Clothing Textiles

17th Mar 2023

Tex-Tech Industries will create 49 new jobs and invest over $24.8m to build a 170k sq ft manufacturing centre in Winston-Salem. The move builds upon the company's 60-year success in Forsyth County, North Carolina, with the new jobs including managers, operators, technicians and sales personnel. Salaries will vary but overall average annual wage is...

11th Jan 2023

Burlington is showcasing Synatural at the ongoing Outdoor Retailer Snow Show in Salt Lake City, Utah. A greener stretch option, Synatural is a unique fabric collection that features planet-positive yarn technology with natural fibre-like aesthetics, engineered for adaptable fabric solutions with lasting comfort and multifunctional performance.

24th Feb 2022

MP Activewear, born from the leading online sports nutrition brand MyProtein, has launched products with Sweden’s Polygiene in their high-end running range Velocity Ultra as well as their Power Ultra collection. It will cover a number of treated items in high performance fabrics for men and women, such as sport-bras, leggings, t-shirts, shorts and...

18th Feb 2022

Canadian sustainable clothing retailer Frank And Oak has launched the Aero ultra light packable jacket as a multi-seasonal puffer for women - the latest in a line of sustainability-centred garments. The new ultra light Aero jacket provides wearers with a trendy outerwear piece, suitable as an extra layer underneath bulkier coats for added warmth.

1st Feb 2022

Acteev and Coalatree launched the Suray Sun Shirt, a zinc-powered shirt designed to fight unwanted odours and the sun's damaging rays, at the recently held 2022 Outdoor Retailer Winter Show. Acteev is owned by US’ Ascend Performance Materials. Ascend makes high-performance materials for everyday essentials and new technologies in the US, Europe, and...

1st Feb 2022

Spanish outdoor brand Ternua has renewed its most technical lines in the collection designed for its 2022/2023 Fall Winter collection. The innovation team at Ternua has worked on Protech that is designed for mountaineering and Adrenalite, which is focused on high intensity aerobic activities like trail running, e-biking or light hiking.

25th Jan 2022

Arkema has announced a 25 per cent increase in its global Pebax elastomer production capacity by investing in Serquigny in France. The investment will notably enable increased production of the bio-circular Pebax Rnew and traditional Pebax ranges. Arkema is a specialty chemicals and advanced materials company headquartered in Colombes, near Paris,...

21st Jan 2022

US-based Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) has launched an alternative to synthetic fabrics. It has made a performance cotton textile called Clarus that can be used for clothing. The fabric has been treated to partially break down the organic material and leave it stronger and denser. The result is cotton yarn that behaves more like synthetic fibres.

20th Jan 2022

The US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity recently sought submissions on electronic components it can stitch into textiles that will adapt to changes in the external environment or user input. It is particularly interested in components integrated into an entire active smart textile system or proven to be flexible, stretchable or washable.