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Techtextil North America makes its debut on the West Coast

1 December 2008
Messe Frankfurt's decision to make the North American version of its Techtextil show an annual event, alternating between the East and West Coasts, was made before the current economic crisis really b
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Nanowood composites project funding

1 November 2008
The European Commission is to invest Euro6.5 million in a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable nanostructured, wood-based composite materials for a wide range of application
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Awa develops nanofibre filter

1 November 2008
Japan's Awa Paper has jointly developed a new filter media with South Korean nanofibre manufacturer Finetex Technology.
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OLED lighting markets will be worth $4.5 billion by 2013

1 November 2008
The OLED lighting market will reach a value of almost $4.5 billion by 2013 and grow to $5.9 billion by 2015, according to a new report.
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Gore's membrane opposition rejected

1 November 2008

The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected WL Gore's attempts to have the European Patent EP1139805 owned by Nextec of Italy withdrawn.

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Taiwan tryst for textile energy storage

1 November 2008
The Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) and Delta Electronics - the world's largest provider of switching power supplies headquartered in Tapei, Taiwan - have announced a cooperation in the field
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Ticona to build Vectra LCP unit in Nanjing

1 November 2008
Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, has announced plans to build a new Vectra liquid crystal polymer (LCP) production facility co-located at the Celanese integrated chem
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Swan pioneers nanomaterial controls with EPA

1 November 2008
Thomas Swan's nanotubes have received the sector's first manufacturing consent order from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Metafuse partner to add nanotech

1 November 2008
DuPont Engineering Polymers has announced a long-term alliance with California-based PowerMetal Technologies to further develop and commercialise MetaFuse nanocrystalline metal/polymer hybrid technolo
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Plastic Logic opens German plant

1 November 2008
Plastic Logic has officially opened its commercial scale plastic electronics manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany.
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Decathlon partners with Fibretronic

1 November 2008
Decathlon, the world's second largest sporting goods retailer, operating 400 stores worldwide with sales of US$7.1 billion in 2007, has selected Yorkshire, UK-headquartered Fibretronic as its technolo
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Wrist-worn monitor developed for increasing activity levels

1 November 2008
Cambridge Consultants has developed the wrist-worn 'MiBand' as a completely new type of device which continuously tracks activity levels throughout the day.
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EU Research progress

1 November 2008
More than 20 European textile research projects with a total budget of more than Euro200 million are currently running under the 6th and 7th European Union Research Framework Programmes (FP6-FP7).
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Fabric system combats deep vein thrombosis

1 November 2008
CalfPad has been designed to help reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) that may occur in patients undergoing surgical procedures.
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PermaStatic adds permanent charge

1 November 2008
For the filter media sector, Nanogate AG, headquartered in Gottelborn, Germany, has just introduced PermaStatic based on its new N_charge technology platform.
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IMEC paves the way towards optical sensing foils

1 November 2008
Belgian research organisation IMEC reports that it has made the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate, including optical waveguides, light sources and detectors.
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PTFE mesh for surgery

1 November 2008
WL Gore's new Infinit Mesh is billed as the first 100% monofilament, large-pore knitted surgical mesh constructed entirely of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
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Merck and Nano-Terra extend alliance

1 November 2008
Global pharmaceuticals and chemical company Merck has announced an extension of its strategic alliance with nanotechnology development company Nano-Terra.
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Nano-clothing the new robots

1 November 2008
According to statistics from the International Federation of Robotics, the number of robots in private households worldwide will have increased from two million in 2004 to nine million by the end of 2
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New method for nanofibre composites

1 November 2008
A patented process for the manufacture of composite meltblown nonwovens fully integrating nanofibres is being introduced to the market by Irema Filter, based in Pavelsbach, Germany.
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