Mary Ankeny, Cotton Incorporated Next time you are walking on a beach and come across macro-plastics such as a discarded plastic bottle or bottle cap, abandoned flip-flop or straw, try to think about all the unseen microplastic litter that is in the water or the sand or in the air. Many of these microplastic particles […]
Category: Abstracts
The New Landscape of Antimicrobial Testing: Changes and Lessons Learned During a Pandemic
Dr. Matthew Hardwick, Resinnova Labs All industries were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic; perhaps none more than the textile industry. With orders drying up and retail and manufacturing facilities going dark, those in charge of textile companies had big decisions and, potentially, big changes to make. With the need for widespread masking, many companies […]
Testing and Standards for a Global Textile Industry
Diana Wyman, Executive Vice President, AATCC It’s no secret that we live in a global community and work in a global marketplace. Responding to global challenges like microfiber pollution and e-textile evaluation require new approaches. AATCC is finding new ways to incorporate diverse perspectives from across the textile industry and beyond to develop standard test […]
Advancements in Digital Textile Inks and Chemistry
David Clark, Ink Jet Textiles, Huntsman Textile Effects In this presentation we’ll discuss how ink types and formulas have developed to meet market requirements and to become better suited for digital printing on an industrial scale. We’ll also discuss the basics of pretreatment chemistry and some of the advancements that have been made in this […]
A Novel Approach to Dyeing Using Foam Technology
Tim Heller, Vice President/Plant Manager, JB Martin Presented is a way to dye cotton fabrics without the use of salt or alkali, while at the same time greatly reducing the water usage to less than one kg of water per kg of cotton and in turn reducing energy consumption. This more sustainable process has been […]
Evolution of Chemical Applicators for Textiles – a Historical Review of Chasing Water
Preston Aldridge, Vice President, FTA, Inc. Our industry began in fields out in the open when Man was mostly Nomadic and washers were rivers. With the change to a more stationary lifestyle, the location moved to the yards, porches, kitchens, and laundries of homesteaders. The General Store needed a supply chain thus creating large laundries […]
Value-Added Finishing in the USA, Strategies Enabling Innovation and Entrepreneurial Business Development
Don Alexander, President, Anovotek, LLC Textile products containing performance attributes offer great opportunity in the USA market but typically require global supply chains, large volume commitments and long lead times. Textile fabric finishing in the USA is viable, however finding cutting and sewing capacity in the USA is extremely difficult. Protecting IP when finishing fabrics […]
Evaluating Textiles with Performance Properties
Dr. Roger Barker, Director, Textile Protection and Comfort Center (TPACC) The commercial success of technical fibers, fabrics and finishes depends on their performance in a variety of applications ranging from flame resistant garments to outdoor and sports products. We can evaluate technical textiles as individual components, but there is great value in testing them as […]
Advancements in Digital Printing Machinery
Katelyn Lee, Textile Chemist, Cotton Incorporated According to market surveys, the volume of digitally printed textiles has more than doubled in the past four years. This presentation will review advancements in digital printing machinery that have contributed to the increased productivity and reliability of individual machines and encouraged the rapid growth of digital printing in […]
Potential Applications of Fibrillated Nanocellulose for a Sustainable Textile Coating Technology
Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), is an engineered 1D nanomaterial that can be produced from abundantly found natural cellulose sources. Having a very high specific surface area (above 500 m2/g), thixotropic (shear thinning) behavior and reactive structural side groups (cellulosic hydroxyl groups) make NFC a perfect binding material for functional coatings. Cylindrical fiber geometry in NFC facilitates […]
