What is Wool Fiber? Wool is a protein fiber and it is produced by the animals known as sheep. It is unique fire with scales on its surface. Wool, is a multi-cellular fiber and very expensive in price. Wool producers…
8 January 2009, Chicago - Intertek, a leading international provider of quality testing services to a wide range of industries, today announced its acquisition of Porst & Partner GmbH, located in Fürth near Nürnberg in Bavaria, Germany. Porst & Partner…
Various types of textile fibres are found in all over the world. A Classification of Textle Fibres are given below: 1. Natural Fibre of Textile. A) Vegetable Origin: a) Bast Fibres like Jute, Flax, Hemp, Kenaf, Sunn, Urena, and Nettle.…
Before giving a description of textiles history we should first know what is textiles. Well, Textiles is a technique by which a fabric is made by using warp and weft yarn. Textiles are not only produced by weaving but also…
24 November 2008, Portland, Oregon - Dr. Wing Sung, BSc, MSc, PhD, Principal Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada (NRC), was awarded the inaugural Clean Technology Innovation Award from the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) on November…
There are three main aspects of clothing comfort performance, thermal wet comfort, contacting comfort, and visual comfort. Thermal comfort is the most important performance and must test through a professional Sweating Guarded Hotplate. Contacting comfort and visual comfort can test…