Sensil Premium Nylon 6.6 at Intertextile Shanghai

Nilit, a leading manufacturer and marketer of nylon textile fibres, continues to introduce Sensil, its new premium Nylon 6.6 brand, to the apparel industry...

Why Smart Textiles are Struggling to Become Commercialised

Debra Cobb reports from New Orleans The Smart Fabrics Program and E-Textiles Workshop at the IFAI EXPO in New Orleans, which ran September 26 –...

Liebaert Enters Activewear with Lycra Technology

Liebaert, a leading family-owned fabric mill based in Belgium, has entered the highly competitive activewear and athleisure segments with its new NanoStitch Comfort Technology...

New Sport Bras Feature Lycra Sport Technology

Carrefour, one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world, has selected Lycra Sport technology to add comfort and performance to its new line...

Laxtons Partners with NTU Students

This Autumn/Winter, British wool mill Laxtons is partnering with final year students at Nottingham Trent University from the BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design &...

Coats Turkey Recognised for Gender Equality

Coats, a leading industrial thread manufacturer and a major player in the Americas textile crafts market, has been recognised by the Turkish Parliament for...

In Conversation with Christian Murphy, the Albion Knitting Company – Capitalising on London

Elizia Volkmann reports Just over two yeas ago Knitting Industry reported on a brave new knitwear manufacturing venture, which had just opened in London (see:...

Piave Maitex to Showcase Latest Fabric Collection

Piave Maitex, an Italian knitted fashion fabrics producer, will present a series of novelties at the upcoming MarediModa, a leading international trade fair dedicated...

Roica for Smarter Beachwear

Companies will be presenting their latest collections featuring Roica, the premium stretch fibre produced by Asahi Kasei, at MarediModa, a leading exhibition dedicated to...
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What Works for Knitwear Designers’ Business: an Outsider’s Perspective

How do you build a pattern design business? Selling PDFS of your patterns is a different business model and involves a different approach. I'm...