Advanced textiles - relevance and potentials for consumers and industry

Abstract

Are technical textiles able to mitigate and potentially overcome some of the current environmental challenges the various industries in general are currently facing? Even though in many instances the answer might be a profound “no”, some major concerns can and already have been addressed by employing intelligent and sustainable textile related solutions. This paper describes some of the windows of opportunities the textile industry has opened to the world over the course of recent years. The focus lays thereby on the use of wood-based cellulosic fibers, enabling various industries to create products that manage to strike the balance between performance and sustainability.