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- Issue 05 | 2021
Nonwoven plant nursery bags
A variety single-use plastic items are used in the green industries in agriculture or horticulture. An interesting application are plastic plant pot or nursery bag for seedling raising. - Issue 05 | 2021
False-Twist texturing of bio-dyed PLA yarns
The fibre production has more than doubled in the last two decades and manmade fibres contributed to 67.5 % of the total fibre market production in 2014 [1]. Among the manmade fibres, polyester, ... - Issue 05 | 2021
Targeted control of biodegradability
New test methods and development of multi filament and nonwoven production processes - Issue 05 | 2021
First fabric created using recycled carbon emissions
Biotechnology company LanzaTech (Skokie, IL, USA) today announced it has partnered with lululemon athletica inc. (Vancouver, Canada), an athletic apparel company, to create the world’s first yarn and ... - Issue 05 | 2021
High- performance, biobased and compostable yarns
According to the Ellen Macarthur foundation, washing clothes releases half a million tonnes of microplastics into the ocean each year. That’s equivalent to over 50 billion plastic bottles. Currently, ... - Issue 05 | 2021
Environmentally friendly textile treatments
Tidal Vision (Bellingham, Washington, USA) recently announced a new partnership with Leigh Fibers and the opening of a new production facility in Wellford, South Carolina, USA. These developments ... - Issue 06 | 2020
New sustainable fabrics
To meet a growing demand for sustainable fashion options, Eastman (Kingsport, Tennessee, USA) and DuPont Biomaterials (headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, USA) announced in late September the ... - Issue 05 | 2020
Biobased non-woven pads for corrosion protection
BioPad® by Cortec Corporation (St. Paul, Minnessota, USA) is a unique flexible non-woven pad made from byproducts of corn processing. In 2020, it earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product label, ... - Issue 05 | 2020
Biobased UHMWPE fibres
DSM announces partnership with SABIC and UPM Biofuels to create biobased Dyneema - Issue 05 | 2020
Future study EcoJacket
Tough and biodegradable thanks to innovative spinning technology - Issue 05 | 2019
PLA-fibres in medical applications
Biodegradable materials, such as polyglycolic acid (PGA) and polylactic acid (PLA), are used commercially in medicine for sutures, osteosynthesis systems and drug delivery systems. The degradation of ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Cellulose based fibers fully biodegradable in water, soil and compost
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) received confirmation of the full biodegradability of its fibers in fresh water by the independent research laboratory Organic Waste Systems (OWS) (Ghent, ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Alternative materials for mussel socks
Mussel cultivation involves a number of different steps. In The Netherlands mussel seed is collected on ropes hanging in the Waddenzee. The seed is harvested from these ropes and collected. ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Monofilament melt spinning of biopolymer-blends
Several efforts have been made to produce biobased multifilament yarn for textile applications. While these have generated considerable interest, monofilament applications of biopolymers have not yet ... - Issue 05 | 2019
A new generation of compostable monofilament for a wide range of applications
SeaBird, based in Brittany, France, is a company that engages in the research, development and production of bioplastic materials. Since its founding in 2011, the company has focused on reducing the ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Biobased additives for biopolymer-textiles
It is well-known that the properties of plastics are not inherent in the polymer itself, but that these are obtained through the use of functional additives. Nucleating agents, plasticizers, ... - Issue 05 | 2018
Bioplastic fibres and textiles in outdoor sports
The Outdoor Sports industry is aware of customer sensitivity for environmental concerns as well as global driving forces toward sustainable products. In this context, most Outdoor Sports brands are ... - Issue 05 | 2018
Technical PLA yarns and ropes
Senbis Polymer Innovations (Emmen, the Netherlands), formerly known as API, is an independent R&D service provider to the plastic industry, which also develops specific applications on their own ... - Issue 05 | 2018
PHB-fibers for textiles
Introducing a novel, biodegradable polyester fiber for the textile industry - Issue 05 | 2018
PHBV fibers
Tianan Biopolymer (Beilun, Ningbo, China) has been devoted to developing PHBV fibre applications since 2010. And in 2013, The company invested to found a new company: Bioserica Fiber is the new ... - Issue 05 | 2018
PBS-based Fibres for Renewable Textiles
Introduction On the market since the early 1990s, polybutylene succinate (PBS) has been used in many compostable applications such as packaging or agriculture products. However, the use of PBS for ... - Issue 05 | 2017
The FIBFAB project
New biodegradable fibres from renewable sources for fabrics with advanced properties - Issue 05 | 2017
Stable ring spinning process for PLA staple fibre yarns
This article presents the current state of the project SPEY which aims to establish poly lactic acid (PLA) staple fibre yarns in home textiles or in technical applications using a methodological ... - Issue 05 | 2017
Advances in textile applications for biobased polyamide
Cathay Industrial Biotech (CIB), Shanghai, China, developed proprietary technology to commercially produce biobased pentamethylenediamine (DN5), in order to address the growing demand for innovative ... - Issue 05 | 2017
Comfort beyond words
SOLOTEX®, a partly biobased polyester-fibre (polytrimethylene terephthalate – PTT) by Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, provides a soft, stretchy texture with gentle cushioning and offers vivid ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Biobased textile fabrics for clothing applications
Around one million tonnes of fabrics used for clothing applications (including casual and workwear) are produced each year in Europe by yarn spinning (ring and rotor spinning techniques) combining ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Latest innovation from milk
Softer, thinner, skin-friendly, antibacterial and 100 % natural nonwovens Sustainable? Of course. But it’s much more than that. QMILK is a unique natural fibre with thermo-bonding properties and ...