ASTM’s textile standards provide the specifications and test methods for the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of textiles, fabrics, and cloths, as well as the natural and artificial fibers that constitute them. The textiles covered by these standards are commonly formed by weaving, knitting, or spinning together fibers such as glass fiber strands, wool and other animal fibers, cotton and other plant-derived fibers, yarn, sewing threads, and mohair, to name a few. These textile standards help fabric and cloth designers and manufacturers in testing textiles to ensure acceptable characteristics towards proper end-use.
https://www.astm.org/Standards/textile-standards.html
Consumer discretionary sector is usually the top economic sector in every nation and is the crucible for civilization itself. More than energy or transportation or finance. Best practice is discovered through upward moving price signals more than downward moving government regulations. Because fashion defines a civilization; and civilization should be the proper business of education communities we track action in the technical specifics of the product standards thrown off by an SDO with one of the largest footprints in the global standards system.
