8 December 2011, Italy
Aquafil, a leading producer of Nylon 6 yarns and Carvico a leading manufacturer of warp-knitted stretch fabrics, have formed a joint venture company XLAnce Fibre Italia which will manufacture and market the XLA polyolefin stretch fibre.
7 December 2011, Dormagen
Coatema Coating Machinery was given the Technical Development Manufacturing Award for its Smartcoater technology by IDTechX at the recent Printed Electronics USA. The award recognizes the ‘‘most significant development of a manufacturing device in the industry over the last 24 months’’.
December 2011, Nottingham
The Centre for Research in Advanced Textiles (CReATe) at Nottingham Trent University has an ambitious development strategy which allows it to offer an exciting opportunity for a PhD Studentship, starting in January 2012. The studentships will pay UK/EU fees and provide a maintenance stipend linked to the RCUK rate (£13,590 per annum for 2011/12) for up to four years.
PhD Studentship in development of textiles with fully embedded electronics
December 2011, Nottingham
The Centre for Research in Advanced Textiles (CReATe) at Nottingham Trent University has an ambitious development strategy which allows it to offer an exciting opportunity for a PhD Studentship, starting in January 2012. The studentships will pay UK/EU fees and provide a maintenance stipend linked to the RCUK rate (£13,590 per annum for 2011/12) for up to four years.
PhD Studentship in development of textiles with fully embedded electronics
7 December 2011, Albstadt
Groz-Beckert has launched an iPad app called myGrozBeckert for weaving, knitting, felting, tufting and sewing, which it says will keep textile manufacturers up to date on the company’s product range and provide them with a set of useful conversion and calculation tools.
7 December 2011, Albstadt
Groz-Beckert has launched a new app for for the iPad called myGrozBeckert for knitters, which the German company says is a simple and comfortable way to access comprehensive information on everything to do with Groz-Beckert.
5 December 2011, Migdal Haemek
Nilit announced its new trend concepts for bodywear and active-sportswear for Fall-Winter 2013-2014 today, which will be presented in the Nilit Bodyfashion Trendbook.
