The Industry Resource for Specialty Textiles and Product Information
May 22, 2018 
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TRENDS Take a look at some of the great innovations
from the 2018 Outdoor Retailer
Snow Show January 25-28 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.
Sympatex Introduces New Fabrics
Sympatex Fully Recyclable Polyester Membrane
Sorona Announces a Full Soution for Outer Shell
New Du Pont Sorona Insulation with an Even Better Environmental Footprint
eVent Lightweight Breathable Membranes for Footwear
drirelease Introduces Geo cool Active Technology for Polyester Fabric
Downlite's Sustainable Practices
Downlite Sustainable Insulations for the Outerwear Market
| TissueGen discusses use of drug-loaded fibres
These drug-loaded fibres may result in faster healing, improved patient compliance and lower negative outcomes at lower cost.
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| Shoe is made with yarn derived from castor oil
The yarn is reported as suitable for all textile applications, particularly sportswear. The yarn is light, very stretchy, breathable, quick drying, and offers natural thermal and bacteriostatic properties.
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| Could yak wool be the new cashmere?
Mongolia is a leading supplier of cashmere, which is made from goat hair. But goats' destructive grazing habits are damaging the country's land.
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| Textiles in hybrids
Manufacturers are finding new ways to enhance product performance with textiles.
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| Freudenberg runs Fashioning Sustainability design competition for colleges
Twenty-five fashion and design colleges from Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Poland and Spain are taking part in the competition.
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| What is a textile?
How about films, plastics, 3D printed material that would generally be a sewn textile, biodegradable textiles made from non-food agricultural products such as milk waste or corn?
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