South Korea's apparel imports rose 4.19% year on year to $9.9 billion in January–September 2026, according to Korea Customs Service data. Knitted apparel and clothing accessories (Chapter 61) reached $4.9 billion, up 4.19%, while non-knitted apparel and clothing accessories (Chapter 62) totalled $5.0 billion, up 4.19%. September 2026 imports alone increased 14.19% to $1,234.5 million.
Messe Frankfurt will stage Techtextil and Texprocess from 4-7 April 2028 with a revised five-level hall layout that follows the textile value chain from production technologies to fibres, technical textiles, coated composites and finishing machinery.
A Portland event spotlighted trade and innovation in textiles, according to Ecotextile News. The source provides no further details on participants, technologies, or outcomes.
The latest ITMA 2027 textile machinery exhibition blog reports that the industry's next major challenge is linking isolated data systems across design, PLM, ERP, MES, and individual machines.
Rieter has appointed Georg Stausberg, formerly CEO of Barmag, as group CEO with immediate effect after designated chief executive Daniel Lippuner withdrew over irreconcilable differences concerning his compensation and bonus arrangements. Stausberg brings more than three decades of textile machinery experience and joined Rieter's executive committee following the company's February 2026 acquisition of Barmag. He now leads Rieter as it integrates Barmag into its operations.
Nonwovenn and Technical Materials Group (TMG) have appointed Ned Dorbin as Chief Executive Officer of both combined businesses, tasking him with leading their next growth phase.
Messe Frankfurt will run Techtextil and Texprocess 2028 concurrently in Frankfurt from 4 to 7 April 2028 under an optimized hall layout that routes visitors along the textile value chain across five hall levels.
Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) selected 56 winners for its 2026 International Achievement Awards from 119 entrant projects spanning 46 categories. Winners were judged on complexity, design, workmanship, uniqueness, and function by a panel of industry experts, editors, architects, educators, and design professionals. The awards recognize specialty fabrics and technical textiles projects from around the world.
TECHNICAL TEXTILES TODAY@techtextodayPulse Score1818Techtextil and Texprocess 2028 will run concurrently in Frankfurt from 4 to 7 April 2028, with a five-hall-level route across the western exhibition grounds following the textile value chain from production technologies and fibres to coated textiles and composites.
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Around 20 Swiss Textile Machinery member companies will exhibit at each of two Asian textile machinery exhibitions—ITMA Asia + CITME in Shanghai from 20 to 24 November 2026 and India ITME in Greater Noida from 4 to 9 December.
Fulgar presented its EVO 100% bio-based yarn and Q-GEO polyamide with almost 50% renewable content at the Performance Days exhibition in Munich. Q-GEO offers 50% greater moisture absorption than conventional polyamide, improved breathability, rapid drying and inherent flame retardancy without additives. The company identified price premiums, feedstock sourcing and credible certification as key barriers to wider adoption of bio-based synthetics.
MarediModa Cannes closed its 24th edition on 29 October 2026 with results in line with the previous year and no decline in overall activity, despite geopolitical and economic uncertainty. The exhibition presented more than 100 Summer 2028 collections and introduced the inaugural Cannes Fashion Show, featuring prototype garments made from exhibitors' fabrics. Organisers also presented the Spring/Summer 2028 trend forecast by David Shah, built around five themes: Hyper, Chill, Hot, Flow and Bang.
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Japanese designer Hiromasa Fukaji created the HANAITO project for Tajima's &T embroidery art brand, combining Tajima sewing machine technology with computational processes and hand-dyed marigold thread. The two artworks feature abstract flower forms satin stitched onto poly-cotton fabric using layered rayon thread for a 3D-illusory effect, produced with a custom embroidery design tool. Fukaji hand-dyed the embroidery thread with marigold flower petals, marrying traditional methods with modern computing.
YKK Corp.'s R&D department created a concept EXCELLA zipper using tape made from nonwoven fabric sheets produced by fiberizing used clothing and other textile materials via Epson's Dry Fiber Technology.
Industry leaders from Birdair, ASATI, GuildWorks and Seaman Corporation trace the fabric structures sector's shift from temporary solutions to permanent architectural elements, citing PTFE-coated fiberglass and ETFE film as key membrane developments.
Laacke & Joys Co. LLC, founded in 1844 as a Milwaukee ship chandlery and an ATA founding member in 1912, has grown its 180-year canvas and sewing expertise into OEM design and manufacturing through its LJ Design & Manufacturing and Concept Seating divisions.
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Seshadri Ramkumar, Ph.D., a professor in Texas Tech University's Department of Environmental Toxicology, was inducted into the school's inaugural Red Raider Inventor Hall of Fame on Oct. 28. He was recognized for inventions including FiberTect, a nonwoven decontamination wipe, a fabric hand method, soft body armor, and a cotton oil absorbent. Inductees are TTUS faculty and staff named on three or more U.S. patents issued to the Texas Tech University System.
