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May 13, 2025 
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The 2025 PGA Show, one of the largest active sports tradeshows in the country, drew enthusiastic reviews from exhibiting textile manufacturers, brands, and attendees. Held at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, many are calling the January 21-24, 2025, event "the best ever"! Drawing over 33,000 golf enthusiasts from 94 countries and all 50 U.S. states, the Show was the largest in 15 years. With the total event space covering some 10 miles of Show aisles, the Show expanded its position in several categories: number of attendees; number of exhibitors; rise in new products/services introduced; and increased net booth space.
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FabricLink Network's The Textile Gateway, connects textile students to the Textile
Industry and provides outreach by educating younger students about textiles
and career paths.
FabricLink Network Panels Kickoff The Textile Gateway
The FabricLink Network held two panel discussions at the recent Functional Fabric Fair in Portland to kickoff it’s Textile Gateway program. The Textile Gateway will serve as a catalyst to promote and nurture a collaborative relationship between the industry and textile schools and to also develop an industry outreach program for students at all levels.
HEIQ - XReflect, thinner, lighter, warmer
Teflon - EcoElite
eVent - Waterproof Technology
CORDURA Forever Knit Fabric
MMI Textiles
MIT dataset helps predict biodegradable polyesters - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used machine learning to analyze a library of 642 polyesters and polycarbonates and predict how they biodegrade, based on their chemical structure and results from tests using the bacteria P. lemoignei.
The US is auditing chemicals that make your rain jacket waterproof. - Restrictions and full-out bans on the use of these chemicals are expected to follow the audit.
| Bristol's new space materials begin ISS durability tests
Designed to withstand the brutal conditions of space, these advanced carbon fibre-reinforced composites will undergo rigorous testing on the Bartolomeo platform, mounted at the ISS's front.
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| Canada's McMaster Engineering Lab conducts research on neck guards
Researchers at McMaster University's Injury Biomechanics Lab are enhancing hockey safety. They've partnered with Niko Apparel Systems to assess the AEGIS Impact Interceptor neck guard, designed for impact attenuation. Preliminary data shows it performs over 30 per cent better than major brands.
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| Washable Magnetic Textile Revolutionizes Smart Clothing
This technology extends beyond traditional uses, with applications such as textile-based keyboards or other interfaces that work underwater and in various weather conditions.
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| War-driven demand: How Protech Textiles shape global export markets
Protech Textiles are also used by police, defense personnel, and emergency service workers for health and fire safety; for outdoor activities like mountaineering and diving & are also used in everyday life through protective textiles made for homes.
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| Restricted Substances in Textile Processing: An Overview of Toxicity, Regulations & Risk Management
Regulatory frameworks have evolved to create guidelines and restricted substance lists. These lists help set standards for what chemicals can and cannot be used in textile processing, ensuring safer practices for workers, consumers and the environment.
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