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Alkane fuel is a key ingredient in combustible materials such as petrol, aircraft fuel and oil, yet it is difficult to detect and there are no portable scanners available that can sniff-out the odo

A pile fabric developed to meet new stringent fire regulations for upholstery on public transportation is to be revealed at Techtext

In April 2016, Curt G. Joa filed an inter partes review proceeding against Fameccanica Data to invalidate a patent owned by Fameccanica.

Freudenberg Performance Materials is to introduce its latest lightweight nonwovens for use in industrial wipes during the IDE

Solvay Engineering Plastics is establishing a dedicated part testing laboratory in Shanghai, China, to support its customers in the Asia region. 

BASF of Ludwigshafen, Germany, has signed an agreement to sell its global Polyolefin Catalysts business to W.R. Grace & Co of Columbia, Maryland, USA. 

Tricol International Group, a Marshall Islands-based producer of microfibres, together with its 100% wholly owned Oregon, USA-based subsidiary Tricol Biomedical, has acquired HemCon Medical Technol

Huntsman Advanced Materials has introduced two methacrylate adhesives, called Araldite 2021-1 and Araldite 2022-1.

Faurecia has sold its Automotive Exteriors Business to Plastic Omnium, following the completion of the information and consultation procedures with the relevant employee representatives.

The global wearable medical devices market was valued at US$2.7 billion in 2014 and is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.4% from 2015 to 2023 to reach US$10.7 billio

Mogul has launched a range of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) nonwovens, which it will sell as part of its Elastex brand.

Santex, a specialist in machinery for textile finishing, has entered the business of weaving machinery after completing its acquisition of one of the world’s leading loom builders, SMIT.

A multiaxial carbon fibre fabric specifically optimized by Hexcel Reinforcements UK Ltd (formerly Formax) for high-volume composites manufacturing has been used to produce a demonstrator part for a

Machine builder Trützschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers GmbH has agreed to sell its entire staple fibre business to the Manmade Fibers Segment of the Oerlikon Group.

The global diaper market is expected to post a steady growth rate over the next five years with the current adult and growing ageing population worldwide being one of the most important market driv

The 55^th edition of the annual Man-made Fibers Congress in Dornbirn, Austria, will take place one week later than usual and run from Tuesday to Thursday (20–22 September 2016),

A one-shot hybrid moulding process is being used to produce a glass fibre-reinforced polyamide (PA) rear bumper beam for Honda’s FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). 

A natural fibre-reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) developed by ELIX Polymers of Tarragona, Spain, has picked up the 2016 Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award. 

Royal DSM of Heerlen, The Netherlands, is to launch a range of high-performance polyamide (PA) 4T materials produced partially from renewable resources, called ForTii Eco. 

Aerospace composites manufacturer Albany International Corp of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, has completed the acquisition of Harris Corp’s composite aerostructures division in Salt Lake City, Uta