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(Plasma coating processes for environmentally friendly textiles (Source: Empa)

Water-repellent fibers without PFAS

So-called highly cross-linked siloxanes are used. »

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Dr. Thorsten Störmer (Source: Güth & Wolf)

Interview with Thorsten Störmer, Güth & Wolf

Increasing challenges but also opportunities

Odor reduction on feathers and down with the help of HeiQ Fresh (Source: HeiQ)

Odor-neutralizing technology for feather and down products

Federico Pellegata, General Secretary of Cematex (Source: ACIMIT)

New General Secretary

News

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(Source: Stahl)

Fluorine-free protective finish

Expansion of production capacity in the USA

Suominen strengthens its capabilities in sustainable products.

Textile Exchange

Guidance for fashion industry's fossil fuel divestment

Investing in sustainable or recycled alternatives for synthetic materials.

Textile touch sensor developed through machine learning

Fabric-based sensor capable of controlling electronic devices.

Denim production with water-saving technology

Cutting down the quantity of required water by half.

Bringing bio-derived Lycra fiber made with Qira to market at scale (Source: They Lycra Company)

The Lycra Company

Bio-derived Lycra fiber available in 2025

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People

Ingeborg Herrmann (Source: Herrmann Ultraschall)

Herrmann Ultraschall

Company founder Ingeborg Herrmann died

Christoph Kowitz, Wacker Chemical Corporation’s new President & CEO (Source: Wacker)

New management for Wacker’s US subsidiary

(Source: INDA)

Lifetime Awards for 3 nonwovens industry professionals

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Panel discussion on new opportunities with AI (f-l-t-r: Olaf Schmidt Chloé Salmon Legagneur, Prof. Dr. Ingo Rollwagen, Elgar Straub (Source: dfv)

Editor's Digest

Techtextil 2024

Turning straw into gold: HighPerCell technology of the DITF (Source: dfv)

Techtextil 2024

The Robot Dog Spot from Boston Dynamics is controlled remotely with the help of smart gloves. (Sourced: TU Dresden)

Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2023

Prof. Dr. Mesut Cetin, Director of the ITA Augsburg, presented the Recycling Atelier Augsburg and the challenges and process of recycling of post-consumer textiles. The Atelier enables the path of textiles secondary raw materials back into high-quality products. ource: Mechthild Maas)

Hofer Vliesstofftage 2023

VTB-Textilpreis awarded for the first time. f.l.t.r.: Prof. Dr. Franz Ficker, Thomas Hühnel, Corinna Anzer, Veronika Trapp, Maria Theresa Dietrich, Dr. Philipp von Waldenfels (Source: Anita Güpping)

Hofer Vliesstofftage 2023

Interview

Matthias Eschler during the honoring at Techtextil 2024 (Source: dfv, MM)

Interview with Matthias Eschler

Exhibitors of the first hour

Dr. Andreas Raps, CEO of Freudenberg Performance Materials (Source: Freudenberg PM)

Interview with Andreas Raps, Freudenberg PM

Enhance innovation, agility, and efficiency

Stephan Sielaff, CEO of Lenzing AG (Source: Lenzing)

Interview with Stephan Sielaff, Lenzing

Paving the way to a more sustainable future

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voices from the industry

Technical Textiles 2/2024

New raw materials and technologies are the driving forces of innovation

Elgar Straub (Source: VDMA)

Melliand International 2/2024

Technology designs the future of textile processing

Michael Carus and Dr. Asta Partanen (Source: nova-Institute)

Man-Made Fibers International 1/2024

Sustainable textiles – a long way to go

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Techtextil

1st woven heart valve without postfabrication

Techtextil 2024

Sustainability as a driver of innovation

Innovation, research, an exchange of ideas and information, inspiration, and successful business transactions – these are the promises made by Techtextil from April 23-26, 2024, in Frankfurt/Germany. The latest developments in fibers and yarns, nonwovens, composites, coated textiles, technologies, etc., will be presented at Techtextil, in many cases for the first time in public.

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Trend Reports

(Source: MM, dfv)

Investing in change: sustainable and ethical fashion

Long-term development of the market segments (in kt) (Source: AVK)

Decline in the European composites market

(Source: Swissmem)

Innovations in recycled fiber technology

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Traceability

(Source: Hohenstein)

Original or fake? Sustainable or not?

Along the value chain in the textile and apparel industry traceability and anti-counterfeiting are becoming more and more important. It is not always just about consumers getting the right and genuine product. Product integrity throughout the textile chain is also important from a technical, sustainable and economic point of view.Find out a lot of different aspects about traceability.

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circularity

(Source: imago / Panthermedia)

Circular economy

How can we close the loop?

The textile industry is today one of the largest industrial polluters and accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions. Only 12% of all virgin textile fibers are recycled at present.
But many stakelholders in the textile value chain are working intensively on solutions for a path toward circularity.
Here you can find some examples…

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Man-Made Fibers International

Man-Made Fibers International is the English language technical publication for purchasing decision-makers and all areas of management in chemical fiber production facilities, and their suppliers (chemical fiber machinery and accessories manufacturers, dyestuff and auxiliary manufacturers) throughout the world. Special topics are: Fiber Raw Materials, Fibers/Yarns, Fiber Production, Texturing and Nonwovens as well as International Fiber Industry News and Management.

Technical Textiles / Technische Textilien

Technical Textiles / Technische Textilien is the leading bilingual (English/German) international trade journal for purchasing decision-makers and the entire management of manufacturers (including their suppliers) and users of technical textiles.

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