A new chemical process turns cotton into a fire-resistant fabric that nevertheless retains the skin-friendly properties of cotton. State-of-the-art flame retardant cotton textiles suffer from release ...

Fabric might be the last thing on your mind when firefighters rescue someone from a burning building, but without fire-resistant clothing, such rescues might not happen at all. The turnout gear that ...

State-of-the-art flame retardant cotton textiles suffer from release of formaldehyde and are uncomfortable to wear. Empa scientists managed to circumvent this problem by creating a physically and ...

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One of Turkey’s premier military textile producers and exporters, Raff Military Textile, is expanding into Nigeria. The company specialises in military uniforms, equipment, clothing, fire-fighter ...