Technical Textiles

Vetron Viper 3D, the robotic system for which Vetron received this year’s Texprocess Innovation Award: an extremely compact robotic cell built around an ultra lightweight sewing machine. © Vetron Typical Europe

03/09/2019 – Focus on customer-centric solutions

Focus on customer-centric solutions

Vetron Typical Europe GmbH

At Texprocess 2019, Vetron Typical Europe GmbH once more received the prestigious Texprocess Innovation Award. By Editorial staff

Transparencies – striking and colourful © Gunold

02/09/2019 – Autumn/Winter 2020/2021

Autumn/Winter 2020/2021

Gunold: Another season of contrasts is about to come

Transparency will remain a strong topic; besides clear materials, milky and semi-transparent foils are becoming more important. By Editorial staff

02/09/2019 – Closing the gap and avoiding the ‘valley of death’

Closing the gap and avoiding the ‘valley of death’

Research and Production companies

Most of the sixteen German textile research institutes formed research and production companies some years ago. Our four-part series provides answers from ... By Hans-Werner Oertel

CFO Christof Gellan and his team welcome all to Barletta. © Stoll

30/08/2019 – Opening of a new subsidiary in Italy

Opening of a new subsidiary in Italy

Stoll with a new showroom in Barletta

Stoll Italia, a Stoll subsidiary, recently opened a “Centro di Programmazione” in Barletta. By Editorial staff

Sustainability and a handful of trump cards! In an exclusive interview with textile network, Tomas Vucurevic gives several tips for improving ingredient branding. © lovelyday12/stock.adobe.com

28/08/2019 – Sustainable, great product, what now?

Sustainable, great product, what now?

Tips for successful branding from Braind

Braind has identified five key points that can be important for suppliers of sustainable materials or technologies. By Editorial staff

Heart valves, eardrums, wound monitoring: Research-intensive challenges for bio and medical textiles expert Dr. Dilbar Aibibu. © Oertel

28/08/2019 – Drum roll for an artificial eardrum

Drum roll for an artificial eardrum

Future applications for textiles

It is thanks mainly to research that innovations such as artificial eardrums and textile mining filters are paving the way for new applications in the ... By Hans-Werner Oertel

Ernst Grimmelt, Managing Director and Sales Manager Yarns at Velener Textil © Iris Schlomski

27/08/2019 – Sustainability

Sustainability

Making the (cotton) world a little better

No-waste, sustainability, eco-friendliness: Values that are close to the heart of the textile company Velener Textil in Velen, Germany. By Editorial staff