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12th Mar 2021

The 1st international Dornbirn GFC- Asia, a lead event and communication platform for fibre innovations and its downstream manufacturing stages, will take place in Daegu, Korea from March 23-24, 2021 as a hybrid event. The congress aims to knowledge exchange and share experiences and research results for the sustainability in the textile sector.

3rd Dec 2020

JEC Composites Startup Booster 2020 prizes have gone to Lignum (South Korea) and JUC Surf (Australia). The names of the winners have been announced by JEC Korea Online 2020. It has also selected four companies/institutes for the JEC Composites Innovation Awards. JEC Group rewards the best cutting-edge projects which use composites to their full...

3rd Nov 2020

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed a new structural strengthening process using a non-combustible carbon textile grid and cement mortar. It can double the load-bearing capacity of structurally deficient concrete structures, increase their lifespan threefold, and reduce construction costs by about 40 per cent.

24th Sep 2020

Scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a highly flexible but sturdy wearable piezoelectric harvester using the simple and easy fabrication process of hot pressing and tape casting. The energy harvester, which has record high interfacial adhesion strength, will help create embedded wearable electronics.

11th Aug 2020

South Korea recently allowed non-woven fabric, a key material used in filter masks, to be exported as the supply in the country has stabilised. The ministry of trade, industry and energy, however, capped exports at 15 per cent of February production levels. It will also be temporary, with the lifting of the ban to end on January 5 next year.

10th Jul 2020

Scientists at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a flame-retardant carbon-fibre-reinforced composite material using plant-originated tannic acid. The team has also come out with a process for eco-friendly recycling of the material, which is widely used in aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and sports equipment industries.

10th Apr 2020

Scientists at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have developed a new electro-luminescent(EL) technology comprising textile-fibre-embedded multiluminescent device, which may be used in wearable devices in the future. The new device improves efficiency by emitting light more flexibly and stably than the existing devices.

2nd Apr 2020

Amidst shortages of personal protective equipment, scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a reusable nano-filtered face mask. The nano-filter maintains excellent filtering efficiency even after hand washing, they say. They have used a technology that aligns nanofibres in orthogonal or unidirectional directions.

25th Nov 2019

Wave Company, a sports garment technology company based in South Korea, has produced EMS (Electronic Muscle Stimulation) suit - WaveWear - the first performance wear which uses genuine kinesiology taping. It reduces muscle fatigue and can be used for various purposes such as pain-reducing, posture correcting, performance-enhancing, and injury...