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Fiberweb acquires interest in Coronor Composites

1 May 2009
Fiberweb has agreed to acquire the 50% interest of its joint venture partner Nordenia International in Coronor Composites for a cash consideration of Euro3.1 million.
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ConvaTec appoints President, Continence and Critical Care

1 May 2009
ConvaTec, a developer and marketer of medical technologies for community and hospital care, has appointed Paul Moraviec as President of its Continence and Critical Care Business Unit and ConvaTec EMEA
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Baseball batters get help in keeping their cool

1 May 2009
Rawlings sporting goods Co Inc, the official helmet supplier to professional baseball in the USA, has created a batter's helmet that the company claims will offer increased protection from impacts at
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Fear of disease increases demand for nonwoven filter media used in face masks

1 May 2009
Recent health scares - such as last year's bird flu, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 and now swine flu - only add to the urgency to provide cheap and effective barrier filtration to p
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Antibacterial, flame retardant fibre proves ideal for textile ducts

1 May 2009
Airtex Gmbh of Rheurdt, Germany, a specialist in heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) products, now offers its textile ventilation systems made using the polyester fibre CS Bioactive.
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Continued innovation in smart, nano- and technical textiles

1 May 2009
The fourth international conference to be organized by the Institute of Nanotechnology, Stirling, UK, dealt with the latest research and development in smart, nano- and technical textiles for medical,
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Research thrives in US universities, despite funding problems

1 May 2009
University research related to technical textiles is moving forward on a variety of fronts in the USA.
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Customer-led innovation the key to surviving the downturn

1 May 2009
On a recent tour of technical textiles companies in Northern France and Belgium, our reporter Guy Kitteringham received the message loud and clear--innovate and offer customer-led solutions if you wan
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Novel medical applications for nonwovens and nanofibres

1 May 2009
Nanofibres are already being widely employed in nonwovens for applications such as fine filtration.
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Resilient market for European nonwovens machinery makers

1 May 2009
Suppliers to the nonwovens industry are looking to capitalize on new initiatives in China that are aimed at boosting industrial activity.
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Production of disposable hygiene products in India to take-off

1 May 2009
The potential market for disposable hygiene products in India is vast and largely untapped, reports Reena Mital.
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Bioabsorbables specialist adds electrospinning

1 April 2009
Zeus is establishing a new electrospinning technology in order to produce polymer fibres with thicknesses ranging from the nano to microscale.
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Human Solutions and Odermark develop One-Step System

1 April 2009
Odermark Apparel Works, based in Goslar, Germany has teamed up with Human Solutions to introduce a new system for the mass production of tailored clothing.
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Panel beater at ISPO

1 April 2009
At the recent ISPO sport show in Munich, Germany, Atlantik Elektronik introduced ePunch - billed as the first electronic boxing panel.
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Training analysis with Polar's Team2

1 April 2009
With the transfer fees and wages top professional players are demanding, football clubs need to pull out every stop in ensuring they get maximum return from their 'investments'.
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Wearables reference work

1 April 2009
Smart Clothes And Wearable Technology is a new publication by Woodhead Publishing which examines the emerging area of cross-disciplinary development incorporating fashion, design and electronics exper
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Volcanic eruption

1 April 2009
Hong Kong's Pensonic Technology, has introduced the new Volcanic Heat range of heated garments.
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New version of motion capture suit in 2009

1 April 2009
Xsens Technologies of the Netherlands plans to release the successor to its Moven inertial motion capture system during 2009.
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DNA tag trial success

1 April 2009
Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based security solutions, has successfully completed a trial of its technology in wool textile manufacturing in Yorkshire, UK.
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Power Plastic to be produced in Massachusetts

1 April 2009
Konarka Technologies - the developer of Power Plastic -has secured $5 million in financing in connection with its recently opened production facility in the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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