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A surface treatment for aramid fibres that improves the mechanical properties of rubber composites reinforced with them has been developed by Textilcord Steinfort (now Glanzstoff Textilcord) of Ste

A conductive composite yarn for making smart fabrics and garments has been developed by Supreme Corp of Conover, North Carolina, USA.

A durable, halogen-free coated polyester (PES) mesh fabric has been developed by Dow Global Technologies.

A radial tyre reinforced with lightweight composite carbon fibre belt strips is the subject of International Patent Publication WO2018/063109 by Kordsa Teknik Tekstil.

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc says it has won official permission for the establishment of a subsidiary in Vietnam from t

A Raleigh, North Carolina, USA-based start-up is a step closer to commercializing a cornstratch-based superabsorbet polymer (SAP) it says could reduce the amount of plastic waste that ends up in la

Fujitsu Frontech North America of Foothill Ranch, California, USA, has developed antenna technology to create washable ultra high frequency (UHF) radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that are

Wound dressings used for eye treatment have been developed by researchers at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen in Erlangen, Germany.

Demand from the printed circuit board (PCB) industry for glass fabrics is driving sales of Brückner Textile Technologies’ finishing lines, says the company of Leonberg, Germany.

The BauBax 2.0 Travel Jacket has secured more than US$3.2 million from backers on Kickstarter—attracting pre-sales of more than 65-times its crowdfunding campaign goal.

A monofilament for use in a novel hernia mesh has been developed by Samyang Biopharmaceuticals.

A biodegradable composite made of silk fibres that can be used to repair broken load-bearing bones without the complications sometimes presented by other materials has been developed by researchers

A pillow-shaped wound care article for the extraction and control of wound fluids is described in US Patent 9 907 708 by BSN Medical.

Electronic applications for nonwovens in Europe grew 21% by weight of fabric in 2017 compared with 2016, outstripping the year-on-year rate of growth for medical (13.2%) and automotive end-uses (13

A composite that gets stiffer and stronger when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation has been developed by researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland, and the Univer

A research team at the University at Buffalo in New York, USA, is drawing on the Japanese art of kirigami to build malleable electronic circuits.

An adhesive wound dressing with different patterns and thicknesses of the various parts of the adhesive layer has been developed by Coloplast.

A filter pad that removes impurities from contaminated cooking oil has been developed by Pure Gravity Filtration Systems of Conroe, Texas, USA.

Fabrics woven from a combination of poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and conductive carbon fibres that are able to track body movement for human–machine interfaces have b

Sutures with increased surface area and/or tissue integrative properties have been developed by researchers at Northwestern University based in Evanston, Illinois, USA.