Thanks to the digital and technological advances, personalization is no longer a VIP only service in luxury fashion. Nowadays, a personalized product can be simply created online or in brick-and-mortar stores with big labels, small-medium sized brands and even startups. For example, Burberry offers monogramming for a special selection of Read more…
Having electrical conductivity is often a prerequisite for many smart and intelligent textiles with high demands in antistatic applications, sensing, data transfer, monitoring, corrosion protection and electromagnetic interference shielding. For electromagnetic factor shielding, metal coated or electro-conductive polymers coated textiles have been adopted for surface reflection and adsorption. Such materials Read more…
“Phase Change” refers to physical state transformation – the process of changing from solid phase to liquid phase and vice versa. To provide thermal protection for astronauts, the technology of Phase Change Materials (PCM) microcapsules into textile structure was developed in the early 1980s under a NASA research program. Using Read more…
With the advanced development of science and technology, the use of textiles, besides daily common clothing products, has been extensively studied for higher value added solutions for work, health, sports and personal protection. Due to an ageing society in many developed countries, an ever-growing enthusiast for sports around the world, Read more…
Imabari has led the Japanese towel industry in high quality for 120 years with good reputation in softness and water absorbency. With a temperate climate for cotton, Imabari was named “Manchester of Japan” in the 1920s, and the underground water of Sojagawa River is gentle with few impurities most suited Read more…
High added value products for health, sports, work and personal protection have been identified as the third technology development trend for re-industrialization of the Hong Kong fashion industry. The increasing population of ageing people requires new solutions for personal healthcare textile products with special needs. Besides medical applications such as Read more…
Based on the market drivers and involved technologies for corresponding product and service, the following prioritized developmental work is recommended: Personalized fashion Functional products Digitally enabled M2C model New retail technologies Functional textile testing and standards Digitalized supply chain infrastructure
To provide the above-mentioned products and service, the following technologies are recommended, including functional materials digitization new business models e-retailing testing and standards micro infrastructure network Technologies for functional materials will help the development of high value added products with different functions as well as testing and certification. Digitalization will Read more…
To satisfy the mentioned market drivers above, five corresponding products or service have been identified, including: personalized fashion functional products smart manufacturing manufacturer-to-customer model functionality testing
Consumer consciousness in personal identity With the development of social media, consumers have a great number of channels to learn about new things globally and tend to choose fashion products based on personal identity. Even buying the same products, more and more consumers prefer to make personalized symbols or signs. Read more…