The leading supplier of high-tech textiles Paltex has developed a new Glow Reflective fabrics project. Following the success at the Performance Days 2013 trend fair, the company has concentrated on this project and it will now showcase its portfolio at ISPO Munich and Premiere Vision Paris on 22 January and 18 February respectively.

Design

When observing the night sky, the term ‘Milky Way’ is limited to the hazy band of white light some 30 degrees wide arcing across the sky. The light in this band originates from unresolved stars and other material that lie within the Galactic plane.

The Milky Way has a relatively low surface brightness. Its visibility can be greatly reduced by background light such as light pollution or stray light from the moon. This makes the Milky Way difficult to see from any brightly lit urban or suburban location but very prominent when viewed from a rural area when the moon is below the horizon.

Technology

Reflective paint is a type of paint that contains thousands of little glass spheres, designed to reflect lots of light, even at night. It is most frequently used for signs on highways, but is also used on license plates, fishing lures, on mobile objects to be tracked (like a golf ball), or as an indicator on certain machinery.

The size of glass beads ranges from application to application, but generally, the smaller the bead, the more expensive it is, the company reports. The beads are sprayed on after paint is applied for the most even possible distribution. The beads are applied over a coloured base coat designed to yield maximum reflectivity.

Paltex

Founded in 2003, Paltex is a leading supplier of high-tech textiles. The abbreviation PAL stands for ‘Professional’, ‘All Passion’ and ‘Leadership’ that represents the company's core concepts. Paltex is dedicated to fulfilling its social responsibility by promoting the concept of eco-friendly sustainable development.

The company provides a professional service that congregates technology, science and aesthetics knowledge and it aims to create a new concept of the textile products sales model and bring service quality to a better level.

”‹ ”‹Since 2010, Paltex has participated in the Premiere Vision exhibition in Paris, the leading exhibition within the fashion trend textile industry. In 2013, a milestone for the company, Paltex commenced its textile design and development with a German partner. This cooperation brought Paltex a recognition, the ‘ISPO Winner-SKI 2 Layers’, at ISPO Munich. 

www.paltex.com.tw