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Forum: FASHION Topic: Lessons from fashion's free culture |
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:23 pm
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Forum: ELASTOMERS Topic: New Medical Elastomers for Tubing Perform like PVC |
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:12 pm
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After Gamma Irradiation and Accelerated Aging, Clear Medalist® MD-500 Series Compounds Exhibit Substantially Less Color Shift, Even When Compared with Typical Gamma-Stable PVC ANAHEIM, CA, U.S.A., February 9, 2010: A series of advanced medical-grade elastomers provide the first fully practical alter... |
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Forum: TEXTILE NEWS Topic: Nanofibers Turn Movement into Electricity |
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:00 am
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Walking to class may not be such an energy drain in the near future, according to UC Berkeley researchers who are developing "nanogenerators" that may eventually power small electronic devices by utilizing body movements. In a study published Feb. 10 in the journal Nano Letters, an interna... |
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Forum: FASHION Topic: Designers Take Refuge in Warmer Fabrics |
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:02 pm
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This winter's unexpectedly cold weather has done more than raise (mistaken) doubts about global warming in some corners. It appears to have inspired several New York designers to turn back to heavier, warmer fabrics for the collections they plan to sell in the fall. Tweed, mohair and wool flannel ar... |
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Forum: TEXTILE NEWS Topic: Gadgets -Fabric Batteries, LEDs, the Latest in fashion |
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:00 pm
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Looking for the latest in “high tech” fashion? How about garments which also serve as batteries for powering up your mobile gadgets? According to an article on PC World “Stanford University researchers have developed a way to effectively make batteries out of fabric. The method used is similar to th... |
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Forum: TEXTILE NEWS Topic: Britain's textile industry helped the birth of Toyota |
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:58 pm
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The money came from the sale of a piece of advanced technology linked to the textile industry rather than the internal combustion engine. Platt Brothers of Oldham, at one time the world’s biggest manufacturer of textile machinery, handed over the money in return for the patents to a pioneering autom... |
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Forum: TEXTILE NEWS Topic: Fruit Of The Loom Extends Waste Recycling Program |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:14 am
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Fruit Of The Loom Extends Waste Recycling Program With Martex Fiber Bowling Green, Ky.-based apparel brand Fruit of the Loom reports it will extend its waste recycling initiative with Spartanburg-based recycling company Martex Fiber Southern Corp. to ensure textiles from its U.S. and Central America... |
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Forum: TEXTILE NEWS Topic: RadiciGroup Signs Partnership Agreement To Use Heraflex® |
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:11 am
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RadiciGroup announced that it has signed a partnership agreement granting SO.F.TER. SpA - an Italian firm engaged internationally in the manufacture of polymer compounds (http://www.softerspa.com/) - an exclusive licence to use the brand Heraflex® P, a line of elastomeric polyolefins developed speci... |
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Forum: NARROW FABRICS Topic: Creels |
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:53 pm
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I have a client interested in used creels for crochet knittining.
Requirements:
- 7" spacing
- 14 positions high
- 16 positions long
* We will modify creels if needed.
Thank you |
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Forum: NEW MEMBERS PLEASE START HERE Topic: Hi.. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:52 am
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Nice! You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t. :roll: I wouldn’t have thought of getting the boss mad but it is a good point. I think that I probably would have paid it anyway, mostly because of the economical situation we are in. I don’t think anyone can afford to lose money today. A... |
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Forum: NEW MEMBERS PLEASE START HERE Topic: New here |
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:47 pm
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Welcome aboard and Happy New year! |
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Forum: JOB BOARD Topic: time is gold |
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:59 am
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vikasjain, your link doesn't work. |
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Forum: NON-WOVENS Topic: Karl Mayer Malimo Launches Malitronic® Multiaxial |
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:59 am
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Karl Mayer Malimo Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH, Germany, has launched the Malitronic® Multiaxial machine for production of reinforcing textiles, which can be used for prepreg applications for wind turbines, aircraft, boats and building repairs. One unit is available for customer trials and training at... |
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Forum: KNITTING Topic: Comez Introduces DNB/EL-1270 Warp Knitting Machine |
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:57 am
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Comez S.p.A., Italy - a producer of crochet knitting, warp knitting and narrow weaving machinery - now offers the DNB/EL-1270 double-needle-bed warp knitting machine for making a wide range of fabric styles including technical, medical and apparel. Features include: 1,270-millimeter working width; i... |
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Forum: ELASTOMERS Topic: DOW XLA Re:Flex4 Stretch Technology grows |
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:02 am
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At the forefront of cutting edge fashion and technology, Dow Fiber Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is dedicated to pioneering innovations for the textile industry. At the current edition of Denim by PV, Dow Fiber Solutions will demonstrate the exceptional benefits of DOW XLA ... |
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Forum: FASHION Topic: Who wants Color for Beauty?” the Black Inspiration |
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:46 pm
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Black is a color that is often misunderstood. It is even defined as an absence of color. Both positive and negative, it is used for expressing grief, and by youngsters as rebellion. It might appear a little skeptical to think that black is an all time favorite color. But be it a punk, classy, preppy... |
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Forum: TEXTILE NEWS Topic: New Polymer Group operations started |
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:41 pm
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Polymer Group Inc (PGI) announced it has completed the initial phase of the previously announced acquisition of the Barcelona, Spain-based Tesalca-Texnovo nonwovens businesses from Grupo Corinpa, S.L. With the closure of the sale, the company began operations of its new wholly owned subsidiary, PGI ... |
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Forum: YARNS Topic: DuPont Engineers New Kevlar® Variant For Increased Performan |
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:17 pm
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Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont has developed a new DuPont™ Kevlar® variant called Advanced Performance (AP) fiber. The first product to be introduced to the marketplace is Kevlar K29 AP, and suitable applications for the fiber include automotive belts, tires and hoses; and composites, ropes and elect... |
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Forum: YARNS Topic: Radici Yarn Restructures |
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:15 pm
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Radici Yarn S.p.A. - a producer of nylon 6 and nylon 6,6 partially-oriented yarn, fully-oriented yarn and fully-drawn yarn; and part of Italy-based RadiciGroup - has streamlined its organizational structure, concentrating its nylon 6 and nylon 6,6 yarn manufacturing operations at its Villa d'Ogna, I... |
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Forum: YARNS Topic: Unifi, BlueAvocado Create Gro-pak™ |
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:01 pm
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The new gro-pak™ shopping system from Austin, Texas-based BlueAvocado Co. features five separate component bags made using recycled Repreve® fiber from Greensboro, N.C.-based Unifi Inc. BlueAvocado, a woman-owned lifestyle products business, wanted to create a reusable grocery bag system that was co... |
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