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Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Summer sportswear: providing cool comfort

Report summary

Summer sportswear represents one of the largest single categories of sporting goods - a market worth over US$315 billion worldwide.

Summer sportswear: providing cool comfort

Performance Apparel Markets: Product developments and innovations (Q2 2012)

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This report provides new information on the latest developments in: environmentally friendly yarns and finishing treatments for performance apparel; fibres and yarns for performance apparel; fabrics for performance apparel; fabrics for workwear; safety wear for cyclists; and sports apparel.

Performance Apparel Markets: Product developments and innovations (Q2 2012)

Cosmétotextiles at a Crossroads

The recent symposium on cosmétotextiles held at Interfilière Paris highlighted the growing success of these hybrid fabrics, as well as posing questions about their future.

A cosmetic textile is defined by the French Office for the Standardisation of Textile and Clothing Industries as “a textile article that contains a substance or a preparation that is intended to be released sustainably on to the different superficial parts of the human body, especially the skin, and which claim particular properties such as cleansing, perfume, change of appearance, protection, maintenance in good condition, or correction of body odours.”

Cosmétotextiles at a Crossroads

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Sir Chris Hoy in Hot Pants? Now there's a thought.

London

Sir Chris Hoy became Britain’s most successful Olympian last night, taking his sixth gold medal in the mens keirin event at the London Velodrome. The highly anticipated victory topped a fantastic day for Team GB who won four golds, taking their tally to 22 gold medals, three more than they won at  the Beijing games.

Sir Chris Hoy in Hot Pants? Now there’s a thought.

Sir Chris Hoy in Hot Pants? Now there's a thought.

London

Sir Chris Hoy became Britain’s most successful Olympian last night, taking his sixth gold medal in the mens keirin event at the London Velodrome. The highly anticipated victory topped a fantastic day for Team GB who won four golds, taking their tally to 22 gold medals, three more than they won at  the Beijing games.

Sir Chris Hoy in Hot Pants? Now there’s a thought.

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Global Technical Textiles Business Update (Q2 2012)

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This report provides a round-up of recent corporate developments in the global technical textiles sector, including acquisitions, business news, events, financial results, investments, joint ventures and market forecasts.

http://www.innovationintextiles.com/technical-textiles-reports/global-technical-textiles-business-update-q2-2012/

Technical Textile Markets: Product Developments and Innovations

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This report provides information on the latest developments in fabrics for technical textiles, fibres for technical textiles, finishing treatments, geosynthetics and textiles for medical devices. The report includes news from the following innovative companies and organisations: Agricel, Biomedical Structures (BMS), DSM, Lankhorst Ropes, National Nonwovens, Teijin Aramid, Teijin Techno Products, Texas A&M University, and Waseda University.

http://www.innovationintextiles.com/technical-textiles-reports/technical-textile-markets-product-developments-and-innovations/