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A disposable feminine sanitary napkin that is resistant to compression by lateral forces has been developed by Johnson & Johnson (Canada).
Sustainability and innovation were the two key themes at the Outlook Personal Care Products Conference, which took place in September 2007 in Cascais (Lisbon), Portugal.
A sanitary tampon with an applicator is outlined in US Patent 7 241 274 by Unicharm.
Non-invasive orthopaedic products supplier Ossur has announced the inauguration of itsAsia Pacific operations in Shanghai,China.
A bandage with non-slip properties for joints is disclosed in US Patent 7 273 464 by Bauerfeind.
SmartLife Technology has been awarded a development grant of GBP500 000 by the UK's Northwest Regional Development Agency to develop a garment called the HealthVest.
Polish medical textiles producer and distributor Pani Teresa Medica has debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, aiming to raise up to PLN10 million (US$3.8 million) from its initial public offering (IPO
Earlier this year,Bayer subsidiary Bayer Innovation opened a pilot plant production facility for the manufacture of bioresorbable wound dressings based on silica gel fibres.
Six consumer products - five from the USA and one from India - have been nominated as finalists for the 2008 Visionary Award.
A bandaging device for sequestering a wound or an inoculation site on a patient is provided in US Patent 7 265 256.
A skin-contacting heatable dressing has been developed byAvery Dennison of Pasadena,California,USA.
A multi-stranded suture having a stiff portion adjacent to one or both ends of the suture has been developed by Arthrex.
Concordia Fibers has announced the appointments of Debra Masso and Ian Christianson to its medical team.As medical manufacturing manager for the company's new medical division,Masso will focus on buil
Regular correspondent Niki Tait toured the many halls of exhibitors at ITMA 2007 in Munich, Germany, 13-20 September, to report back on the latest machinery developments and trends in the fields of te
The 11th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymers was held in Bolton, UK, and attracted more than 160 delegates from 18 countries eager to hear of the latest developments in flame retardancy mechan
A record-breaking 1460 exhibitors and 55 100 visitors met at A+A 2007 in Dusseldorf, 18-21 September, helping to emphasize, reports Claude Levy-Rueff, that the market is growing in all three of its ma
Switzerland is home to a number of innovators in the technical textiles sector, ranging from producers of spinnaker sails and artificial grass to screen-printed technical fabrics and materials for mar
With floor space at the latest so-called "Textile Machinery Olympics" up by 50%, builders of advanced machinery for the production of staple fibre and filament nonwovens showed why the sector is growi
On behalf of Technical Textiles International, Ian Holme reports from ITMA 2007 (13-20 September, Munich, Germany) on the latest developments from all the major builders in the coating and laminating
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