Author: Texman

G. STYLIOS, DANYING Research Institute for Flexiblematerials (RIFleX), Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK A collection of high fashion [...]

Development of Piezoresistive Fibre Sensors, Based on Carbon-thermoplastic Elastomer Compounds, for Textile Application

F. CLEMENS1, B. KOLL(1), T. GRAULE(1), T. WATRAS(1), (2), M. BINKOWSKI(2) (1)Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology, [...]

All-Tex Recyclers in Cloughmills, Ireland

It’s only 12 short months since All-Tex Recyclers embarked in a strategic business decision to relocate to the village of Cloughmills and since then h [...]

Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Recycling Business

Jay Katari is planning to open new thrift stores across the U.S. as part of a major effort to transform the recycling industry and keep used clothing, [...]

Shaw Industries, a Dalton, Ga.-based carpet manufacturer

Shaw winner of four awards from the CalRecycle waste reduction awards program recognizing waste-to-landfill reduction programs. Shaw recovers used ca [...]

TA Research Journey to Textile Structured Solar Cells (Part 1. Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells)

Prof. Sung Hoon Jeong Dept. of Organic & Nano Engineering Hanyang University, Korea Abstract It is already well known that there are numerou [...]

Dirt Trapping Mat Industry in Europe

Sustainability is becoming increasingly important in the textiles supply chain. Since Texcare 2012 (Frankfurt/Main) it is stretching out its fingers i [...]

2BFUNTEX: A New Coordination Action to Boost the Collaboration Between Research and Industry to Enhance Rapid Industrial Uptake of Innovative Functional Textiles

Prof. Paul Kiekens Ghent University - Department of Textiles Technologiepark 907, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium Abstract 2BFUNTEX is a European C [...]

Multifunctional Composite Nanofibres New Frontier in Textile Materials

Prof. Frank Ko Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory Department of Materials Engineering University of British Columbia Abstract [...]

Wearable Obstacle Avoidance System Integrated with Conductive Yarns for Visually Impaired People