FIBER WORLD: Sustainable Alternative Plant Fibers for Textiles
WEBApr 15, 2021 — Orange fiber is created from citrus juice by-products that would otherwise be thrown away. In Italy alone, production of waste materials from orange peels exceeds 700,000 tons per year. Orange Fiber®, a 100-percent citrus textile manufactured by Italy-based Orange Fiber S.r.l., is lightweight, soft and silky.
2022 State Of The U.S. Textile Industry | Textile World
WEBJun 9, 2022 — U.S exports were also up compared to 2020. Exports of fibers, textiles and apparel were $28.4 billion in 2021, compared with $25.3 billion in 2020.2. Capital expenditures have remained strong. Investment in yarn, fabric, apparel and sewn product manufacturing in 2020 — the latest figure that we have — hit $1.85 billion.
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Dyeing & Finishing Technology Update - Textile World
WEBSep 30, 2020 — Sweden-based imogo AB is another newcomer to the dyeing industry with its Dye-Max spray dyeing technology. Imogo partnered with ACG Kinna, Sweden, to build the first Dye-Max line, and the technology made its debut at ITMA 2019. Imogo reports the Dye-Max reduces the use of fresh water, wastewater, energy and chemicals by as much as 90 percent compared to conventional jet-dyeing systems.
Automated Cutting & Sewing Developments - Textile World
WEBMar 26, 2020 — The labor dependent nature of cutting and sewing tasks make them expensive. Fabric cost and cut-and-sew labor are the two largest expenses in apparel manufacturing 2.Raw materials represent 50 to 70 percent of the total product cost 3, but compromises in quality and quantity of fabric directly influences the quality of a final product.Instead, the viable solution to reduce the fabric cost is ...
What’s Now And Next In Sustainable Textiles? | Textile World
WEBJul 27, 2023 — The World Bank estimates that almost 20 percent of global industrial water pollution comes from the textile industry. Water is used in scouring, bleaching, mercerizing, sizing and desizing, and also as a solvent for dyes and chemicals. These processes generate wastewater, which requires cleaning. Textile manufacturers now can invest in ...
Asahi Kasei Celebrates 90th Anniversary Of Bemberg™ Cupro Fiber …
WEBDec 14, 2021 — Ahead to the next century. In celebrating the 90th anniversary of its Bemberg business, Asahi Kasei is looking ahead to the next century by advancing efforts to improve the environment and provide solutions for society by implementing measures toward carbon neutrality by 2050, strengthening the traceability of raw materials, and developing technology to reduce the environmental burden across ...
New Developments In Fibers, Yarns & Fabrics | Textile World
WEBMay 27, 2020 — According to a new report from Grand View Research, the global textile market was valued at $925.3 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach approximately $1.2 trillion by 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 4.24 percent. Within this growth, the textile yarn market is estimated to be worth $12.6 …
Nonwovens: Current Trends & Opportunities - Textile World
WEBFeb 19, 2019 — By Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Technical Editor. While the nonwoven and textile industries share some common heritage, the nonwoven industry has grown to present a broad array of engineered-fiber and polymer-based products that are driven by high-speed, low-cost, innovative, value-added processes. The nonwoven industry created an ecosystem that is ...
Weaving Machine Developments - Textile World
WEBOct 14, 2021 — The Itematech A95002. The star of the weaving room continues to advance, offering added value and higher quality to finished products. TW Special Report. E ven though, in most cases, the weaving process is the same as it ever was — create a shed, insert the filling and beat up the pick — today’s weaving machines are highly technical instruments featuring numerous innovations that have ...