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  2. March/April 2010

March/April 2010

Issues affecting the greater use of composites in automobiles

1 December 2013
Satish Aparaj and colleagues at India's Textile & Engineering Institute - P.V. Kadole and M.C.
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Medical and hygiene textiles benefit from use of superabsorbents

1 December 2013
Shrirang Chinta and colleagues at India's Textile & Engineering Institute - S.B. Mhetre and S.K.
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How to exploit opportunities from growing end-use markets

1 December 2013
Casting aside the gloom of the prevailing economic climate, delegates at an international symposium learned about opportunities from growing end-use markets and how to exploit them, reports Adrian Wil
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How to gain commercial advantage from emerging technologies

1 December 2013
In the final session of an international symposium, industry leaders revealed how they are finding, developing and exploiting a range of emerging technologies, reports Adrian Wilson from the event, he
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Saati and Kusumgar combine to exploit Indian, Asian markets

1 December 2013
Growing interest in the Indian markets for high-technology products and a wish to exploit the economic advantages of local manufacturing are behind the cooperation of Kusumgar Corporates and Saati, ac
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Small and flexible is the recipe for success at Innovative Textiles

1 December 2013
Despite owning no manufacturing equipment, the two owners and six employees of Innovative Textiles have built a serious reputation in the development of technical fabrics. John W.
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Managed innovation the key to success for the Gore-Tex brand

1 December 2013
Gore says that continual innovation is a key to its success so Linda Foster visited the company and some of its customers and end-users in Slovakia to learn more about how it ensures these development
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New faces and new niche markets promised for IDEA10 Miami

1 December 2013
As the leading exhibition for nonwovens and other engineered fabrics in 2010, April's IDEA will showcase a buoyant industry, which continues to find new end-use markets and attract new international e
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Glatfelter to buy airlaid nonwovens manufacturer Concert

1 March 2010
Glatfelter has completed its acquisition of Concert Industries from Brookfield Special Situations Management--a venture capital firm with offices in Brazil, Canada, the UK and the USA.
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Lenzing boosts capacity in Asia

1 March 2010
Lenzing Subsidiary PT South Pacific Viscose (SPV), located in Purwakarta, has begun its first trials on a new fourth production line.
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Textile machinery

1 March 2010
Karl Mayer will take part at this year's JEC Composite Show from 13-15 April 2010.
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Optimize workwear's skin contact to win wearer's acceptance

1 March 2010
Whatever its functionality, workwear (and in even more extreme cases, protective wear) is of no value if it is not worn.
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TenCate's UK armour acquisition

1 March 2010
Royal Ten Cate of The Netherlands will acquire AML UK--an armour company based in Swindon, UK, which generates sales of about GBP10 million a year.
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Fibre glass demand returns for PPG plant

1 March 2010
PPG Industries - a manufacturer of speciality materials with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - has restarted a furnace for making fibre glass at its facility in Lexington, North Carolina
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