Posted March 23, 2016

 

The annual FabricLink Network (FLN) Top 10 Textile Innovation Awards are presented annually in recognition to those organizations and product developers who pursue their ideas and strive for excellence in their textile advancements.

 

Each year, the FabricLink Network's Top 10 Innovation Awards acknowledge new textile products and technologies that showcase outstanding developments that have been officially launched over the past year, and are commercially available. The FabricLink Network takes pride in honoring the Top 10 Innovations for 2015-2016.

 

The 2015-16 awards include:

 

• Adidas for the Adidas’ 3D Shoe Made from Ocean Plastic Waste;

• Alexium for it’s Alexflam-Crockban™ chemistry;

• Bolt Threads for its Engineered Silk™ technology;

• Directa Plus S.p.A. and Colmar for the Colmar sportswear collection made from Directa Plus’ Graphene Plus (G+) fiber;

• Georgia Tech and SoftWear Automation for their fully-automated, robotic sewing machine technology;

• Jason Mills for its Transparent Screening Fabric;

• the Newton® Wovenaire® Crib Mattress;

• Nikwax and DownLite for their Nikwax Hydophobic Down (NHD);

• Teijin for its Functional Polyester Towel Fabric; and

• the EDAG Light Cocoon vehicle structure, made from the Texapore Softshell fabric.

 

Check out the complete review for each of this year's Top 10 Textile Innovations at Fabriclink.com.

 

Source: FabricLink Network