Textile News

• 'Stunning' Victorian Bathhouse Unearthed Beneath Manchester Parking Lot
  
  The facility offered laundry and bathing services for 19th-century textile workers and their families
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 11 Jan 2021.
• Climate change: Blankets put on China's Dagu glacier to stop melting
  
  Researchers put geotextile blankets, a type of environmental-friendly fabric, over a 500-square-metre (5,381-square-foot) area of Dagu Glacier, a fast-melting glacier in south-western China.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 7 Jan 2021.
• 5 Textile - Apparel Stocks to Boost Your Portfolio Amid Industry Woes
  
  5 Textile - Apparel Stocks to Boost Your Portfolio Amid Industry Woes
  Zacks.  Thursday, 7 Jan 2021.
• Design Works Prints From Tillett Textiles are Back
  
  In the late 1960s, Tillett Textiles teamed up with designers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, for a historically significant collaboration. Now the prints are being reissued.
  New York Times.  Tuesday, 29 Dec 2020.
• Workers 'sleeping on mattresses' inside Leicester factory
  
  The investigation comes after concerns were raised about practices in Leicester's textile industry.
  BBC News.  Friday, 18 Dec 2020.
• Kintra And PANGAIA Announce Biodegradable Polyester To Eliminate Microplastic Pollution
  
  Synthetic textiles already account for over 60% of global textile fibers, and the microfibres they shed are toxic to wildlife and our environment and endure for tens of thousands of years.
  Forbes.  Monday, 14 Dec 2020.
• Bus crash kills 37 in Brazil after collision with truck
  
  Another 15 were injured after a truck collided with the bus which was carrying textile factory workers on a highway in Sao Paulo state.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020.
• Patterning method could pave the way for new fiber-based devices, smart textiles
  
  Multimaterial fibers that integrate metal, glass and semiconductors could be useful for applications such as biomedicine, smart textiles and robotics. ...
  Science Daily.  Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020.
• 3 Textile-Home Furnishing Stocks to Escape Industry Challenges
  
  3 Textile-Home Furnishing Stocks to Escape Industry Challenges
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020.
• Textiles firm sees 1,550 jobs go as pandemic crushes demand from hospitality sector
  
  Textiles firm Johnson Service has embarked on a shake-up which will see 1,550 jobs go as the pandemic crushes demand from the hospitality sector.
  Sky News.  Tuesday, 17 Nov 2020.
• Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers
  
  If the smart textiles of the future are going to survive all that we throw at them, their components are going to need to be resilient. ...
  Science Daily.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Global Digital Talents Second Edition Brings Disruption To Fashion Industry
  
  From sourcing materials to textile experimentation to indigenous craftsmanship and upcycling design principles, this cohort of visionaries was full of practical ideas redefining fashion.
  Forbes.  Sunday, 18 Oct 2020.
• How a Historic Book of Textiles Inspired a Forward-Looking Garment Factory
  
  Shivam Punjya founded an ethical factory in Gujarat, celebrating the craftsmanship of India.
  Entrepreneur.  Friday, 16 Oct 2020.
• Leicester textile firms 'involved in money laundering'
  
  Some of the companies involved have supplied Boohoo and Select Fashion, a BBC investigation finds.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020.
• Exploited workers in Leicester factories 'denied millions in unpaid wages'
  
  Exploited workers in textile factories in Leicester have been denied over £27m in lost earnings in the last three months, according to the British Retail Consortium.
  Sky News.  Saturday, 10 Oct 2020.

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