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As a promising alternative to buttons and zips, Teijin has developed a polyester (PES) hook-and-loop fastener called Fastenano that exploits the company’s Nanofront PES nanofibre-pile fabric for it

In order that mill owners and others can readily determine which elastane fabrics are best suited for specific applications, Invista of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, has developed a proprietary system

A proprietary spinning technology allows its developer to make ribbon-shaped polyester (PES) fibres that are finer than it has previously been possible to use successfully to form fabrics.

The US$50-million Indiana Manufacturing Institute – based in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, USA, and housing the Center for Composites Manufacturing and Simulation – has officially ope

A team of researchers at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA, have integrated nano-scale sensors and electronics into yarns – ranging from simple cotton to sophisticated synthetics – th

Electronic textiles (E-textiles) specialist Intelligent Textiles Ltd (ITL) has been working with BAE Systems on the development of an alternative to the heavy portable data and power supplies curre

Resource recovery business Axion Consulting, a division of Axion Recycling, has worked with nonwovens manufacturer Technical Fibre Products (TFP) and fuel cell components manufacturer Johnson Matth

Lenzing is investing €100 million to increase production capacity for its speciality fibres.

The global hygiene market will grow by 6.4% annually until 2021 to a total value of US$23.1 billion and consume six million tonnes of materials, with the nonwovens segment growing at more than twic

A method for increasing the skin or wound compatibility of a hygiene or wound care product that includes a cellulose nonwoven fabric is disclosed by BSN Medical in US Patent 9 387 130.

An absorbent material with antimicrobial properties suitable for use as a wound dressing has been developed by Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS) of Winsford, Cheshire, UK.

Recycling specialist ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd of Coseley, UK, has joined the US Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI). 

The National Composites Centre (NCC) in Bristol, UK, has signed a collaborative innovation agreement with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

A uniform lightweight nonwoven made from microfine glass fibre co-wound with an aluminium foil has been developed as the basis of multi-layer high-performance insulation for use in cryogenic vessel

VMG Partners, a California, USA-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of Babyganics, a brand of personal care and household products for families with children, to SC Johnson of Racine,

An implantable medical device (600) that includes a surgical mesh (620) and a polymeric film (610) pivotably attached to the mesh is described in US Patent 9 364 310 by Covidien.

PolyOne Corp has acquired Gordon Composites and Polystrand from Gordon Holdings.  

Customized alginate derived from cultivated bacteria has been used to create fibre-based materials in a project funded by the German Government.

Self-locking knotless sutures that could be used for joining tissue are featured in US Patent 9 351 719 from Zone 2 Surgical.

METYX Composites, a division of textiles company Telateks AS, is in the process of doubling the size of its production facilities at its main manufacturing centre in Manisa, Turkey.