Industry Support: GSE Print dispensing reduces costs, rejects and wastage
The textile industry needs to invest in technology to improve sustainability and profitability. GSE Dispensing, leaders in print dispensing solutions provide details of their IPS Epsilon system that is helping modern printers across the world.

Be afraid. The Lawyers are talking pants.
InjuryBoard.com is offering words of wisdom to help consumers avoid injury from formaldehyde containing finishes. And as luck would have it they’ve got hundreds of lawyers waiting to slap in a claim if anyone has cause for complaint.

Need to reduce chemical usage? Get your coat.
"I'll get my coat" is a normally a phrase used to indicate a swift exit from an embarrassing situation but in future it could be the cry of finishers wanting to reduce the amount of chemicals consumed by the textile industry.

New Product: Arkofix ELF liquid
Easy care resins have become increasingly popular solutions to provide wrinkle free and non-iron finishes but there are always compromises. With Arkofix ELF liquid Clariant are saying "Why compromise?"

Inaccurate weighing scoops the wooden spoon
To kick off our focus on dye and chemical dispensing we look at one of the greatest contributors to low quality, reduced profitability and environmental damage – the humble scoop.

Don’t get taken to the cleaners
Before electing to put a ‘dry clean only’ label on products that fail to meet the standards expected of machine washable merchandise think again. Phil Patterson looks at some of the pitfalls of a complacent approach to product labelling and specification.

Quality Monitor: A ray of light for swimwear
For the latest quality monitor we’ve chosen the (supposedly) topical subject of light fastness of swimwear to see how well the textile industy stands up to mother nature

Retailer focus: Accurate colour please Maestro
Spectrophotometers are widely accepted as being the best tools for colour measurement - but they are not infallible. Gary Atkins of Datacolor highlights some of the issues and how their Maestro products prevent problems occuring.

Beyond Sustainability
With a multitude of performance finishes available from a multitude of suppliers how do you differentiate yourselves from the crowd? Beyond Surface Technologies explain to the Textile Dyer what’s different about them.

New Product: James Heal lighten the load for laboratory staff
The resistance of fabrics to sunlight is one of the most important test requirements, but unfortunately one of the most difficult to carry out. The Apollo2 800 light testing unit from James Heal promises unrivalled levels of simplicity.