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Converting thick webs to contoured materials

1 July 2003
A US company has invented a system for converting a thick web of nonwoven fabric into a contoured material.
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Controlling stretch in knitted nets

1 July 2003
Israeli inventors have developed a type of knitted netting for use in baling agricultural products and securing cargo.
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How to turn technical innovation into commercial success

1 July 2003
Commercial Director at Acordis Speciality Fibres, Jim Edmonds, offers his insight into creating commercial success from technical innovation.
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Improved method of binding superabsorbent polymers to fibres

1 July 2003
In US Patent 6 521 087, Weyerhaeuser discloses polymeric and non-polymeric binders for binding particles, such as superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) and antimicrobials, to fibres used in hygiene products
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Californian diaper tax plan dropped but recycling project continues

1 July 2003
A politician in California, USA, has withdrawn a proposed diaper-tax bill after critics claimed it solely benefited the diaper recycling company that contributed to the campaign.
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Absorbent products incorporate adhesive-wrapped elastic strands

1 July 2003
An elastic strand around which is wrapped a continuous filament of adhesive has been developed by Kimberly-Clark.
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Mogul add polyester to its range

1 July 2003
Mogul has begun production of a polyester spunbond nonwovens under the name of Mopet.
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Buoyant fibre makes floating fabric for children's bathing costumes

1 July 2003
Under the Plouf brand, Greystone SA of Caros, France, is marketing a floating bathing costume. This has been made possible thanks to Eliotex, a fibre with exceptional flotation properties.
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Zimmer in hostile bid for Centerpulse

1 July 2003
US orthopaedics company Zimmer has launched a US$3.2 billion bid for the Swiss-based Centerpulse, challenging Smith & Nephew's earlier offer of US$2.3 billion.
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Antimicrobial agent

1 July 2003
Sanitized AG of Burgdorf, Switzerland - one of the world's leading providers of anti-microbial products for 50 years - has launched a new additive for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyurethane (PU).
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Improved drive system for braiding machines

1 July 2003
US Patent 6 453 789 discloses an improved drive system for braiding machines.
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Initiatives for growth

1 July 2003
International Newsletters is preparing a major new report - Medical and Hygiene Textiles: Initiatives for Growth.
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Pile needlepunch for automobiles

1 July 2003
A Spanish company has developed a kind of needlepunched fabric that it believes will be suitable for automobile carpet, and for lining the trunk or boot and wheel arches of vehicles.
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Second Outlook hygiene conference

1 July 2003
EDANA, the European trade association for the nonwovens and hygiene products industries, has announced the programme for Outlook 2003, the second hygiene conference to be held in Monaco from 8-10 Octo
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Rhodia to make high-tenacity polyamide airbag yarns in Slovakia

1 July 2003
Rhodia Technical Fibers will begin production of high-tenacity polyamide 6.6 yarns for the airbag market.
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Outlook for technical yarns and nonwovens - the French view

1 July 2003
Geoff Fisher visited Paris to find out what the French textile machinery manufacturer's association and its members think about the prospects for the technical textiles markets in the run-up to ITMA 2
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UK farmers encouraged to grow flax

1 July 2003
Yorkshire Forward of Leeds, UK, is supporting a system for the decortication of flax.
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Tubular compressive device for limbs

1 July 2003
Innothera Topic International has developed a method and device for pulling a tubular compressive orthotic device on to a limb.
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Composite fabric for vehicles

1 July 2003
Milliken & Co has devised a laminate for absorbing sounds in motor vehicles.
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Simpler roofing felt

1 July 2003
A relatively simple and inexpensive composite designed for reinforcing bituminous roofing is the subject of US Patent 6 524 980.
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