According to leading warp knitting machine builder Karl Mayer, warp-knitted spacer fabrics are functional, versatile materials, whose appearance is increasingly setting the scene in their various end-use sectors.
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Statistics: Fibre Consumption for Technical Textiles in Japan
Report summary
This report includes statistical data and analysis of the Japanese man-made fibre and technical textile industry under the following headings: man-made fibre production and consumption; man-made fibre consumption for technical applications; and production of technical textiles. It also includes an outlook for the Japanese technical textile industry, and contains a wealth of recently released data for 2011.
Statistics: Fibre Consumption for Technical Textiles in Japan
Monday, 21 May 2012
New tests for acoustic and aeroacoustic properties of textiles
Boennigheim
Hohenstein scientists led by Dr. Jan Beringer, in conjunction with Hochschule Reutlingen and Rökona Textilwerk GmbH in Tübingen, have developed innovative test methods to investigate the acoustic and aeroacoustic properties of textile materials.
New tests for acoustic and aeroacoustic properties of textiles
Spacer fabric used in cooling ballistics vest
Switzerland
Engineers at EMPA, the Swiss research and development organisation, have developed a bullet proof vest with built in ‘air conditioning’ incorporating a novel warp knitted spacer fabric with cooling properties.
Friday, 18 May 2012
Welcome to the new Knitting Industry website
The long awaited re-launch of the leading free content website for the knitting and hosiery industries is here at last. This month brings the highly anticipated re-launch of www.knittingindustry.com , which offers readers even greater benefits than before.
Welcome to the new Knitting Industry website
The long awaited re-launch of the leading free content website for the knitting and hosiery industries is here at last. This month brings the highly anticipated re-launch of www.knittingindustry.com , which offers readers even greater benefits than before.
Welcome to the new Knitting Industry website
The long awaited re-launch of the leading free content website for the knitting and hosiery industries is here at last. This month brings the highly anticipated re-launch of www.knittingindustry.com , which offers readers even greater benefits than before.
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