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A durable, heat-resistant, flame-retardant (FR) fabric that is also highly visible owing to its vivid colour is now available, according to its two Japanese co-developers.

It’s exactly a decade since Levi Strauss of San Francisco, California, USA, announced its first connected denims.

Effective from today (1 June 2016), Karl Mayer has acquired Santoni’s technology (SWD) for seamless warp-knitting.

A researcher at Clemson University of South Carolina, USA, has received a US$2 million grant to develop cheaper precursors for the production of carbon fibres. 

Giro Sport Design, based in Santa Cruz, California, USA, has launched a new cycling helmet – the Aerohead Ultimate MIPS – employing TeXtreme carbon fibre fabrics to create a light, strong and rigid

An implant for the prevention or treatment of a hernia near a stoma formed in an abdominal wall has been developed by Covidien subsidiary Sofradim Production of Trévoux, France.

Hexcel Corp has made a strategic investment in Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), a producer of three-dimensionally (3D)-printed carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic parts.

A wound dressing suitable for use in a negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system has been developed by Smith & Nephew.

In the period 2015–2020, US demand for coated fabrics will increase from 489.1 million m² (585 million square yards) to 543.5 million m² (650 million square yards), according

A fully automated system, which is designed to wrap, pack and prepare for transport sensitive fibres (including carbon fibre) is now available.

Specifically for fibre manufacturers, Teijin Ltd has developed a range of masterbatches that combine its phosphorus-based flame-retardant (FR) agent (FCX-210) with polymers.

Imec, based in Leuven, Belgium, the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and micro-electronic design house Barco Silex, of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, are collaborating to implement data security

A bioresorbable wound dressing comprising a novel nonwoven fabric containing growth and differentiation factor proteins are disclosed in US Patent 9 278 156 by Biopharm.

A high-temperature polyamide (PPA) from Royal DSM is being used to manufacture the housing of a compact air compressor used in car repair kits to fix flat tires by Chinese company Guan Xiang. 

Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, USA, report they are now able to embroider circuits into fabrics with 0.1mm precision—the perfect size for integrating electronic components

Surgeons from the A. N.

Ahead of the upcoming Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arena of Tolentino, Italy – which claims to be the first swimwear company to engage in textile and fluid dynamics research to develo

A UK-based specialist in technical textiles has invested £1 million to upgrade one of its coating plants.

A laser-based surface preparation process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) could make joints between carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) and aluminium more robust and cheaper

Prepreg producer GMS Composites of Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia, has developed a flame retardant (FR) epoxy prepreg with high toughness and a relatively short gel time.