The 2023 Southern Textile Research Conference (STRC) was a resounding success. The conference focused on the theme of “Approaches for Navigating a Changing Textile Supply Chain” and featured a lineup of engaging presentations that addressed various aspects of the textile industry. The conference began with Nelson Houser delivering the Keynote Address titled “I Remember When: […]
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Martin Flora
Martin Flora graduated with a BA in Textile and Fashion Design and a Graduate degree in Design from the Chamber Syndicale in Paris, France. Wide variety of industry experience from High fashion in Paris, to brand creation for large companies like Columba Sportswear and high tech product / fabric design for US DOD with Massif […]
New water-free finishing technology – EMPEL™ Process
Changing market conditions require new ideas and business models. Green Theme’s market strategy: focus on superior performance technologies that outperform existing solutions. The benefits of efficiency are higher margins and sustainable products. The GTT Water-free EMPEL platform is an example of doing things differently where profit drives change.
Cotton Traceability
Traceability in cotton involves tracking the path of cotton fibers from their origin to the end product.Cotton is a natural fiber, typically grown in warm weather regions across the globe in many countriesspanning multiple soil-types, management practices, environmental stressors, and varying social andenvironmental sustainability standards. Cotton from numerous regions are utilized by spinning millsacross the […]
PFAS Free Finishing and Other Trends in Finishing Chemistry
Protection and comfort are nowadays more than ever fundamental functions of textiles in various end use segments. But the chemicals required for effect customization are going through serious revisions. These are globally driven by increasingly stringent regulations where safer handling and reduced environmental impact are key objectives. Additionally, there are also more and more challenging […]
Dr. Yiqi Yang
As a textile chemical engineer, Dr. Yiqi Yang is a Charles Bessey Professor of textiles and BiologicalSystems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research focuses on development ofbiobased fibers and chemicals, and environmentally responsible technologies for textiles. Examplesinclude developing new lignocellulosic, protein and synthetic fibers and chemicals from agriculturalbyproducts and wastes, and recycling spent […]
A Dyer’s Responsibility for a More Sustainable Textile Industry
Dr. Yiqi Yang,Charles Bessey Professor Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion DesignDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 234 GNHS Bldg, Lincoln, NE 68583-0802 E-mail: yyang2@unl.edu We report our efforts to diminish the use and/or discharge of toxic chemicals in dyeing and recycle dyesand fibers from waste and afterlife textiles. Textile industry has been […]
Michael Schuhmann, Archroma Textile Effects
Graduated as Chemical Engineer from Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany, in 1999 with majors in Textile Chemistry and Finishing Technology. Started in a British-American nonwoven manufacturer as product development engineer but already joined Clariant end of 2000 as application expert for Fibre Finishing in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany. Since 2004 focussed on segment Technical Textiles and from end […]
Recycling and Reducing Solid Waste – Cotton to Sugar Project
This presentation will review the efforts of Cotton Incorporated and collaborators to develop novel,practical, and environmentally friendly methods to convert cotton textile waste into glucose (sugar).Recently, this concept was demonstrated at pilot scale. It is envisioned that this glucose may be utilizedas bio-based building blocks to replace petroleum or other glucose derived products and demonstratethe […]
Matt Farrell
Matt Farrell is a Manager in Textile Chemistry Research at Cotton Incorporated in Cary, NC. With a focus on textile chemistry and sustainable processes for cotton, Matt conducts and manages both internal and external research projects. Matt received an MS in Textile Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science from North Carolina State […]
