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  2. June 2014

June 2014

Coating and laminating programme attracts senior, global industry figures

1 June 2014
The co-organisers of the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL 2014), which will take place in Cannes, France, on 4-5 November 2014, have confirmed the names of the principal
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Absorbent article with low-cost bonded web material

1 June 2014
Low-cost nonwoven materials for use as breathable elements in absorbent articles have been developed by Procter & Gamble (P&G).
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Global demand drivers for medical nonwoven disposables

1 June 2014
Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has released a new report on the global medical nonwoven disposables market, which is projected to reach US$22.7 billion by 2020.
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Senior Vice President appointed for Suominen's Care business

1 June 2014
Lynda Kelly has been appointed Senior Vice President of Suominen's Care business area and a member of the Corporate Executive Team.
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New medical textiles course at University of Leeds

1 June 2014
The UK's University of Leeds is now offering an MSc Medical Textiles course.
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Low-density medical bandage substrate

1 June 2014
An improved, low-density medical bandage substrate for use in the treatment of injuries, such as broken bones requiring immobilization, has been developed by BSN Medical.
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Global wound closure and advanced wound care

1 June 2014
Wound closure and advanced wound care products are gaining ground over traditional methods of wound care globally, according to a new report from Allied Market Research.
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Vestagen signs agreements with online retailer

1 June 2014
Vestagen Technical Textiles has entered into agreements with Scrubs AC, which trades as Allheart, to produce and distribute protective garments for the US health care sector manufactured using Vestage
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Launch of Poise Microliners with superabsorbent material

1 June 2014
Kimberly-Clark's Poise brand has introduced new products for the feminine light incontinence category.
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Ultrathin fluid-absorbent cores

1 June 2014
BASF has developed an ultrathin fluid-absorbent core comprising a substrate layer, multicomponent superabsorbent particles (SAPs) and an adhesive.
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Pampers plants opened in Nigeria and Hungary

1 June 2014
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has recently opened new diaper manufacturing plants in Nigeria and Hungary.
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Dressing with a discontinuous contact layer surface

1 June 2014
A therapeutic wound contact device designed to treat chronic wounds is described in US Patent 8 710 290 by Boehringer Technologies.
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Self-expanding device that anchors itself and releases drugs

1 June 2014
A US company has revealed details of a selfexpanding medical device that is also capable of drug elution within the body.
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World's biggest carbon fibre plant

1 June 2014
At a groundbreaking ceremony on 9 May 2014, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers announced it is to invest US$200 million in order to triple capacity at its site in Moses Lake, Washington, USA, and make it th
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German project aims to marry capabilities of humans and robots

1 June 2014
Johnson Controls of Plymouth, Michigan, USA, has announced it is working with adidas Group of Herzogenaurach, Germany, in an attempt to redefine the way that textiles are manufactured.
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Coating to make furniture reflect energy back to the body

1 June 2014
A coating to reflect far infra-red radiation (FIR) back to the body of the human being emitting it is now being applied to upholstery fabrics.
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Fespa Digital hosts an end-to-end production workflow for sportswear

1 June 2014
A European project that aims to create a complete production workflow for sportswear - including design, pattern editing, three-dimensional (3D) modelling, proofing, dye sublimation printing and const
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Waterborne polyurethane coatings launched at Techtextil North America

1 June 2014

A range of waterborne polyurethane (PU) coatings for textiles has been developed by Bayer MaterialScience of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Nonwovens for cosmetic products

1 June 2014
A range of nonwovens (Biolace Skin) for use in cosmetic products - such as facial sheet masks, cosmetic pads and exfoliation sheets - is now available from Suominen of Helsinki, Finland.
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Project takes textile testing to space

1 June 2014
The first experiments concerning clothing physiology to be conducted in the weightlessness of space will shed new light on the interaction between the body, clothing and climate, as well as providing
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Thin, flexible pipe insulation

1 June 2014
A blanket made of fumed silica is being promoted as a thin, flexible, hydrophobic, microporous insulation for pipes and other equipment used in hightemperature environments.
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Wallpaper with integrated adhesive

1 June 2014
Decorators need no longer wish for a day when they can simply spray a clean surface with tap water and apply strips of wallpaper containing integrated adhesive.Ahlstrom of Helsinki, Finland, says its
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Sider Arc--clarification

1 June 2014
Sider Arc SpA of Cornaredo, Italy, has asked us to clarify the details of an acquisition referred to in the May 2014 issue of Technical Textiles International (page 8).
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Digital printing directly on polyester

1 June 2014
Inks developed for digital printing directly on polyester (PES) fabric were introduced at the Fespa Digital exhibition held in Munich, Germany, on 20-23 May 2014.
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Dressing material comprising gel-forming fibres

