Several developments took place in the field of technical textiles in 2018, with a potential to positively affect the growth of automobile, medical, aerospace and other sectors. Fibre2Fashion takes a look at top headlines of the year.-Kansai University, Teijin develop piezoelectric wearable sensors-German scientists make breathable high-tech textiles-Kappler develops suit to protect against Ebola-Teijin & Makita develop world’s first fan-cooled jacket-Edana & INDA update flushability guidelines for nonwovens-Deakin team transforms jeans into artificial cartilage-Solvay, Premium Aerotec, Faurecia unveil IRG Cosimo-Boeing, ELG find new life for airplane structure material-Teijin constructing world’s first AFRW building-Fraunhofer Institute makes OLED elements for textiles-CRRC unveils new carbon fibre metro vehicles Cetrovo-AMRC, NRC-Canada to develop composites for aerospace-ORNL scientists invent composites to monitor damage