Textiles and Nonwovens

Israel. Offers courses in textile engineering, design, manufacturing and marketing, as well as computer sciences and plastics engineering.

UK. International professional society for the advancement of the science of colour.

International trade association for the organic chemical industry. Large site provides links to events and seminars, library resources, products, marketplace, training and educational programs.

Japan. Multi-national chemicals manufacturing company. Disperse and reactive dyestuffs for the textile, printing, paints and plastics industries. Also, dye intermediates. Part of the Sumitomo Corp. English and Japanese.

USA. Manufacturers of inks, pigments and coating for a wide range of industrial applications. Aqueous and specialty dispersions and dry colors for textile printing processes. Extensive technical information.

Taiwan. Fluorescent optical brightening agents for the textile and papermaking industries. Also, resins and repellants. English and Chinese.

Switzerland. Trade organization for the mechanical, electrical and engineering industries in a wide range of branches. Division for textile machinery manufacturers. List of member companies. Links to related sites. English, German and French.

USA. Cooperative project, sponsored by industry and the University of Tennessee to provide research, education and training for the world wide textile and nonwovens industries.

Book aiming to provide the textile technologist with an understanding of enzymes and their use with textile materials and in process engineeringPublished by Woodhead Publishing, Ltd. Edited by A. Cavaco-Paulo and G.M. Guebitz.

Monthly journal, devoted to the dissemination of fundamental and applied scientific information in the physical, chemical and engineering sciences related to the textile, nonwovens and allied industries. Published by TRI Princeton.

USA. Monthly publication, providing information on fundamental and applied research in textile related, physical, chemical and engineering sciences. From the Textile Research Institute of Princeton University.

Web site of the European Commission, Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, aiming to disseminate information on all EU policies, actions and initiatives promoting growth and development of EU enterprises, focused on the textile, apparel and textile materials industries.

From the French Textile Manufacturers Association. Trading and information site for the French textile industry. Fairs, facts and figures. Company listings, customer service and jobs.

World Trade Organizations monitoring council for the international trade in textile goods. Overview of agreements and activities. Technical information and dispute management. Downloadable documents. English, Spanish and French.

Japan. Diversified, multi-national manufacturing corporation. Its chemicals division produces intermediates for man-made fiber manufacturing. Nylon, polyester and acrylic staple fiber for the textile and nonwovens industries and polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber for the composites industry.