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Improved roof-linings

1 March 2004
US-based DuPont has developed a film-fibril sheet that, the company claims, has a better balance of key properties such as air permeability and liquid barrier resistance, and toughness and softness.
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Saint-Gobain invests in glass fibre in China

1 March 2004
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex is to invest in its manufacturing capacity for glass fibre at its DouDian plant in Beijing, China.
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Final stage of tyre cord investment in Brazil

1 March 2004
Diolen Industrial Fibres has invested in more modernization at the company's tyre cord converting operations at its facility in Camacari, Brazil - Companhia Bahiana de Fibras (COBAFI).
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Big two's pullout robs ITMA 2003 of technical yarn interest

1 March 2004
In the absence of Saurer and Rieter, Phil Owen found little in Birmingham of interest for technical yarn producers exploiting the staple fibre route.
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Multi-component yarn production in a rotor spinner

1 March 2004
A problem with open-end (OE) spinning is that it has tended to be inflexible and what it makes has been lacking in character, which means that markets have been restricted to volume consumption of a p
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Machine for making pre-shaped absorbent pads for sanitary items

1 March 2004
A machine for manufacturing pre-shaped absorbent pads for sanitary items is described in US Patent 6 623 264 by GDM of Offanengo, Italy.
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Non-contact dressing assembly isolates affected areas

1 March 2004
A medical dressing assembly has been developed by Medical Dressings of Muskegon, Michigan, USA.
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Process for manufacturing a braided bifurcated stent

1 March 2004
A process for making a braided bifurcated stent is outlined in US Patent 6 622 604 by Boston Scientific/SciMed.
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Larger sails withstand higher pressures

1 March 2004
A design for large sails that are subjected to high air pressures is the subject of US Patent 6 624 098.
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Aiming towards vortex

1 March 2004
Murata - the only company to date to build an air-jet spinning machine (the MJS) - continues to develop what it describes as a vortex spinner-- European Patent EP 1 347 085.
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Intermittently bonded laminates

1 March 2004
Disposable surgical drapes and gowns that feature laminates secured by cluster bonding techniques have been developed by Allegiance.
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Polyester fibre and adhesion technology make better tyres

1 March 2004
Honeywell plans to expand production of its Beltec fibre to meet the growing need for tyre cap plies.
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Lenzing resumes lyocell production...

1 March 2004
Production of Lenzing Lyocell resumed on 29 November after an incident at Lenzing's plant in Heiligenkreuz, Austria, on 23 September (see also, Technical Textiles International, November 2003, page 7)
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Fluid-absorbing fabric for operating room gowns

1 March 2004
A fabric for use in surgical garments is disclosed in US Patent 6 617 487 by Chou Su Jen of Chang Hua, Taiwan.
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C.R. Bard in alliance for developing shape memory polymers

1 March 2004
North American medical technology group C.R. Bard and mnemoScience of Aachen, Germany, have entered into a strategic alliance for the development of innovative shape memory polymers.
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Knitted mesh fabric for hernia repairs

1 March 2004
A knitted surgical mesh made from a biocompatible yarn is described in US Patent 6 638 284 by Ethicon.
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Moulded wings

1 March 2004
US Patent 6 475 320 reports a development in composite design from Japan: a method of fabricating a composite wing based on superposed textiles placed on mandrels and processed in a closed jig.
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Aerogels reinforced with fibrous batting

1 March 2004
International Patent WO 02/052086 describes aerogel composites reinforced by lofty fibrous batting in combination with one or both of short randomly oriented microfibres and conductive layers.
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Rhodia relaunches flame retardant range

1 March 2004
Rhodia is relaunching its phos- phonate-based textile flame retardants under the trade name of Amgard(r).
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Titanium-coated warp-knitted fabric offers biocompatibility and flexibility

1 March 2004
A warp-knitted mesh fabric for repairing hernias has been developed by German companies Rokona Textilwerk of Tubingen and GfE Medizintechnik of Nurnberg in cooperation with specialists in hernia surge
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