Textile Insight - November, 2009
Fiber Focus
A Round-Up Of The Latest Developments
New Trade Official Brings Some New Ideas to the Table It was good news for the U.S. textile and apparel industries when U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk recently named Gail Strickler as the new assistant United States Trade Representative for Te...
Sustainability Is Not An Option
Sustainability, transparency, and prompt action were the rallying cries at the Organic Exchange 6th annual sustainable apparel conference in Seattle, WA, last month attended by 242 key decision makers from 22 countries. Attendees discussed some of...
Paris Show Report: Interfiličre/Mode City
Second-skin fabrics, couture-inspired techniques and a celebration of archival lace and embroidery drove trends for intimate apparel and swimwear at the 16th edition of Interfiličre held in at Paris’ Porte de Versailles. The Eurovet organization d...
NC State’s Nonwovens Institute Researches ‘Durable’ Nonwovens
While nonwovens are currently viewed by many as only low-cost disposable materials, we believe in the near future nonwovens will be competitive in longer life products for graphics and banners, outdoor structures, performance apparel, and military ap...
Bamboo Unwrapped
Reports Cast Brown Tinge on a Green Textile.
A fast-growing, pest-free plant loaded with functionality that conjures images of cute pandas snacking on the yummy green shoots — what’s not to like about bamboo. Right? Well, actually, wrong. The latest research, along with recent federal enfor...
War of the West
In the LA textile show scene, competitors are caught in the crosshairs.
It was not uncommon to see unoccupied spaces and abandoned booths at the October textile shows in Los Angeles. Torrential rains kept attendees from GlobalTex, while Material World exhibitors confined to the basement lamented location, location, locat...
Outlook 2010
10 Top Trends Worth Watching in the Year Ahead
1. Business: Flexibility in Uncertain Times As this recession celebrates its second birthday this month, companies are trying to prepare for an uncertain future. If holiday sales are better than expected then perhaps the reins loosen and the econom...
Sustainability and the Supply Chain
Hemp Provides Advantages from Start to Finish
What the market needs today is innovation. Many recent innovations have been in sustainability, such as recycled or organic fibers. The problem with this type of innovation is that it doesn’t really provide the market with something new that the cust...
Textile Suppliers Examine the Health and Medical Markets
Cupron products are broad spectrum and not negative to human health. The product has a long life and is sensitive to the issue of pollution. Copper works against bacteria, fungus and viruses.
With concerns heightened daily about the HINI virus, following on the heels of last year’s MRSA infection scare, consumers and textiles alike, are becoming increasingly medically minded. Staying healthy used to be a matter of simply keeping fit, and ...
DDCLAB: Inspiration from the Unlikeliest Sources
Cutting Edge Designs and Ideas for Emerging Technologies
Backdrop: DDCLAB was formed in 1992 as a design studio with clients that included Gap, Reebok and DuPont. “We would go to DuPont’s lab rooms and tell them how to make things sellable,” says Roberto Crivello, who co-founded the company with Savania Da...
The New Normal
Businesses Hit The Reset Button
I really didn’t need new socks. But here I was in the local Kohl’s department store killing some time while my son was next door with his football teammates having a light Saturday afternoon snack at the all-you-can-eat China Buffet restaurant. Wand...
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