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Duvaltex, a Québec, Canada-based textile holding company that owns North American textile manufacturer Victor Textiles, has acquired all of the True Textiles business units, including True, Guilfor

The University of California (UC), Berkeley’s Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory – led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Homayoon Kazerooni –has been working for more than a decade to crea

The global market for wireless medical devices will grow at around 25% annually over the next five years, expanding from US$3.6 billion in 2015 to about $11 billion by 2020, according to a new repo

A compression foot garment that reduces heel pain has been developed by ING Source.

A bioresorbable implant that can be used in the repair, reinforcement and replacement of soft tissues has been developed by Sofradim Production.

A flexible sensor system that can measure metabolites and electrolytes in sweat, calibrate the data based on skin temperature and sync the results in real-time to a smartphone has been developed by

MarkForged of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, has launched an updated version of its Mark One three dimensional (3D) printer for the production of composites parts.

A lignin-based carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) car roof is being developed by researchers in Sweden.

Reima of Vantaa, Finland, has introduced what it claims to be the first range of connected outdoor clothing for children.

Haydale Composite Solutions (HCS) Ltd has installed a composite pipe testing facility at its headquarters in Loughborough, UK, to assist in the development and approval of graphene-enhanced polymer

Evonik Industries is to build a production line for polyamide (PA) 12 powder in Marl, Germany—increasing the company’s annual capacity for PA 12 powders by 50%

The soon-to-be-launched Echo H2 smart patch seeks to take health and sports performance monitoring to a new level.

South Korea’s Jenax introduced the J.Flex, which it describes as the world’s first truly flexible battery, at the Wearable Technologies 2016 conference held in Munich, Germany, on 26–27 Ja

North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) of Penthalaz, Switzerland, has won a JEC World 2016 Innovation Award for a thin-ply prepreg, which it developed to enable the manufacture of intricate watc

Feminine hygiene absorbent articles comprising water-absorbing composites are described in US Patent 9 149 556 by Procter & Gamble.

Common coaxial cables could be made to be 50% lighter with a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based outer conductor coating.

The global polymer nanocomposites market will grow by 24% a year until 2019 according to the latest report from analyst Technavio of London, UK.

An improved hernia repair patch has been developed by Roderick Brown of Glenwood, Minnesota, USA.

A simple plaster that can detect skin cancer is being developed at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and inventor Zeev Zalevsky believes it could soon be mass produced and made available to the consum

At the ISPO sportwear and gear show in Munich, Germany, on 24–27 January 2016, Japan’s Toyobo showcased Cocomi, a film-like material that can measure heart rate and take other biological r