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November 20, 2023
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA, November 21, 2023—AATCC, a leading organization for textile testing and standards, will host a comprehensive two-day virtual event focused on haptics and textiles on December 13-14, 2023....
November 17, 2023
With the increasing number of digital fabric printing solutions now on the market and their high quality, affordability and ease of use, there is growing opportunity for entrepreneurs to enter the market,...
November 9, 2023
MANILA, Philippines, Nov 9, 2023 — AATCC, the leading authority on textile testing and standards, will present on the importance of proficiency textile testing at the Philippine Textile Research Institute’s Philippine Textile...
October 24, 2023
(The following feature is an excerpt from the feature article in the November/December 2023 issue of AATCC Review. If you are an AATCC member, download your copy of the magazine to read...
October 20, 2023
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) will hold its Textile Testing Workshop on December 6-7, 2023, at AATCC headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC. The intensive two-day workshop will...
September 26, 2023
AATCC has won yet another Tabbie award for an in-depth feature article, published in the May/June 2022 issue of AATCC Review, written by feature writer John Russel Jones. John Russel Jones has...
September 19, 2023
In recent years, the textile industry has been undergoing significant changes. A tough lesson many apparel brands learned through the Covid-19 pandemic is that inexpensive but distant production and jammed ports of...
September 18, 2023
Millie is 20. She’s quite the purveyor of fast fashion. But she’s also a conscious consumer. And as a matter of fact, she’s also into nano-coated wearables. Nano-coatings are thin films in...
September 7, 2023
The deadline is approaching for new textile research grants from the AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Program. The grants support undergraduate and graduate student research on textile-related projects. Applications must be submitted...
September 6, 2023
Passion matters! Everyone interested in “an innovative, informed, and sustainable future” for the global textile community can make an impact by participating in AATCC committees. AATCC has provided standards development, testing materials,...
August 30, 2023
AATCC is an international standards organization, following the Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations defined by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The first of these principles is Transparency—keeping members and...
August 28, 2023
AATCC is pleased to announce that the Wilson College of Textiles Dean, David Hinks, will be headlining the 2023 Textile Discovery Summit, slated for September 12-14 in Greenville, South Carolina. Background and...
August 28, 2023
AATCC publishes standards that have been approved since the new year release of the AATCC Manual of International Test Methods and Procedures. The standards are available for download from the AATCC store....
August 25, 2023
What’s new in the acoustic fabric market. With so many uses, it’s not surprising both main sectors of the acoustic market are currently growing. Researchers estimate the fabric acoustic panel industry...
August 23, 2023
AATCC is pleased to recognize Jeffrey D. Krauss as the 2023 recipient of the AATCC Technical Committee on Research (TCR) Service Award. Krauss is receiving this award for his invaluable assistance with...
August 23, 2023
The AATCC Future Leaders Award recognizes promising young professionals in the fields of textiles, apparel, and related material sciences, provides acknowledgement and recognition to enhance their careers, engages these young professionals in...
August 23, 2023
Seniha Morsümbül, Emriye Perrin Akçakoca Kumbasar, and Ahmet Ҫay are the recipients of the J. William Weaver Paper of the Year Award for their paper “Photochromic Microcapsules for Textile Materials by Spray...
August 23, 2023
In recognition of his active leadership, participation, and support of the AATCC Student Chapter at NED University of Engineering & Technology (UET) in Karachi, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Muhammad Dawood Husain...
August 23, 2023
In recognition of his outstanding service to the Association, AATCC has named Seshadri Ramkumar as recipient of the Harold C. Chapin Award. For a description of...
August 23, 2023
AATCC is proud to announce the 2023 recipient of the Olney Medal, Philip J. Brown, Swetenburg Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University. He is...
August 4, 2023
AATCC may be the Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, but its reach extends far beyond chemistry and color. Members work in all areas of the textile industry and the AATCC Foundation...
August 4, 2023
AATCC Foundation scholarships and fellowships provide thousands of dollars per year to students studying in textile-related fields. Fellowships are available exclusively to graduate students while several scholarships are open to both undergraduate...
August 3, 2023
Local sections are a key component of AATCC’s mission to “connect the global textile community to empower an innovative, informed, and sustainable future.” Local sections bring together those interested in textiles and...