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Facts Inc is to add another scanner (LTM) to its range for measuring the thickness of webs.

The global market for superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) will be worth US$7.96 billion by 2020, according to the latest study.

Nonwovens producer Fibertex Personal Care has established another production line in Malaysia to service the growing Asian hygiene market.

An exhibition previously concerned only with the use of textiles in transportation applications has expanded its coverage for 2016 to include all markets for technical textiles.

The UK-based company behind a patented technology (CosyFlex) for the mass production of three-dimensional (3D) printed textiles says its first production line, capable of producing up to three mill

A trio of organizations in Sheffield, UK, are to develop metal composite hybrid anti-roll bars for trucks and trains.

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) will receive an Innovation Award in the Automotive Exterior Parts category at JEC World 2016 for its multi-material boot lid concept

Ahlstrom is to sell its glass nonwovens and fabrics business to Owens Corning for €73 million (about US$79.5 million).

A new range of medical apparel is being introduced by LifeThreads.

Ohmatex is hoping to change the consumer’s perception of a cable with its soft and tangle-free Micro USB CableGrace—which it claims to be the world’s thinnest micro universal serial bus (USB) cable

A veil made from fine glass fibres forms part of the crucial thermal insulation for a satellite launched to help monitor the heights of seas around the globe.

Leading outdoor apparel and equipment brand manufacturer Mammut is deploying the My Collection industry solution developed by  Dassault Systèmes of Paris, France, to streamline collection planning

A self-adaptive composite (SAC) that demonstrates both self-healing and reversible self-stiffening properties has been developed by researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. 

A shape-memory alloy (SMA) is being used by QinetiQ to improve the impact performance and damage tolerance of carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs). 

Italy’s Thermore is promising to explain the secret of its Thermal Booster smart insulation during the ISPO Munich sports gear show that takes place in  Germany on 24–27 January 2016.

Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan, has developed a soft, flexible and stretchable polymer film that will allow the construction of soft and stretchable electronic devices suitable for incorporation in

Occupational exposure to textile dust has been shown to more-than-double the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to scientists from Malaysia and Sweden.

Hexcel has revealed that its snap-curing epoxy-based carbon fibre prepreg is being used by BMW to reinforce the metal shell of the 7 Series’ B-pillar. 

GKN Aerospace has delivered the natural laminar flow (NLF) wing components it has developed for the Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe (BLADE) project.

Microwave carbonization and plasma surface treatment technologies for the production of carbon fibres have been developed by Toho Tenax Co Ltd of Tokyo, Japan.