by Millionaires | Jul 30, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The fibre, stripped from the trunks of the abaca tree, was used for saltwater-resistant ship ropes and Manila envelopes in the 19th century. Up to 30% of Japan’s banknotes are made of it and abaca yarn has been used in Mercedes-Benz cars. Fibre from a relative...
by Nikhil Shinde | Jul 12, 2020 | News & Insights, Technical Textiles & Non-Wovens, Textile Articles
The human society is facing tremendous challenges with respect to depleting fossil energy and increasing energy demands. In order to solve these issues, the construction of efficient and clean energy conversion and storage devices, such as wind turbines, photovoltaic...
by Millionaires | Jul 2, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Teijin Frontier, the Teijin group’s fibres and products converting company, has launched its new Solotex Eco-Hybrid high-stretch side-by-side (S/S) conjugated fibre. It is an eco-friendly plant-derived polymer with a chemically recycled polyester polymer, each...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jan 15, 2020 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
Animal fibres make up less than 7 percent of the total weight of textile fibres produced annually . In quantity , therefore , they represent a minor part of the world ‘ s fibre resources . But animal fibres...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 8, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
Dr N.N.Mahapatra C.Col FSDC ( UK),CText FTI ( Manchester ), FRSC ( UK ),FAIC(USA) Business Head(Dyes) SHREE PUSHKAR CHEMICALS & FERTILISERS LTD. (301-302, Atlanta Center, Near Udyog Bhawan, Sonawala Road, Goregaon (East ) Mumbai 400063....
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 13, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
LENZING AG Innovation in man-made cellulosic fibres is one of the essential corporate elements of Lenzing’s success. Hence we constantly search for novel applications for our existing fibre portfolio. Lenzing fibre products are part of the natural cellulose cycle. One...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
In textile industries people are confused about Tencel,Lyocell and Modal. Are they the same or different. People working at shop floor are not clear. All are regenerated cellulose like...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
The natural protein fibres, silk and wool possess so many attractive properties that they have always served as quality fibres in the textile industries. Similarly the natural plant fibres like cotton, flax, ramie etc., have established their own importance in the...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
Bamboo is a highly renewable grass and it has natural antibacterial properties resulting it be classified as eco-friendly. The process of manufacturing the Bamboo fibre though, cannot be termed as “environmental-friendly “. Since it involves multiphase bleaching...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
After nearly a hundred years of development, chemical synthetic fibers gradually matured in the 20th century. Despite the fact that chemical synthetic fibers (polyester, acrylic, nylon) of various features have become one of the major raw materials of the global...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
Fibres like cotton Linen have ruled the world since the start of civilization . As we speak about innovation and technology China with its large scale production has invented new fibres like Milk and Soybean .Though in the 1940’ s the...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 12, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
One major hazard that the synthetics pose to the environment is that many of them take more than five hundred years to decompose. On the other hand, most natural fibres are biodegradable and sustainable, provided that eco-friendly techniques are adopted at every stage...
