In the world of textiles, stretch can be defined as its fiber’s ability to lengthen a certain amount and return to its original size. Moreover, stretch fabric is a textile that can stretch. There …
Top 5 Materials – April 2023
Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: PureFive™ UPR PP Manufacturer: PureCycle …
Digital Fashion & Consumerism
Satiating infinite desire with finite resources Increasingly, assertions of blame and evolving vocabulary dominate sustainability discourse. This tension is best exemplified by the fashion industry, …
Oh, the Products You’ll Make with the Rubber We’ll See!
A rubber is a polymer that exhibits viscous and elastic behavior when undergoing deformation. In other words, when a rubber—a collection of long chemical chains—is exposed to some force that causes it …
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Patagonia’s Big News
In this month’s ask an expert, I wanted to talk about a recent article from the last month that we found exciting. I don’t think I could find a more widely circulated article on my LinkedIn as the …
Heat Transfer and Thermal Regulation
This week we'll be talking about heat transfer and thermal regulation. Let's take a moment and visualize your kitchen. When you think about your kitchen, you may see a collection of objects, a …
Top Five Materials: August 2022
MC 849902 Seaqual® from Marine Plastic Sea Marine plastic is a post-consumer recycled polymer chip made from 100% Marine plastic litter. It is made from 100% recycled plastic P.E.T. found in …
Biomimicry
Biomimicry, or biomimetics, is the design and production of materials that are modeled after biological species and processes. A closely related field is bionics, or the application of biological …
Top Five Materials: June 2022
MC 701702 MEBA BIORESINE® from MEBA S.A.S. This material is a bio-based thermo-setting resin derived from agricultural waste that offers exceptional quality and design flexibility for premium …
Water vs. Solvent
This week we're going to talk about the difference between water and solvent coatings. Coatings typically contain four components. Resin that provides body Additives that lend performance …
Thin and Thick Coatings
Compare and contrast the differences between thin and tick coatings and their benefits. …
Sustainable, water-free solution for high-performance finishing
Gayatri Keskar talks with April of APJeT, a Plasma technology company to discuss specialized textile coatings and finishes. …
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