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JB Martin Canada and Martintek Inc. become TEXONIC
March 8th, 2014
Nicolas Juillard, CEO and president of newly formed Texonic, recently announced the buyout of all assets of technical weavers J.B. Martin and Martintek Inc. effective Feb. 18, 2014. Juillard had worked with JB Martin since 1988, becoming president of JB Martin Canada and Martintek in 2004. Juillard and partner Gilles Desmarais, a long-time weaving, dyeing […]
PGI facility upgrade underway
March 8th, 2014
Charlotte, N.C.-based nonwovens manufacturer Polymer Group Inc. (PGI) is investing $8 million to upgrade and expand its manufacturing plant in Waynesboro, Va. The company will also hire up to 20 new employees and refurbish more than 20,000 square feet of the plant, upgrading and improving the facility with state-of-the-art equipment. The expenditure, along with last […]
Smart diapers keep track of baby’s well-being
March 8th, 2014
A new diaper product does quite a bit more than what diapers have always done. Smart Diapers by Pixie Scientific, N.Y., N.Y., monitor for signs of a health issue, such as a urinary tract infection, dehydration or developing kidney problem. Using a smart phone, a parent can scan the QR code patch on the front […]
Medical textile miracles
March 8th, 2014
The more we learn about the human body, the more amazed we are. A highly complex machine, it’s so efficient that it’s baffling. But as brilliant and resilient as our bodies are, they wear out, get sick or are injured. It is for times like these that medical research has come up with all sorts […]
Teams choose Swiftwick Cut-Resistant Hockey Socks this season
March 8th, 2014
Swiftwick, Brentwood, Tenn., a producer of athletic compression socks, is expanding its reach on the ice. More than a dozen National Hockey League teams, including the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings, are wearing Swiftwick’s Cut-Resistant Hockey Sock this season, as well as several American Hockey League, Canadian Hockey League and […]
Glowing reviews for students’ lighted textiles
March 8th, 2014
Five students from Sweden’s School of Textiles, University of Borås, lit up the Furniture Fair in Stockholm, Sweden, this February with their experiments demonstrating the integration of light in woven fabrics. “We want to show another way of working with textiles than the traditional piece goods,” says Joanna Vikström, one of the students. “This way […]
Fabdesigns debuts 4D knitting
March 8th, 2014
Fabdesigns Inc., Encino, Calif., has taken delivery of one of the first Stoll ADF3 machines in the U.S. The company says they have already been engineering and prototyping new, advanced integrated textiles using conductive fibers, vertical and horizontal inlay combinations, advanced spacer technology, integrated wiring and digitally distributed UHMWPE for protective gear and others. “With […]
Waterless dyeing facility opens in Taiwan
March 8th, 2014
In a milestone for the development of waterless dyeing using carbon dioxide (CO2), NIKE Inc. and its innovation partners recently came together to celebrate the opening of Far Eastern New Century Corp.’s new dyeing facility in Taiwan. The facility features the Supercritical CO2 technology invented by DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V. using recyclable carbon dioxide as […]