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Knoll Luxe’s creative risks, as well as its forays into new materials and manufacturing techniques, can bear out innovations that wind up in other Knoll products, too: Last January, the company released Arrondissement, the first textile in its standard line to feature embroidery. Following Luxe’s lead, KnollTextiles is also incorporating wools, silks, and other natural fibers with greater frequency.

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Global Merino Inc. based in San Anselmo, California, a technical textile manufacturer, using Merino Wool as a primary ingredient participating at the Outdoor Retailer trade show is displaying its new fabrics made from blends of Merino wool and Creora Eco-Soft, a spandex engineered to maintain a soft hand and good drape when mixed with heat-sensitive fibers, including natural fibers such as cotton, wool and silk as well as cellulosics such as rayon, Modal and Tencel.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is stepping up its efforts to boost the local fabrics industry with the launching of its Innovation Center for Yarns and Textiles (ICYT) in Bicutan, Taguig, costing around P54 million to produce yarns made of the country’s indigenous materials. It is a facility for producing natural fibers, research and development among other functions.

Related Keywords: Asian-inspired collections, bedding collection, home fashion industry, jacquard rugs, natural fibers, pillows, rugs, Surya

Surya is the premier one-stop source for area rugs and coordinating home accessories for a broad range of lifestyles and budgets with more than 35 years in the home fashion industry to debut a number of inspired new home accessory collections at the upcoming summer markets. The latest designs will be artfully displayed in Surya’s showroom at the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and Las Vegas Market.
 

Related Keywords: coir, Coir Kerala, global trade event, natural fibers

Coir Kerala has today made its way into an annual trade fair, facilitating not just buyer-seller interactions, but acting as a platform to showcase the newest products and latest technologies and machinery to drive up production and exports. The fourth edition of the world’s biggest trade event on coir and natural fibers will begin in Kerala’s Alappuzha town on Saturday.

Related Keywords: Eco leather, natural fibers

Richard Wool, director of the Affordable Composites from Renew Resources (ACRES) program at University of Delaware Chemical Engineering (UD) is working with his team to develop a breathable yet water resistant leather-like substitute dubbed “Eco-Leather,” made from a combination of natural fibers like cotton and flax with plant oils.

According to Wool, developing a leather substitute manufacturing facility in Delaware could be an economic boon by providing a new option in the half-trillion dollar leather and fashion markets.