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New application for Lenzing's Tencel

1 July 2009
Eurofoam, Europe's leading foam manufacturer, and cellulose fibre producer Lenzing, have developed a new kind of foam called Cellpur, incorporating Tencel powder.
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Sponge-like nanofibre web has many similarities to human tissue

1 July 2009
For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.
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CNT-enhanced composites shed boat weight

1 July 2009
A new boat is to be built by Strategic Composites entirely from Arovex - the carbon nanotube-enhanced prepreg developed by Zyvex Performance Materials, based in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Technologies get design to speed up route to market

1 July 2009
A wearable radar-on-a-chip tracking device with many safety applications, solar-powered equipment to generate clean water and electricity, and a self-sterilising catheter are among a raft of innovatio
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Capacitative coupling for non-contact monitoring

1 July 2009
Scientists at the Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland (TITV Greitz) in Germany are investigating the employment of electronic textiles that can take physiological readings without direct ski
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Gas release textile with medical uses

1 July 2009
The Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) at Hohenstein in Germany has developed the first textile that can release medically effective gasses.
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Limestone and titanium high performance

1 July 2009
US sportswear brand TYR Sport's new Sayonara is billed as the first high performance swimskin to incorporate Yamamoto Biorubber Swim Mark III fabric.
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Continua selects Bluetooth low energy

1 July 2009
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the selection of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology by Continua Health Alliance, the industry coalition of leading health care and techno
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Encapsulated nanofibre webs for new niches

1 July 2009
Nanosan nonwovens developed by SNS Nano Fiber Technology are specialized nanofibre matrices in which a variety of particles have been successfully entrapped or encapsulated for a range of new niche ap
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Award for feminine future design

1 July 2009
During Techtextil 2009, the Avantex New Fashion Innovation Prize 2009 was presented to a Berlin team of researchers and designers for an interactive dress with integrated stretchable circuit board tec
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Airbags made for recycling

1 July 2009
To make airbags more recyclable, a Japanese company has proposed making them from polyamide (PA) fabric with an elastomeric PA coating.
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Tear strength instrument

1 July 2009
A UK company has launched an instrument it has designed to test the tear strength of light weight and heavy bottom weight textiles.
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Biocatalyst treatment improves hydrophilicity of polyolefins

1 July 2009
Treating the surface of a polyolefin or polyolefin copolymer fibre or fabric with oxidoreductase enzymes increases the hydrophilicity, according to the speciality chemicals company Ciba.
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Testing fabrics' interactions with living skin cells

1 July 2009
Scientists working in Germany say they have developed a unique textile test that allows manufacturers to evaluate the effects their fabrics may have on the people who wear them.
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Polymer Group to close North Little Rock manufacturing plant

1 July 2009
Polymer Group Inc (PGI) is to close its plant in North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, consolidating certain manufacturing operations there with those at its facility in Benson, North Carolina.
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Management changes announced within Lenzing Nonwoven Fibers

1 July 2009
Wolfgang Plasser (pictured left) has been appointed Vice President Nonwoven Fibers. The former managing director Lenzing Plastics took over the Business Unit on 1 July 2009.
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TenCate's Geotube technology for shoreline protection projects

1 July 2009
TenCate Geosynthetics is supplying its Geotube(r) technology for projects in Nigeria and the USA.
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Teijin strives to improve the recovery of sulphuric acid during spinning and washing of aramid

1 July 2009
Teijin Aramid of Arnhem, The Netherlands, has proposed a method for spinning and washing aramid fibre that allows for the effective recovery and re-use of sulphuric acid and water, uses low amounts of
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Salmon farmer opts for strong polyethylene fibre nets

1 July 2009
Following a three-year trial period, a Norway-based salmon farming company has placed an order for cage nets made from DSM's ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre, Dyneema.
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Hybrid cord for aircraft tyres

1 July 2009
A composite cable of aramid and polyamide yarns is proposed as a reinforcement for aircraft tyres by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co of Akron, Ohio, USA.
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