November

DuPont's Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT) media has been specified for filters that will be used to clean oil field completion fluids by Total Separation Solutions (TSS).

Mazda is employing a new high performance corn-based fabric in its all-new Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid minivan, which is being unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show currently taking place in Japan (from

Fibretronic's keypad controller and 'Fiddler' joystick are used in a new range of iPod bags by Voltage.

Recent developments in plastic electronics look set to revolutionize the electronic industry.

By mimicking a molecular structure found in seashells, University of Michigan researchers have created a composite plastic that's as strong as steel but lighter and transparent.

Plastic Logic has appointed Konrad Herre as vice president of manufacturing for its operations in Dresden, Germany. Thr company is a developer of new plastic electronics.

Emergency Filtration Products (EFP) has withdrawn the company's 510(k) notification for its NanoMask from US Food and Drug Administration(FDA review in the US.

Taking the concept of e-clothing a stage further, new Munich headquartered company Badira is introducing the first jacket incorporating a TV screen in its sleeve.

Smart fabrics group Eleksen has gone into administration after attempts to raise more cash proved unsuccessful.

Konarka Technologies, the company behind Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, has raised $45 million in private capital financing.

Industrial Nanotech, based in Naples, Florida, USA, is filing to expand the rights worldwide for a patent application it originally filed in March of 2006 on a new nanocomposite.

Dow Corning's Active Protection System has been recognised as one of the most technologically significant products introduced in the past year by the R&D 100 Awards.

Nanofibres are this year being introduced as logo security fibres by a new US company, ARmark Authentication Technologies.

At the ITMA textile machinery show held in Munich, Germany, from 13-20 September, Fleissner exhibited a special spunlace (water entanglement) line which makes two or three-layer composites of split

Adding even a small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way towards enhancing the strength, integrity and safety of plastic materials widely used in engineering applications, according to a ne