A process for the rapid manufacturing of seamless, three-dimensional contoured spacer textiles, 3D-Knit from Kobleder GmbH is a one-step knitting process that can create various profiles and shapes.

The furniture of the future could be made from nothing more than two long strands of yarn. A prototype manufacturing machine developed at Carnegie Mellon University is transforming traditional textile ...

Drexel researchers have developed a way to coat cellulose yarn with flakes of a type of conductive, two-dimensional material, called MXene, to imbue it with the conductivity and durability it needs to ...

KARL MAYER sees performance fabrics and next-level textile solutions in particular as potential growth drivers for its ...

With increasing consumer demand for sustainable and aesthetically pleasing products, leading brands and retailers focus on reducing their offerings’ environmental impact. Credit: Karl Mayer Group A ...

Tamsin Blanchard meets the young designers using 3D technology and social media to breathe new life into knitwear I am in one of the subterranean rooms that form part of the backstage rabbit warren of ...

When Masahiro Shima started his glove-knitting machine factory in 1962, all he intended to do was to automate the production of safe, reliable and perfectly designed knitted gloves. Turning the glove ...

Leading engineering brand Voltas Ltd has entered into a distribution agreement with Japanese textile machinery manufacturing major Shima Seiki to market the latter’s products in India. The cooperation ...