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US demand for geosynthetics will grow by 3.8% a year from 2014 to reach 1.1 billion square metres (1.3 billion square yards) in 2019, according to the latest forecast.

Oerlikon Barmag has officially opened the building for its new technology centre in Chemnitz, Germany.

Electronics for Imaging (EFI) Inc of Fremont, California, USA, has acquired a leading developer and supplier of printing equipment for textiles, Reggiani Macchine of Bergamo, Italy.

Many of the innovations that are introduced at successive Techtextil shows every two years in Frankfurt, Germany, are not always pushing through to the mass-market they deserve, believes M

Worldwide the demand for coated fabrics will grow by 4.6% a year from 2014 to 2019, when it will amount to 5.4 billion square metres (6.5 billion square yards).

Archroma of Reinach, Switzerland, has completed its acquisition of BASF's global business for textile chemicals.

A lightweight polyester (PES) fabric that can absorb a large amount of water, and has a soft bulky texture is now available from Teijin Frontier Co Ltd.

Designed for rapidly testing the vapour permeability of fabrics, the Mk VI is now available from Versaperm Ltd.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm, Germany, continue to perfect their method of producing spherical, sheet-like and fibrous nanostructures by carboni

TissueGen Inc has appointed Dr Jennifer Seifert as Senior Scientist with the responsibility of leading the company's research into the use of its medical fibres in the treatment of spinal cord and

A Turkish company has entered the nanofibres market after investing in a production line and equipment for high-volume roll-to-roll production. 

Overall global revenue for the advanced woundcare market will reach US$9.4 bn in 2015, according to a new report from Visiongain, with strong revenue growth predicted from 2015 to 2025.

American Starlinger-Sahm Inc has moved into its new headquarters in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, USA.

In a cooperation between TITV Greiz, the German research institute, and textile machinery manufacturer Jakob Müller AG, based in Frick, Switzerland, a process has been developed for integrating lig

Professor Park Ho Seok and his research team at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in South Korea have developed a new nanomaterial suitable as the basis for h

The deadline for USA-based consortia to submit their full proposals for a US$150-million Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles–Manufacturing Innovation Institute (RFT–MII) is 14 Septemb

San Antonio, Texas-based Blueshift International Materials has developed a 100% polyimide aerogel that can be easily incorporated into composites.

An external feminine hygiene absorbent device is described in US Patent 8 936 587 by Deborah Doescher of Edina, Minnesota, USA.

Tokyo, Japan-headquartered Toshiba Corp has developed a new low-power control technology for microcontrollers supporting multi-sensor wearable devices. 

Effective from 1 July 2015, Johns Manville has announced a price hike for polyester spunbonds sold to the European and US construction sectors.