The Textile Resource for Specialty Fabrics and Product Innovation
December 11, 2019 
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TRENDS Take a look at some of the great innovations
from the 2019 Outdoor Retailer
Summer Market, June 18 - 20 in Denver featured in the FabricLink Network's Innovation Watch. Read More.
eTextilesCommunications - Leaders in the Textile & Apparel Industry supply chain look back at 2017 and share generally optimistic expectations for 2018.
Textile Exchange - Launches new micro site (aboutbiosynthetics.org) to demystify biosynthetics. In the future our clothes could be made from sugars, biomass and plant oils.
THE CUTTING EDGE - Innovative Fabric Developments for a New Outdoor Consumer- Driven by the 80 million Millennial consumers, along with the younger Gen-Z generation, born in the mid-90s and expected to reach 84.7 million by 2020, today's primary shopper groups have a See now—wear now buying attitude.
What's New in Comfort Activewear? A Lot! - Comfort remains one of the most important qualities for today's consumers. Feeling comfortable can also make the wearer feel more confident and lead to better performance.
SENSIL HEAT - A Sustainable Fiber Technology
Cordura Forever Knit Fabric
Cordura Fabrics - Long Lasting Sustainable Solutions
KYORENE - Graphene Based Technical Fibers
MMI Textiles
THERMETRICS
NILIT®'s Sensil Trend Book looks to 2020
Schoeller shows new styles from brand partners
Microban® introduces Scentry Revive®l
ECLAT offers 3D engineered jacquard leggings
CoolVisions® introduces Dyeable Polypropylene
Sympatex Fully Recyclable Polyester Membrane
Downlite Sustainable Insulations for the Outerwear Market
| Feel the Tech in Textiles for Winter Weather in Traveling Interactive Cold Room
The traveling installation will be offered globally, with upcoming dates and locations to be announced.
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| Wearable, washable textile devices are possible with MXene-coated yarns
A highly conductive, durable yarn can be created by coating standard cellulose-based yarns with a type of conductive two-dimensional material called MXene.
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| TORAY PRODUCES FIRST POROUS CARBON FIBRE
Toray Industries has produced the world’s first porous carbon fibre with a nanosized continuous pore structure.
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| Smart Clothing Market Worth $5.3 Billion by 2024 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™
The growth of this market is driven mainly by factors such as rising demand for monitoring bodily activities through the sensor, and increasing adoption of smart clothes for various end-user industries.
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| Pairing functionality and sustainability
Environmentally friendly materials and processes can add value to textiles.
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| Transparent ink offers security for textiles
The security code is only detectable by using a smartphone with the app installed and it is invisible on the fabric itself to the naked eye.
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