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Functional Textiles / Textile Muscles

12 August 2024
The researchers parallel connect several threads and weave them together into one fabric. The tenacity is then much higher.

Swedish Scientists Closer to Convert Clothes into Textile Muscles

Ongoing work on ‘textile muscles’ has been further strengthened as researchers develop haptic sleeves that give an extra boost during heavy lifting, enable ‘remote’ hugs, help the visually impaired navigate the urban environment, and also complement VR in gaming.

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Young India Fashion Survey 2025
Textile Recycling Expo
ITF Intertex Portugal 2025
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Footwear Markets / New Trade Disorder / IV Feature
The average effective tariff rate on both footwear and apparel is over five times higher than on all other US imports.

‘Cruel’ April Heaps Tariffs, A Pause; Global Footwear Industry Feels Clobbered

  • Richa Bansal

10 April 2025
Pioneering Change / Earth Protex Interview
The focus at Earth Protex remains its Tex2Tex technology and business scope, which specifically targets textile-to-textile recycling of polyester. Its Thermo-Mechanical Reactor recycling technology enables easy and scalable recycling of polyester textiles. In pic: The Ganni collection

Material Science at Crossroads: The Disconnect between Scientists and Creative Industries

  • Richa Bansal

24 March 2025