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Harnessing the sun in textiles

1 April 2008
Konarka Technologies has entered into a new agreement with SKYShades, a leading supplier of shade and tension membrane structures, with a view to creating photovoltaic electrical power for such produc
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Readable displays usher in new phone category

1 April 2008
Polymer Vision - the inventor of rollable displays and a spin out from Philips - is preparing its Readius device for commercial launch by mid 2008.
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Big savings for textile mills with Nansulate

1 April 2008
Industrial Nanotech has shipped the first of ten containers of its patented Nansulate energy saving protective coating to Turkey, where it will be used at the Denizli Basma ve Boya Sanayii (DEBA) text
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Hollow fibre membrane alliance

1 April 2008
Para Membranes, a South Korea-based hollow fibre membrane (HFM) manufacturer, has entered into an exclusive strategic distribution relationship with Prismedical Corporation of California, USA.
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Paradigm shift with HealthVest

1 April 2008
HealthVest, developed by SmartLife Technology in the UK, represents the next generation in wearable monitoring systems, with a number of crucial advantages over existing technologies.
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Nano-metal adds fabric functions

1 April 2008
Masa is a new nano-metal coating developed by the Suzutora Corporation in Japan to provide textile fabrics employed in a variety of applications a range of functional advantages.
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Solar cells by ink-jet route

1 April 2008
Konarka has successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of manufacturing solar cells by inkjet printing.
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Silver and carbon in X54

1 April 2008
The UK's Purification Products is introducing a new material codenamed X54 which incorporates both X-Static silver fibre technology and activated carbon powder.
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Zetix blast mitigation fabric claims award

1 April 2008
The 2008 Performance Textiles Award for Excellence has been presented to Heathcoat Fabrics for its work on the development of Auxetix material, developed in with Auxetix and the University of Exeter.
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Graphistrength from Arkema

1 April 2008
French company Arkema is now developing multi-walled carbon nanotubes of a high and consistent quality under the trademark Graphistrength.
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Plasma project

1 April 2008
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University has announced a partnership with Enercon Industries to develop plasma technology to advance the functionality of nonwov
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Techtextil NorthAmerica to become an annual exhibition

1 April 2008
Techtextil North America - formerly held biennially on even years inAtlanta,Georgia,USA - is to become an annual event, alternating betweenAtlanta and a site in theWestern region of the USA.
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Ahlstrom Chief Executive Officer Jukka Moisio resigns

1 April 2008
Ahlstrom Corp's President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jukka Moisio has resigned.
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Automotive filters

1 April 2008
Prospects for the global markets for automotive filters and a detailed analysis of 50 of the sector's major manufacturers are reported in a study just published by International Newsletters Ltd.
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UK companies develop spacer fabric for cot mattresses for infants

1 April 2008
Three UK-based companies have combined their resources and expertise to develop a novel space fabric specifically for a composite mattress construction, particularly for children's cots.
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Improvements to cut-resistant yarns

1 April 2008
A cut-resistant yarn that its inventor claims is more effective and longer lasting than existing textiles is the subject of International PatentApplication WO2007/140905.
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World markets for interior textiles--making forecasts to 2012

1 April 2008
Production of interior textiles by companies from the developed economies of the world continues to fall,while that in developing countries increases to support large and growing export markets as wel
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Carbon nanofibres containing catalytic nanoparticles

1 April 2008
A three-step process for making carbon nanofibres that contain catalytic nanoparticles is described in European PatentApplication EP 1 867 762.
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Diolen Industrial Fibers reveals how to make filament yarns of polyphenylene sulphide

1 April 2008
Diolen Industrial Fibers has revealed further details about how it makes filament yarns from polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) in International Patent Application WO 2006/097281.
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Controlling the deposition of electrospun fibres

1 April 2008
Scientists from theTechnical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, have found a way to control the direction and deposition of fibres formed by an electrospinning method.
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