Smart fabrics technologies present unique opportunities—and challenges—to commercial product development. The growth of smart fabrics technologies and applications is no longer a curiosity; it’s the new reality of high-tech fabrics, and it’s gaining ground at an impressive pace. The size of the smart fabrics market, as presented at the Smart Fabrics Summit on April 11 [...]

Asking the right questions before choosing a digital marketing partner can save you time and money. There was a time when digital marketing could casually be left to employees who were interested in dabbling in online options. Now, however, digital marketing has grown up. Every business needs a plan that genuinely integrates traditional marketing efforts [...]

“Cutting-edge technology and close attention to good fit: this is the plus point of the technology called Emana®, a safe beauty secret for those who wear them and invisible to everyone else,” says Renato Boaventura, president of the Global Business Unit Fibras of the Solvay Group. Photo: Solvay Group. Slide into a pair [...]

Most SEG framing is meant to be assembled at the site where it will be used, says Casey Ford, president and CEO with 40 Visuals in Spring Lake, Mich. “Current SEG framing is extruded aluminum and is designed to be able to assemble easily,” Ford says, “but if the SEG framing system is to provide [...]

BrakePack communicates a cyclist’s intentions with turn signals, brake lights and hazard lights that are activated automatically through the mobile app or via touch controls on the shoulder straps. Photo: Artefact Group. Urban cyclists, who routinely travel the streets with people who text, eat, argue, sleep, drink alcohol and smoke while driving, should [...]

MAD Architects is a global architecture firm that combines futuristic, organic and technologically advanced designs with a contemporary interpretation of the Eastern affinity for nature. Invisible Border, displayed during the 2016 Milan Design Week, highlights the firm’s vision to create balance between humanity,the city and the environment. Photos: MAD Architects. Milan, Italy, takes [...]

TrueVIS VG Series 54-inch and 64-inch printer/cutters combine innovative imaging technology with top production capability to create an advanced tool for producing vehicle graphics, banners, posters and displays, labels and decals, packaging prototypes and apparel heat transfers, among other products. Equipped with four newly developed FlexFire™ print heads, which offer a higher firing frequency, precision [...]

Epson’s SureColor F-Series printers produced fashion designs that were showcased at Epson’s second annual Digital Couture event, held Feb. 9, 2016, in advance of Fashion Week in New York City. Photo: Epson America Inc. As applications respond, the digital fabric printing industry is responding to the technical and creative demands of customers. Digital printing on [...]

Silicone Edge Graphics systems are moving quickly into commercial and residential interiors. According to Valerie Cuchna, Fabric Images’ material resources liaison, “The need for just a perimeter frame to cover a large span makes it an attractive option for install as well as removal or change-outs of large graphic wall panels.”Photo: Fabric Images Inc. [...]

Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fiber-product converting company, has developed Octa™ Neo, a multi-layer fiber that combines the company’s proprietary Octa hollow, eight-fin polyester fiber with various chemical and natural staple fibers for performance in a variety of applications, including sportswear, uniforms, bedding and industrial use. Octa Neo combines low weight, high bulkiness, [...]