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An engineer from Kenya has used smart textiles and sensors to create a glove that ‘translates’ sign language to words via an app.

Roy Allela’s niece was born deaf, and he wanted to help the family communicate better.

The Sign-IO gloves have five flex sensors mounted on each finger to quantify how much a finger is bent. They convert the change in bend to electrical resistance – the more the bend, the more the resistance. They then send messages to a program via Bluetooth and a text-to-speech engine vocalises the predicted gestures.

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Leading Japanese computerized flat knitting machine manufacturer SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. is set to partake at the upcoming Expotextil Peru 2017 show, an international suppliers fair for the textile and clothing industry. Shima Seiki will promote its WHOLEGARMENT knitting technology for the first time.by displaying its SWG061N2 WHOLEGARMENT knitting machine.

Related Keywords: all orders stood cancelled, caps, due to unrest in Kashmir, gloves, industry incurred a loss of nearly Rs hundred crore, jackets, Ludhiana hosiery industry, majority of units have closed down, supplies goods such as shawls, suspended production, sweaters, warmers and blankets to Jammu and Kashmir

The Ludhiana hosiery industry that supplies goods such as shawls, jackets, sweaters, gloves, caps, warmers and blankets to Jammu and Kashmir due to the unrest in Kashmir have suspended production and a majority of these have closed down as a result the industry has incurred a loss of nearly Rs100 crore.

Many noted knitwear houses manufacturing shawls who have sent their raw material to Kashmir for its famous embroidery has been stuck due to the unrest following the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani, said Tarun Jain, Chairman, Bahadur-Ke-Textile and Knitwear Association.

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Pakistan’s spinning mills importing fabric waste are forced to pay 17% sales tax and 5% withholding tax at the import stage, which they cannot recover due to overall zero-rating status of the textile sector, according to industry people. About a tenth of the total spinning sector uses textile waste as a raw material, said the industry officials.

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A newly-established Czech firm Bohempia, the brainchild of textile machinery expert Tomáš Rohal aims to bring hemp back into the Czech textile business. Rohal has decided to set up an entirely different business, environmentally friendly with a stamp of its own that could compete with cheap textile imports from the East because it offered added value. Hemp would be a secret to success.

All of Bohempia’s products are made of hemp - T-shirts, socks, gloves, towels and even a hand-made line of hemp sneakers and is currently aiming to expand its line to hemp jeans.

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Spandex, a copolymer based on polyurea-polyurethane also known as elastane. Spandex fibers are significantly consumed in a wide range of textiles due to strength and strong elasticity as well its ability to return to its original shape after stretching as compared to ordinary fabrics. It was first manufactured by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

Related Keywords: defence procurement manual under review, for soldiers, gloves, Indian defence sector, jackets, look of more local manufacturers, protective clothing, requires textile items, shoes, socks, sources from domestic and overseas manufacturers, tarpaulins, tent material, volume requirement going up

The Indian Army often requires gloves, jackets, socks, shoes, tent material, tarpaulins, and many more textile items for the soldiers who are in high altitude and super high altitude areas, sources these from the domestic and overseas manufacturers. But it is now looking at more of local manufacturers and is creating awareness among the local industries on the defence requirements for protective clothing.

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The textile hub of Karur has been witnessing booming business in home textiles with the volume of exports estimated at over Rs. 3,000 crore, according to trade circles. Despite robust growth in export of home textiles from Karur, the Tiruchi international airport has not seen shipment of home textiles notwithstanding its proximity to textile hub of Karur as export continues to be routed through sea

Cheaper rates and the advantage of dispatching goods in bulk are factors prompting textile exporters of Karur to send their home textile products by sea than air.

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Bangladeshi home textile entrepreneurs despite challenges like European Union’s GSP facility to Pakistan and current political turmoil are lured to make more investment in the sector due to the growing global demand for local home textile products. A good number of home textile manufacturers such as Unilliance Textile, Mom Tex, Fariha Group, Pakiza Group and Sad Musa have already invested millions of taka in new factories and expansion of their existing capacity.