUND SEAL INTRODUCES SOUND QUALITY PAB AND THEATER BOARD
Theater Board is a sound absorptive board that provides excellent acoustic performance by reducing reverberation. Tiles are made from lightweight, black-dyed acoustic fiberglass board and finished with a matte black fiberglass fabric.
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