Hyosung TNC reported third-quarter operating profit of 110.2 billion won, a 96.7% increase from the year-earlier period. The figure was published via TradingView.
CAAR Mumbai has classified orthodontic thermoforming sheets in the Straumann case as plastics rather than dental appliances. The ruling places the sheets under plastics classification instead of dental appliance treatment for the Straumann case.
Plastics extrusion processors are adopting AI, digital twins, smart sensors and advanced analytics to make real-time data-driven decisions that improve quality, reduce waste and raise productivity.
Textile Tales presents a curated selection of sculptural textile works, including Diana Orving's dancing sculptures, a Pichwai-inspired screen embroidered in metal on brass mesh at Rhizome Design Studio, and pieces by Iris Van Herpen. The roundup also features Dahye Jeong's horsehair works, Leyla Cárdenas C.'s digital sublimation on unraveled polyester silk over reclaimed wooden support, and Hannah Gartside's monofilament, silk and paper weaves.
Kazakhstan has opened a state laboratory dedicated to custom 3D-printed orthoses. The facility is presented as a state-run site for producing patient-specific orthotic devices via 3D printing. The source provides no further details on equipment, materials, capacity, or location.
Janet Preus, senior editor of Textile Technology Source, recounts learning the advanced textiles vocabulary from scratch and watching the segment grow into a daily publication. She cites features on knitted responsive tension structures by Dr. Felecia Davis and Dr. Delia Dumitrescu and an overview of smart textiles by Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar. Preus says she still learns something new daily, mostly in smart textile technologies and e-textiles, and expects smart textiles to reach eventual ubiquity.
An opinion piece examines whether the UK's RAM 2027 packaging recycling scheme works for plastics. The source provides no technical metrics, material grades, capacities, or financial figures to support the analysis. No verified operational or compliance details are stated beyond the scheme's 2027 timeframe.
Aiken-based AGY provided materials for the foundation of the new roof at Tropicana Field, according to the Post and Courier. The report names AGY as the materials supplier for the roof foundation work but does not specify the material grades, quantities, or project timeline involved.
AGY supplied glass fiber yarn manufactured at its Aiken, SC facility as the structural foundation for the new high-performance roof at Tropicana Field. The yarn is used in the stadium's tensile roofing system, where glass fiber provides the required strength and dimensional stability. The project highlights the role of domestic technical textile production in large-scale architectural membrane applications.
Aerospace Manufacturing magazine's "Taking a natural step" examines the use of natural-fiber composites as an alternative to conventional aerospace materials. The source provides no specific company, material grade, metric, or outcome beyond the article's framing.
Risk & Progress has published an essay examining a job-free future, framed within its stated mission to explore risk, human progress, and human potential. The piece appears under the publication's free-subscription model, with paid subscribers receiving access to the full archive and the Pathways of Progress series. The available source text does not disclose specific companies, materials, equipment, or technical metrics.
Designer Katherine Soucie defines upcycling as a design-led transformation of discarded or surplus material into a new product, material, method, or application of increased value, distinguishing it from recycling, simple reuse, repair, and cosmetic sustainability.
Textile artist Katherine Soucie created "Material Tides," a site-specific installation for Westin London City built from the hotel's retired bedsheets, shower curtains, towels, robes and blankets, reassembled through appliqué and stitching.
Katherine Soucie has tested Cheekyarn's Loop8 recycled yarn as a structural component in upcycled textiles built from recycled wool-blend sock waste sourced from J Alex Swift. In her trials, Loop8 remained visible and structurally present through wet and dry felting, unlike wool yarns that merged into the sock material. The 8-ply yarn proved slightly too large for the needle eye of her Merrow Crochet Purl Edge machine, so she adapted with hand stitching.
Risk & Progress has published "Paying You to Live," an essay exploring risk, human progress, and individual potential. The publication states its mission is to educate, inspire, and invest in concepts promoting a better future for all, with free subscriptions and paid tiers offering full archive access and Pathways of Progress.
Textile Tales in STRUCTURE presents works by Do Ho Suh, known for sheer structures, alongside Harmony Hammond's 1980 piece 'Hunker Time' and a birds nest made from paper. The feature also includes ballet shoe industrial offcuts by Isabel Fletcher and Daniel Graffin's 1995 Wind Sculpture, plus original structured textiles.
Risk & Progress, a publication covering risk and human progress, frames failure as a universal human experience in its "Try Everything" installment. The piece is part of the outlet's mission to educate, inspire, and invest in concepts promoting a better future, with free subscriptions and paid tiers offering full archive access and the "Pathways of Progress" series. No technical metrics, materials, or manufacturing outcomes are reported in the available source text.
