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May 27, 2022 
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Team USA Blanket Throw for the 2022 US Olympic and Paralympic Teams.
The PGA Show has always been an important connection for the golf industry and PGA members to source new products, learn new business strategies, and build relationships with manufacturers and other industry leaders. This year’s 69th edition of the PGA Show, which ran from January 25-28, in Orlando, Florida, was extra special, since it was the first opportunity to personally reconnect after the two-year-long pandemic hiatus. “While the PGA Show transformed this year under the challenges of COVID,” said PGA Golf Exhibitions VP, Marc Simon. “It became a bridge to help many in the industry drive their business forward in 2022 and beyond.”
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2022 TRENDS: Take a look at some of the new innovations from the 2021 Outdoor Retailer Sumer Market, August 10 - 11, in Denver featured in the FabricLink Network's Innovation Watch. Read More.
APPAREL Eco-aware Swedish sportswear brand Houdini has a trick up its sleeve with edible clothing. The biodegradable garments were composted and turned into soil and fertilizer for growing vegetables. Read More.
TECHNICAL TEXTILES North Sails has established dominance in the world of sailmaking, and are now using that same dedication to innovation, smart design and passion to lifestyle clothing.Today'sNorth Sails is bring their lifestyle clothing to a global stage. Read More.
| New fibers can make breath-regulating garments
“Robotic” textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and potentially help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.
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| Seaweed, Edible Plastic Packaging Substitute That ‘Disappears’ After Single Use
A London-based startup, Notpla, is creating a new form of sustainable plastic that has the potential to replace single-use packaging...and it's edible too!
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| UK'S PARAVIR DEVELOPS ANTI-MICROBIAL FOR HEALTHCARE
UK’s Paravir has developed a novel, IP-protected, composite material using readily available dry powders impregnated into off-the-shelf, nonwoven material. Recent testing confirmed the destruction of 99.99 per cent of the microbial population in under 20 minutes.
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| SCIENTISTS UNCOVER THE SECRETS OF A PLASTIC-DESTROYING ENZYME
Chemists unlock the secrets of a plastic-eating bacterium, hoping to harness them for good.
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| 5 Unlikely Materials That Are Innovating Garment Textiles
Here are some of the most exciting, unlikely materials that are revolutionising garment textiles.
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