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The employment of silk inks containing enzymes, antibiotics, antibodies, nanoparticles and growth factors could turn inkjet printing into an effective tool for therapeutics, regenerative medicine a

UK technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership has developed a wearable device that measures and monitors the vital signs of multiple trauma patients for emergency response in di

DuPont Displays (DuPont) and leading inkjet equipment manufacturer Kateeva are joining forces to develop optimized inks, equipment, and processes to further advance inkjet printing technology for o

A silver-containing wound dressing is disclosed in US Patent 9 066 989 by ConvaTec Technologies. 

Enfucell, based in Vantaa, Finland, has announced a licence partnership with Quad Industries for its SoftBattery—a thin, flexible and eco-friendly printed power source. 

Ford has announced details of its work with Carbon3D’s Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) technology.

Wiivv Wearables, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, has received venture capital backing from investors including Evonik as it attempts to become one of the first companies to apply three-dimensio

Plessey’s dotLED range, designed specifically for wearable applications, has been expanded with a wider selection of colours, including red, green and blue.

SCA is to invest around SEK650 million (US$76 million) in a new production facility in Jarinu, Brazil, for the manufacture of incontinence products.

Researchers in the USA have developed a spinning technique that enables them to improve both the strength and modulus of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibres. 

The wearable technology market is worth US$24.2 billion in 2015 and will grow to three times that size in ten years – creating a market of $74 billion in 2025 – according to the latest forecasts fr

Electrically conducting fibres that can be stretched reversibly to over 14 times their initial length have been developed by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Dallas NanoTech Institute in

A leading supplier of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials is to acquire Avintiv Inc of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, the world’s largest manufacturer of nonwovens.

An absorbent feminine hygiene article configured to intercept a flow of fluid escaping along the intergluteal cleft has been developed by Vesna Stewart of Winter Haven, Florida, USA.

Embr Labs of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is hoping that a bracelet that actively cools or heats the skin of its wearer will resonate with consumers.

Disposable absorbent articles, especially feminine hygiene products such as sanitary napkins (10) and panty-liners, with improved absorption characteristics are described in US Patent 8 969 652 by

A nonwoven fabric claimed to have excellent handle, air- and liquid-permeability, and high deformability and superior recoverability has been developed by Unicharm.

Are Google and Levi Strauss planning to bring interactive fabrics to the mass-market?

An absorbent personal care article, such as a sanitary napkin, panty-liner or incontinence pad, with inter-meshing flaps has been developed by Kimberly-Clark.

UK-headquartered industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business Coats Group plc has developed a metallized thread antenna specifically for use with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) t