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Initially employed in functional clothing, energear textile technology from Schoeller Technologies is now being used in upholstery fabrics and mattress toppers. 

An improved wound dressing that is claimed to optimize moist wound conditioning and extend the time interval between changes has been developed by IVF Hartmann.

Unifi Inc has begun construction of an additional facility at its Recycling Center in Yadkinville, North Carolina, USA.

In what could turn out to be a very significant development for the future of the entire plastics and synthetic fibres industries in the longer term, Coca-Cola has unveiled the world’s first polyet

The global market value for advanced wound dressings will increase from US$2.87 billion in 2014 to US$3.51 billion by 2021, driven primarily by rising risk factor rates and the need for cost-effici

Toho Tenax Co has introduced a new grade of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibre that it claims combines high strength and high tensile modulus.

The Artus artificial uterus has been awarded a Techtextil Innovation Award 2015 in the New Application category.

A wound dressing designed to inhibit the lateral diffusion of absorbed exudate is described in US Patent 9 035 122 by PolyRemedy.

Two companies have won funding to develop graphene-enhanced sizings for carbon fibres.

Mammut, based in Cologne, Germany, has specialized in the manufacture of high-performance industrial quilting machines for the past 140 years.

A UK geotextiles manufacturer has developed design software to help engineers select the correct product.

A technology developed at the Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden) makes it possible to weave fibre-reinforced three-dimensional (3D) structures in T, X, and U shapes from high-performance

Oerlikon’s Manmade Fibers Segment is to create a joint venture with Huitong Chemical Engineering Technique Co Ltd of Yangzhou, China, a leading global supplier of technologies and e

While seaweed cultivation is already a major industry in Asia, with around 25 million t farmed annually, it is extremely labour-intensive.

Six customers in the European markets for automotive, workwear and military fabrics, with a combined sales potential of US$15–20 million in the next 12–18 months, are already being

Another winner of a Techtextil Innovation Award was Sosa Fresh, a design studio belonging to a recent graduate of the Royal College of  Art in London, UK, Oluwaseyi Sosanya. 

Ferndale Healthcare, the distributor of RectiCare Anorectal Cream, has introduced RectiCare Medicated Anorectal Wipes for haemorrhoid sufferers.

Medical devices manufacturer Boston Scientific has been ordered to pay US$100 million to a woman who said the company’s vaginal mesh inserts left her in constant pain and unable to have sex.

Lenzing AG has agreed to sell three of the business units of its subsidiary Lenzing Technik.

Johns Manville is increasing its capacity for manufacturing glass microfibre at its plant in Waterville, Ohio, USA.