1 June 2014
An improved material for use as a wound dressing has been developed by ConvaTec Technologies.
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Braided barbed suture

1 June 2014
A surgical suture assembly having a braided, barbed configuration has been developed by Ethicon.
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Increased efficiency of cotton swab production

1 June 2014
Together with Rosink Systeme, Trutzschler has for many years been selling installations for the production of card slivers that are used for making cotton swabs.
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3D printing with wool

1 June 2014
The next generation of Walt Disney toys could contain an entirely new level of intelligence as the result of a new technique for the creation of soft materials in 3D.
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Move over spider silk, make way for slime

1 June 2014
Hagfish - an ancient group of bottom-dwelling creatures that have remained relatively unchanged for more than 300 million years - secrete a gelatinous slime containing mucus and tens of thousands of p
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Nanofibre arrays in new thermal interface material

1 June 2014
By harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibres, a thermal interface material able to conduct heat 20 times better than the original polymer has been dev
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Thinnest ever material?

1 June 2014
A new stable porous membrane that consists of two layers of graphene and is thinner than a nanometre - 100,000 times thinner than the diameter of a human hair - could be groundbreaking in filtration a
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Auxetic behaviour observed in stem cells

1 June 2014
Stem cells have been shown to exhibit auxetic properties - the ability to expand when stretched - in work by scientists at the University of Cambridge.
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Nanofibre mesh for low-cost dialysis

1 June 2014
Researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Ibaraki, Japan, have developed a nanofibre mesh that can remove toxins and waste from blood.
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Natural framework for high-performing nanostructure

1 June 2014
A lightweight, high-strength new nanomaterial inspired by the framework structure of bones and wood and the shell structure of bees' honeycombs could find applications in insulation and shock absorbin
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Strong nanowebs without chemicals

1 June 2014
Single layer breathable nanowebs have been developed using an environmentally benign electrospinning process by a team of interdisciplinary researchers at Texas Tech University.
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Light-emitting plants

1 June 2014
Bioglow, based in St Louis, Missouri, has developed the world's first autoluminescent (light producing) plants based on the work of molecular biologist Dr Alexander Krichevsky.
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Vascular networks for self healing

1 June 2014
A new self-healing system for composites has been developed by the Beckman Institute's Autonomous Materials Systems (AMS) Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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NASA tests full-size composite fuel tank

1 June 2014
For more than 50 years, metal tanks have carried fuel to launch rockets and propel them into space, but now NASA and Boeing's composite cryotank is about to undergo a series of tests to gauge its suit
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Cheaper films for phones and solar cells

1 June 2014
Transparent conductive oxide films are now an integral part of everyday life whether in smartphones, tablets, laptops, flat screens or solar cells, but they're still expensive and complex to manufactu
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MIT.nano a major investment

1 June 2014
Comprehensive facilities for nanoscale research are currently being constructed at the very heart of MIT's Cambridge campus in Massachusettes, for completion in 2018.
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Laundry association highlights hygiene issues with nurses' uniforms

1 June 2014
The Textiles Services Association (TSA) has responded to recent media coverage of a report by Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (N
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Micro-massage material

1 June 2014
Puma is supplying the home and away kits for Italy, Switzerland, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Chile and Uruguay at this year's FIFA World Cup football tournament in Brazil.
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SPECIAL FEATURE: Barfeoot in Brazil

1 June 2014
In the build up to the 2014 World Cup which begins in Brazil on June 12th, there's not much to choose between the new technologies being introduced by the two big names in performance sports apparel,
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Working on a miracle

1 June 2014
The first kick of the 2014 World Cup in Sao Paulo could well turn out to be the most significant in any football match ever - if all goes to plan it will be made by a paraplegic teenager with the aid
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Instant chill from Adidas

1 June 2014
World Cup veteran David Beckham is promoting the new Climachill range of active cooling apparel launched by Adidas and featuring fabrics incorporating SubZero flat yarns containing titanium and 3D alu
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Self-expanding implantable patented by TissueGen

1 June 2014
TissueGen, based in Dallas, Texas, has been granted a new patent for a self-expanding medical device capable of drug elusion within the body.
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Emana patent secured by Solvay

1 June 2014
Solvay has obtained a European patent protecting the use of its Emana smart fibre.
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LifeVest available throughout Japan

1 June 2014
Asahi Kasei Zoll Medical (AZM) has now launched the LifeVest Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator throughout Japan.
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Stacked electrodes the key to new solar fabrics

1 June 2014
New highly-efficient solar cells based on stable, flexible textile electrodes that can be integrated into fabrics have been developed in China.
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Solvay teams with Plastic Logic

1 June 2014
Plastic Logic, based in Cambridge, UK, is teaming up with Solvay Specialty Polymers, to develop low power flexible electronics suitable for wearable devices.
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