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Nike Flyknit: Quantum leap for flat knitting - Knitting Industry
WEBNike Flyknit represents a quantum leap for flat knitting technology and heralds a new era for integrally knitted non-apparel products which can be manufactured on a large scale to meet global demand. Make no mistake – this is flat knitting technology’s finest hour. Ever since researchers at Courtaulds in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s ...
Stoll’s ADF technology: A new dimension in flat knitting?
WEBThe Reutlingen based company’s CMS 530 HP-ADF was unveiled at the recent ITMA ASIA + CITME 2012 in Shanghai where it created a lot of interest. Stoll’s Director of R&D Michael Sedlag talked to Knitting Industry about the company’s latest high-tech flat knitting machine. The CMS 530 HP-ADF gets its ADF designation from the name Autarkic ...
Start-up launches 3D-knitted Zero Waste garments - Knitting …
WEBOct 30, 2019 — Its Zero Waste pullover went on sale via a Kickstarter campaign on 21 October, reaching its target of US$ 15,000 in just 39 minutes, primarily with donations from the USA. Garments are made to order and cut from one piece, using the latest Shima Seiki 3D knitting machine technology MACH 2X, preventing overproduction and textile waste …
Knitted gloves will help relieve pain for Raynaud’s sufferers
WEBJan 26, 2015 — Knitted Accessories, Technical Textiles. Nottingham Trent University’s Advanced Textile Research Team, led by Professor Tilak Dias, together with medical consultant and Raynaud’s research specialist Dr Marina Anderson, has used cutting-edge flat knitting technology to develop gloves that can help alleviate the pain caused by …
Latest Developments in Fibres & Yarns for Knitted Fabrics
WEBKnitting Industry is an online publication of Inside Textiles Ltd. PO Box 271, Nantwich, CW5 9BT United Kingdom Registered in England No 04687617. Latest design and technology news on developments in fibres and yarns for knitted …
Nike launches next generation 3D Flyknit - Knitting Industry
WEBApr 3, 2018 — Nike, a leading designer and manufacturer of athletic footwear, apparel and equipment, is launching the next generation of Nike Flyknit. Nike Flyknit, which debuted at the 2012 London games with the Nike Flyknit Racer, is a digitally engineered knitting process best known for its role in lightweight, formfitting and virtually seamless shoe …
Tracing production costs in the primary textile industry
WEBJun 15, 2022 — For example, the publication reveals that producing one metre of woven fabric from cotton 1-1/8" in a continuous open width process (COW) cost 1.36 USD/m on average in 2021 (see Figure 1, range between 1.11 UDS/m in India and 1.91 USD/m in Italy). Figure 1: Total cost of producing a finished meter of woven fabric (CO, COW), by …
Yarn Expo Shenzhen 2024 concludes successfully - Knitting Industry
WEBJun 25, 2024 — Shenzhen, China. Knitted Outerwear, Intimate Apparel. Yarn Expo Shenzhen drew its curtains on 7 June 2024, marking the close of South China’s first summer sourcing platform this year. Held concurrently with Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics and PH Value, the three-day fair welcomed nearly 20,000 visits from 45 countries and regions.
Performance Fibers Announces Intent to Idle Production at Two …
WEBPerformance Fibers Holdings, Inc. (“Performance Fibers”) today announced that it intends to idle all manufacturing at its Winfield and Scottsboro, Ala. plants, based on reduced demand from U.S. tire customers, combined with increasingly competitive industry and economic conditions. The planned action will idle polyester-fabric converting ...