With 3,000 exhibitors from 66 countries, Heimtextil sets the course for the new season. In 2026, the world’s leading trade fair for home and contract textiles as well as textile design records ...

UC Davis celebrated the grand opening of the Maria Manetti Shrem Institute for Sustainable Design, Fashion and Textiles on Thursday, Nov. 13. The institute will further advance wearable and smart ...

KBR announced it will collaborate with biotech company Samsara Eco to design an innovative enzymatic recycling plant that aims to enable continuous recycling of difficult-to-recycle plastics and ...

The two-day NIFT International Conference 2026, titled “Design for Inclusive Futures”, successfully concluded on 22 January 2026 at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Mumbai ...

What is the IPC? A look into the standards set for woven and knitted e-textiles using conductive fibers/yarns and wires, wearables, and printed electronics. Electronic designers rely on standards for ...

Union Minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh on Thursday said the NIFT has emerged as a major economic and employment driver for ...

A Virginia, United States-based clean technology startup is applying its unique hydrothermal processing technology to treat previously hard-to-recycle textiles made out of blends of polyester and ...

Before becoming known for work at the intersection of architecture and textiles, Felecia Ann Davis trained both as an engineer and an architect. A principal at Felecia Davis Studio (FAD) in ...

Imagine adjusting the temperature of the air conditioning or skipping a song in your car, not by fiddling with a screen or voice command, but simply by swiping your hand across the fabric of your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health tech, women's health and female entrepreneurship. The latest IDTechEx report predicts that the smart textiles ...

Photo courtesy of Leon Speakers. The hyper-charged, technology-forward mindset of the roaring 2020s has given businesses and individuals challenges and opportunities to consider. Ironically, this is ...