UNION CITY, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On April 20th of 2023, flame-resistant textile leader, TenCate Protective Fabrics, debuted their newest innovation, an inherently flame-resistant stretch fabric ...

Polyester (PET) fabric is a versatile synthetic material with excellent abrasion, corrosion resistance, and light resistance. However, PET fabric is combustible, with a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of ...

(TNS) - It’s important to have an emergency “go bag” packed with essentials and ready to be grabbed quickly if you have to flee your home because of a wildfire or other disaster. Most emergency ...

Although extremely flammable, cotton is one of the most commonly used textiles due to its comfort and breathable nature. However, in a single step, researchers can reduce the flammability of cotton ...

A form of cotton that is able to resist flames has been created by breeding parent strains that had no similar characteristics themselves. This could let us make fire-resistant fabrics without having ...

America’s increased energy production in the oil, gas and electrical sectors has sparked a need for more protective uniforms for manufacturing workers, made from flame-retardant fabrics. Since ...

It’s important to have an emergency “go bag” packed with essentials and ready to be grabbed quickly if you have to flee your home because of a wildfire or other disaster. Most emergency preparedness ...

A prepreg is a carbon fiber sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin. This new textile version instead uses Tenax TPWF (Thermo Plastic Woven Fabric) as a base and achieves a high level impregnation ...

New lines of white-cotton plant produce a fabric that doesn’t burn. When the fabric is set alight, the flames extinguish on their own — a trait previously observed only in textiles made from cotton ...

A new chemical process turns cotton into a fire-resistant fabric that nevertheless retains the skin-friendly properties of cotton. State-of-the-art flame retardant cotton textiles suffer from release ...

Milliken & Company joins Parkdale in reworking its U.S. footprint. The diversified global manufacturer with more than 70 locations internationally announced it will consolidate its U.S. textile ...