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UL Consumer & Retail Services (CRS) is joining the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme, which is promoting the widespread implementation of sustainable chemistry and best pra

Ultra-thin, ceramic impregnated separators for lithium-ion batteries, gas diffusion layers for fuel cells and high-performance electrodes for redox flow batteries are all part of the Freudenberg Pe

A joint research team in Japan has developed a mesh that can be wrapped around injured peripheral nerves to facilitate their regeneration and restore their functions.

An absorbent article with improved bonding of the topsheet material is disclosed in US Patent 9 504 613 by Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. 

A Hamburg district court has sustained a temporary injunction of Sympatex Technologies GmbH against W. L.

Chomarat is planning a multi-million-Euro investment that will allow it to focus its development activities on the automotive and aerospace sectors. 

US researchers from PermeaDerm of Carlsbad, California, and the University of Rochester, New York, have developed an improved skin substitute.

During Techtextil, Amann & Soehne is to reveal several developments from its recently opened Innovation Lab.

EuroFibers BV is to launch a range of cut-resistant sweaters (BodyShield) at the forthcoming Techtextil.

Solvay, Bentley and Penso have been awarded a multi-million pound grant by the UK government Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) for the Flexible Lightweight Architecture for Volume Applications (

Researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA, have created a “spray-on” digital memory device using only an aerosol jet printer and nanoparticle inks.

An absorbent item such as a bandage has been developed by French researchers at the Paris-based Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives and Laboratoires Urgo of Chenôve.

An adhesive bandage comprising a central cone (10) and a series of attached legs (20) has been developed by Gregory Troy Williams of Calgary, California, USA.

Swiss companies Schoeller Textil AG of Sevelen Eschler Textil GmbH, of Bühler are working closely with partners from the garment and medical sectors, and with electronics companies and research ins

The assembly carrier for Porsche’s GT3 Cup II is being manufactured from carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) by Toho Tenax Europe GmbH at its site in Heinsberg, Germany.

After launching its TUNE as a simple, easy-to-use smart wearable for runners in October 2016, Porto, Portugal-based Kinematix is now closing as it lacks the funds necessary to move forward.

At the INDEX 17 in Geneva, Switzerland, on 4–7 April, Glatfelter and Dreamweaver International received an Innovation Award for best finished product for their Gold 20 lithium–ion

The next generation of Audi’s A8 will feature in its multi-material spaceframe a carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) rear wall. 

A production line for spunbond, meltblown and composite nonwovens has been unveiled by Reifenhäuser Reicofil of Troisdorf, Germany.

Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, USA, have created elastic, touch-sensitive fibres that can be employed as an interface with electronic devices.