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Please choose an area of interest:

Traditional Fibre Sources
Non - Traditional Fibre Sources
Protective Properties
Signalling Textiles
Well - Being Factors
Smart and Interactive Textiles
Textile and Clothing Organisations
Fashion and Textile Sources
Textile Exhibitions
Additional Research Sites

Traditional Fibre Sources:

Cotton:
Cotton Council International
Cotton Incorporated
Cotton USA
Epic/Nextec
Franzoni / Futura
Monsanto
Sustainable Cotton Project

Flax:
Irish Linen
 www.irishlinen.co.uk
Masters of Linen
 www.mastersoflinen.com
Procotex
 www.procotex.com

Silk:
CSIR (Wild silk project)
 www.csir.co.za
Natural Knitwear
 www.naturalknitwear.com
NZ Nature
 www.nznature.co.nz
Pongees
 www.pongees.co.uk
Whitchurch Silk Mill
 www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk

Wool:
Canesis
 www.canesis.com
Sportwool
 www.sportwool.com
Wingham Wool Work
 www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk
The Woolmark Company
 www.woolmarkbrand.com
Woolmark Company/Wool Science
 www.wool.com
Wools of New Zealand
 www.woolsnz.com

Luxury Hair Fibres:
Mongolain Cashmere
 www.mongoliancashmere.org
Texere (craft supplies)
 www.texere.co.uk

Man-made Cellulosics:
Lenpur
 www.texinpro.com
Lenzing FR
 www.lenzing.com
Lyocell
 www.lyocell.net
Tencel / Lenzing
 www.tencel.com

Polyester & Polyamide:
Dupont / Tyvek
Ecospun / Wellman Inc.
 www.wellmaninc.com
Evolon
 www.evolon.com
Miratec / PGI
 www.polymergroupinc.com
Montefibre
 www.mef.it
Patagonia
 www.patagonia.com
Rhovyl
 www.rhovyl.fr
Supplex
 www.supplex.invista.com
Tactel
 www.tactel.com
Trevira
 www.trevira.com


Non - Traditional Fibre Sources:

Bast Fibres (nettle, ramie, luobuma, jute,hemp):
Bioresource-Hemp
 www.nova-institut.de/bioresource-hemp/
Cantiva
 www.cantiva.com
Corpo Nove
 www.corponove.it
Hemptex
 www.hemptex.com
Oki-ni
www.oki-ni.com

Leaf Fibres:
Crucial Trading
 www.crucial-trading.com
NetBridge (sisal)
 www.netbridge.com.tw
Whaleys (Bradford) Ltd.
 www.whaleys-bradford.ltd.uk

Alginate:
Aquacel / Convatec
 www.aquacel.com
Hydrocel / Hydrofibre
 www.specialityfibres.com
SeaCell Active
 www.seacell.com
Smith-Nephew
 www.smith-nephew.com
Zimmer AG
 www.zimmer-ag.de

Metal:
Architen
 www.architen.com
Carrington
 www.carrington-cww.co.uk
Hybrids + Fusion
 www.hybridsandfusion.com
Lurex
 www.lurex.com
Milior
 www.milior.com
Schoeller
 www.schoeller-textiles.com
x-static / Noble Fiber
 www.noblefiber.com

Paper:
Annemette Beck
 www.annemette-beck.dk
Levi Strauss
 www.levi.com
Lloyd Loom
 www.lloydloom.com
Nuno
 www.nuno.com
Siereks/ paper fashion
 www.siereks.co.uk
Somic
 www.somic.co.uk
Woodnotes
 www.woodnotes.fi

Biofibres:
Ingeo
 www.ingeofibers.com
Natureworks / Cargill Dow
 www.natureworksllc.com
Nexia / Biosteel
 www.nexiabiotech.com


Protective Properties:

UV Protection:
Ciba
 www.cibasc.com
Coolibar
 www.coolibar.com
Craghoppers
 www.craghoppers.com
CSIRO
 www.csiro.au
Evoluzione
 www.esunshop.com
Solar Active
 www.solaractiveintl.com
Solar Fabric
 www.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de

Fire & Spark:
Biscor
 www.biscor.com
Carbon X/C-Teq
 www.c-teq.co.uk
Coolskin / Lanco Teksolv Limited
 www.coolskin.co.uk
Lantor
 www.lucf.co.uk
Proban / Westex Inc
 www.westexinc.com

Impact Resistance:
Absolute Zero
 www.aspenaerogel.com
Cordura / Invista
 www.invista.com/prd_cordura.shtml
Dainese
 www.dainese.com
Dupont
 www.dupont.com
Dyneema
 www.dyneema.com
Kevlar
 www.kevlar.com

