Industry, academia met at UGA to talk about the future of fabrics

Industry, academia and military mixed Thursday to talk about fibers and fabrics at a conference on the University of Georgia campus.

They didn’t talk about ribbons and bows at the day-long “AFFOA Industry Day” in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, though, but manufacturing processes that might dramatically reduce the water needed for dyeing fabrics of the future – fabrics that might render a uniform or parachute undetectable, or garments that could keep their its wearer cool or warm, depending on outside conditions.

See complete article in the Athens Banner-Herald, Tuesday, Oct. 25.