The Textile Resource for Specialty Fabrics and Product Innovation
April 19, 2019 
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TRENDS Take a look at some of the great innovations
from the 2019 Outdoor Retailer
Snow Show Jan 30 - Feb 1 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.
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
| These are the best global destinations for interior design inspiration in 2019
Vivid Travel provides its recommendations for 2019’s top destinations and markets offering all budding authentic interior designers with inspiration.
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| NEW APPAREL BRANDS ADOPT PRIMALOFT CROSS CORE TECHNOLOGY
PrimaLoft announced 30 new brand partners have adopted PrimaLoft Cross Core technology and debuted three iterations. The Cross Core platform fuses existing PrimaLoft fibers with next-generation materials.
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| LENZING LAUNCHES ECO CYCLE TECHNOLOGY WITH VEOCEL BRAND
The technology involves the upcycling of a substantial proportion of pre-consumer cotton scraps, from garment production, and mixing with sustainably sourced wood pulp, to produce pure new virgin Veocel branded lyocell fibres for nonwoven applications.
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| COVESTRO'S IMPRANIL DLN-SD ENSURES SUSTAINABILITY
Covestro has introduced Impranil DLN-SD, a water-based polyurethane (PU) dispersion, which can be used to manufacture biodegradable textile coatings.
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| SCIENTIST SUGGESTS USING SILK FIBRES IN COMPOSITES TO REPLACE STEEL.
Research indicates silk fibres can make composites more resilient to impact and stress. This implies creating load-bearing composites that could replace much of the steel used in cars and other manufactured goods is possible.
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| NEW THERAPEDIC BRRR BED SHEETS OFFER BETTER SLEEP
The sheets use technology that combines the power of natural cooling minerals, active wicking and rapid drying to create a ‘triple chill effect’. The effect instantly and continuously draws heat and moisture away from the body
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