Weatherproof:
Barbour
 www.barbour.com
Gore-Tex (W.L. Gore)
 www.gorefabrics.com
Polartec / Maiden Mills
 www.polartec.com
Talbot Weaving
 www.ventile.co.uk

Moisture Management:
Coolmax / Invista
 www.coolmax.invista.com
Edana
 www.edana.org
Pertex
 www.pertex.com
Sympatex
 www.sympatex.com
Transpor
 www.transpor.com

Temperature Regulation:
Invista
 www.invista.com
Outlast
 www.outlast.com
Thermagen
 www.thermagen.com
Warmtec
 www.warmtec.com

Buoyancy & Inflatable:
Inflate
 www.inflate.co.uk
Rukka Buoyancy
 www.rukka.com
Therma-Float
 www.therma-float.com

Anti-static:
Klopman
 www.klopman.com
R.Stat
 www.r-stat.com


Signalling Textiles:
3M
 www.3m.com
Illuminite
 www.illuminite.com
Luminex
 www.luminex.it
Marmot
 www.marmot.com
Mitsubishi
 www.mitsubishicorp.com
Rachel Wingfield
 www.loop.ph
Reflec
 www.reflec.co.uk
Retroglo / Metlon
 www.metlon.com
Rubans Gallant
 www.rubans-gallant.com
Scotchlite/3M
 www.scotchlite.co.uk
Stevensons
 www.stevensonsdyers.co.uk


Well-Being Factors:

Easycare:
Cosinel / BASF
 www.cosinel.com
Nano-Tex LLC
 www.nano-tex.com
Teflon
 www.teflon.com

Comfort & Ease:
Baruffa / Air Spun
 www.baruffa.com
Lycra
 www.lycra.com
Nylstar / Elite
 www.nylstar.com
Toray
 www.toray.com

Antibacterial:
Crabyon
 www.crabyon.it
Microban
 www.microban.co.uk
Permafresh
 www.autex.co.nz
Purista
 www.purista.co.uk
Sole Fresh
 www.jrnanotech.com

Anti-allergenic Properties:
Amicor
 www.amicorpure.com
Buzz-off
 www.buzzoffoutdoorwear.com
Halosource
 www.halosource.com

Health & Cosmetic Benefits:
Cosmetil Innovations
 www.cosmetil.com

Biomimetics:
Speedo / Fast Skin
 www.speedo.com
Stomatex
 www.stomatex.com

Smart and Interactive Textiles:

Army Technology
 www.army-technology.com
Brunel University
www.brunel.ac.uk
Burton
 www.burton.com
Detect sensory fabric
 www.intelligenttextiles.com
Eleksen / Elektex
 www.eleksen.com
European Space Agency
 www.esa.int
France Telecom
 www.francetelecom.com
Gorix
 www.gorix.com
Hella Jongerius
 www.jongeriuslab.com
Infineon Technologies
 www.infineon.com
International Fashion Machines
 www.ifmachines.com
Levi-Phillips wearables
 www.research.philips.com
MIT (Mass. Inst. of Tech.)
 www.mit.edu
Philips (ICD)
 www.research.philips.com
Scottevest/TEC
 www.scottevest.com
Softswitch
 www.softswitch.co.uk
Tactex
 www.tactex.com
Verhaert / Mamagoose
 www.verhaert.com
Xybernaut
 www.xybernaut.com
Z Starlab (I-Wear)
www.starlab.org


Textile and Clothing Orgainsations:
BTTG Shirley Technologies
 www.bttg.co.uk
Design & Technology Association
 www.data.org.uk
EMTEX
 www.emtex.org.uk
Euratex
www.euratex.org
Industrial Fabrics Association Int.
 www.ifai.com
International Apparel Federation
 www.iafnet.org
National Textile Association
 www.nationaltextile.org
Nova Institut
www.nova-institut.de
The Textile Institute
 www.textileinstitute.org
Welsh Clothing & Textile Assoc.
 www.wcta.org.uk
The Sinclair Consultancy
 www.sinclairconsultancy.co.uk


Fashion and Textile Sources:

Bharat Textile
 www.bharattextile.com
Emerging textiles
 www.emergingtextiles.com
Fashion Director-e
 www.director-e.com
Just Style
 www.juststyle.com
Shaping Tomorrow
 www.shapingtomorrow.com
TexWatch
 www.texwatch.com
Trendwatching
 www.trendwatching.com
Trendease
 www.trendeaseintl.com
Worth Global Style Network
 www.wgsn.com
Yarns and Fibres
 www.yarnsandfibres.com


Textile Exhibitions:
Avantex
 www.avantex.messefrankfurt.com
Milan Unica
 www.milanounica.it
Premiere Vision
 www.premierevision.fr


Additional Research Sites:
Britannica
 www.britannica.com
New Agriculturist
 www.new-agri.co.uk
Treehugger
 www.treehugger.com


 
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