Publications

The coming ban on substances of high environmental concern used to provide water repellency to fabrics creates new challenges for the textile industry. Here we show that the design of the texture of woven fabrics is an important parameter to play with in order to achieve higher water repellency

Centexbel - the scientific and technological research institute for the Belgian textile industry - and Sport Vlaanderen - the Flemish agency responsible for (elite) sport policy in Flanders organized the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Sports Materials on November 19 & 20, 2019. 

The conference „Textile Wearables in the World of IoT“ organized by Centexbel as part of the EU project SmartX in Liège on the 1^st of October brought together industry innovators, technology providers, economic promoters as well as designers and creative labs to discuss current technologies and

The development of new information technologies in the last decade is having a significant impact on our daily lives. People are connected at any time and at any place. However, this is not the end of the story. Scientists and technicians are now preparing the revolution of the Internet of things

Report on a simple and versatile method for the preparation in one-step of omniphobic textiles, using only aqueous suspensions of silica particles and polyurethane devoid of long perfluoroalkyl chains (C8) that are now legally-banned because of severe environmental concerns.

Nu de kringloopeconomie stilaan ingeburgerd geraakt, en dus ook het besef dat industrie- of consumptieafval eigenlijk geen afval is, maar net een rijkdom, wordt desalniettemin het transport ervan door elke Lidstaat nog steeds streng gereglementeerd. Afval van het type textiel wordt gezien als niet

SeaBioComp, is a new collaborative project that has been launched to develop and produce novel bio-based thermoplastic composite materials and the analytical protocols to evaluate long-term durability and reduced ecological impact on the marine environment.

The last decade, awareness of climate change and depletion of fossil fuels has motivated the scientific community to search for sustainable alternatives to the conventional polymers. lOne of these alternatives is lignin, a constituent of wood, holding the cellulose fibres and the hemicellulose

De mix van vezels in onze kleding maakt het moeilijk om uit weggegooide kleding nieuwe kledingstukken te maken. Dat het toch mogelijk is, bewees het Interreg Project RETEX.

During the last months, the FIBFAB project consortium has been working on the optimization of the new compound properties to be used in clothing applications.