Technical Textiles

In less than two months, Merrow quickly became one of the largest manufacturers of PPE in North America and through collaborations with Bolger & O’Hearn and ColorWorks, as well as Dupont, Merrow has, since March, manufactured millions of units of PPE. © ednorog13/stock.adobe.com

06/08/2020 – PPE gap

PPE gap

Covid-19: US-based textile companies join forces

Bolger & O’Hearn, ColorWorks and Merrow Manufacturing, Inc. collaborate to make thousands of units of PPE (personal protective equipment). By Editorial staff

21/07/2020 – US cotton with more confidence

US cotton with more confidence

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

The Trust Protocol brings quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurements to responsible cotton production. By Editorial staff

04/06/2020 – A survey among the members

A survey among the members

Corona: IVGT asks members about the current situation

In May approx. 76 percent of the companies reported massive declines in incoming orders. By Editorial staff

The package includes an end-to-end suite of software and a specially configured PPE Edition Gerber Paragon cutter with optimized cutting parameters that allow manufacturers to produce up to 150,000 medical gowns and 6 million non-medical masks per week. © Gerber Technology

22/05/2020 – Immediate PPE production

Immediate PPE production

Corona: Gerber Technology offers PPE package

Gerber Technology is now empowering manufacturers to accelerate PPE production by offering a PPE Retooling Package. By Editorial staff

Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas will now take place October 1 to 3, 2020 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. © Messe Frankfurt

13/05/2020 – Corona Covid-19

Corona Covid-19

New date for Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas

Due to the worldwide distribution of Covid-19, both fairs were initially postponed to December 2020, but will now take place in October. By Editorial staff

In future, the event in Stuttgart will focus especially on small and medium-sized companies, innovative start-ups and on the strong composites market in the D-A-CH region (Germany-Austria-Switzerland). © Reed Exhibitions/Oliver Wachenfeld

11/05/2020 – New name, new concept, new opportunities

New name, new concept, new opportunities

Composites Europe becomes Composites for Europe

10 to 12 November will see the business summit for composite materials take off with a new format and fresh ideas. By Editorial staff

Pattern Room, has created medical scrub patterns that can be quickly and easily downloaded by relevant companies around the globe. © Pattern Room

11/05/2020 – Medical scrub patterns quickly and easily to download

Medical scrub patterns quickly and easily to download

Corona crisis: Pattern Room

The Melbourne-based online pattern company has created medical scrub patterns that can be quickly and easily downloaded by relevant companies. By Editorial staff