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Hyosung TNC to Make Nylon Textile by Recycling Abandoned Fishing Nets

SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fiber manufacturer Hyosung TNC Co. has teamed up with a municipal government to release a new nylon textile made of abandoned fishing nets. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Busan metropolitan government and a social venture Netspa on Wednesday to produce eco-friendly textile [...]

South Korean Scientists Develop ‘Electronic Textile’

SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of South Korean scientists have developed an electronic device that can stick to clothing, paving the way for wearable displays and monitoring censors, the science ministry said Tuesday. An electronic device attached to fabric via artificial cilia on its edges is called an electronic textile, said Ko [...]