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Industrial fabrics market to reach $320.6 billion as technical textiles move deeper into core industries

Technical Textiles
Growth in automotive safety, protective clothing, filtration, medical textiles and infrastructure is turning industrial fabrics into one of the...

ANDRITZ to supply another production line for flushable wipes to Dalian Ruiguang, China

Technical Textiles
GRAZ, MAY 20, 2026. Dalian Ruiguang, China, has awarded international technology group ANDRITZ an order to supply a WetlaceTM...

Sanitex orders two baby diaper lines and one sanitary napkin line from ANDRITZ

Technical Textiles
GRAZ, MAY 21, 2026. International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Sanitex, Democratic Republic of the Congo,...

Steiger’s smart glove signals the next phase of technical flat knitting

Technical Textiles
The Swiss machine builder is pushing flat knitting beyond shaped fabrics into sensor-enabled medical, industrial and wearable systems. Swiss flat...

ANDRITZ to focus on sustainable nonwovens, hygiene recycling and digital plants at INDEX26

Machinery
The Geneva showcase will position nonwovens technology around circular hygiene, sustainable wipes, lyocell processing, high-speed web formation and lifecycle...

Aegis Fibretech tests electrospun shielding panels for fusion neutron capture

Trade
The University of Birmingham spin-out is moving its nanofibre insulation platform toward one of fusion energy’s hardest materials challenges:...

NatureWorks opens Thailand Ingeo Plant, expanding global PLA supply for packaging and fibres

Fibres
The 75,000-tonne Nakhon Sawan facility gives NatureWorks a second integrated production base and strengthens Asia’s role in renewable polymer...

Pincroft and Toray join forces to strengthen UK defence textile supply

Technical Textiles
The collaboration positions two established UK technical-textile producers as domestic suppliers for printed woven fabrics used in military and...

Mahlo puts process control at the centre of technical textiles at Techtextil 2026

Technical Textiles
For technical-textile producers, quality is increasingly defined by real-time control of alignment, coating weight, moisture, temperature and basis weight—not...

Strataglass launches Latitude Marine Fabric for durable boat enclosures

Technical Textiles
The new American-made vinyl marine textile targets fabricators, boat builders and boat owners seeking softer handling, stronger weather resistance...

RE&UP and ISKO Pro bring textile-to-textile recycling into workwear at Techtextil 2026

Technical Textiles
The Frankfurt showcase matters because it tests circular fibres in one of the industry’s toughest end uses: high-performance workwear. RE&UP...

HIGHTEX 2026 positions Istanbul at the centre of technical textiles and nonwovens

Events
As technical textiles and nonwovens continue to expand across healthcare, construction, filtration and mobility, HIGHTEX is pitching itself as...

Italian Textile Machinery heads to Techtextil with technical-textile focus despite weaker order cycle

Machinery
Italy’s machinery makers are using Frankfurt to reinforce a familiar competitive message: in technical textiles, customization, finishing expertise and...

BGMEA pushes Turkey partnership as Bangladesh seeks new growth channels in apparel

Trade
The proposed Ankara mission shows Bangladesh’s garment industry is looking beyond cost competitiveness alone, toward market diversification, man-made fibres,...

RUDOLF brings functional finishing, thermoregulation and odor control to Techtextil 2026

Dyeing & Finishing
The German specialty chemicals group is using Frankfurt to show how textile auxiliaries are moving beyond basic finishing into...

AAFA issues heat-stress guide as extreme heat becomes a supply-chain risk

Business
The new guidance signals that heat stress is no longer just a factory-floor welfare issue. It is becoming a...

Roaches brings objectivity to fabric handle with Sentire launch at Techtextil

Technical Textiles
The new system targets one of technical textiles’ most persistent blind spots: translating fabric feel into measurable, comparable data...

Lenzing expands protective wear push with three-tier fiber platform for PPE

Fibres
The Austrian fiber producer is moving beyond a single-product flame-resistance offer and toward a broader protective-wear architecture spanning high-risk,...

Albany Engineered Composites wins safety recognition as aerospace composite production scales up

Composites
The award matters because in advanced composites, safety discipline is not just an EHS issue; it is part of...

Smart clothing moves closer to healthcare, but the hard work is still in accuracy, washability and trust

Innovation
Textile-based sensors are becoming more capable of long-duration health monitoring, yet the gap between promising prototypes and routine medical...
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