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Berry Global has announced it is investing in an RF5 machine from Reifenhäuser Reicofil for the production of spunbond, meltblown and composite nonwovens.

Takeda Pharmaceutical and BioSurfaces have initiated a research programme to develop innovative medical devices to treat patients with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases using BioSurfaces’ proprietary

Intexar is the new brand from DuPont of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, for smart clothing technology based on stretchable electronic inks and films.

N12 Technologies Inc is to work with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) to develop high production capacities for its NanoStitch interlaminar reinforcement product.

Researchers headed by Frank Clemens from the Laboratory for High-Performance Ceramics at Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland, have developed a sensor made of piezoresistive fibres and have incorporated

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories says it has selected the site for its operational headquarters in Quang Nam province, Vietnam.

SPGPrints has started to build a 700-m² demonstration and training facility for its digital textile customers at its headquarters in Boxmeer, The Netherlands.

Andritz is to supply Autoneum’s plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, with a needlepunch line for the production of velour felts for automotive applications.

A biocompatible non-stick wound dressing based on an elastomer matrix containing fat and hydrocolloid is disclosed in US Patent 9 649 402 by Lohmann & Rauscher.

Henkel of Düsseldorf, Germany, has opened a test facility for composites in Japan. 

A porous absorbent wound dressing that has minimal adherence to the healing wound has been outlined by researchers from IBM.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) and the US Navy’s Disruptive Technology Laboratory have created the US military’s first three-dimensionally (3D)-pr

The Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University in Germany is working to develop environmentally friendly methods for the manufacture of concrete and composites. 

Don & Low of Forfar, UK, has started-up synthetic grass yarn line, after its Board approved the substantial investment at the end of 2016. 

Technical textiles and thermoplastics specialist Porcher Industries has been working with STELIA Aerospace on its recent Arches Box TP research project. 

A negatively-charged finish for textiles that attracts the positively-charged allergens like a magnet has been developed by researchers at Hohenstein Group's William Küster Institute for Hygiene, E

The Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) in Port Angeles, Washington, USA, is to work with the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) to develop automated method

North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) of Renens, Switzerland, and FIBRE Mechanics of Lymington, UK, are working together to develop high-performance composite products for boatyards that reduce labour t

Ontex Group has opened a new 11 000-m² production plant in Hawassa, Ethiopia, to produce baby diapers under its Canbebe brand. 

A glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastic that demonstrates low warpage and high flame retardance has been developed for use in electric vehicle battery parts by Lanxess of Cologne and HELLA KGaA Huec