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Energizer Personal Care’s Playtex Sport brand has introduced its first pads and liners designed with Sport Level Protection to the feminine care market.  The brand, which currently offers Playtex S

Daio Paper will begin construction of a diaper manufacturing plant in Indonesia, which should be fully operational by the end of the year (reports Nonwovens Industry, 13 January 2015).  Th

Researchers from the UK’s Nottingham Trent University are using innovative textile technology to develop gloves that can help alleviate the pain caused by Raynaud’s phenomenon.

PurThread Technologies of Cary, North Carolina, USA, a producer of antimicrobial fibres and yarns, has entered into a partnership to provide antimicrobial and anti-odour protection for Beacon Linen

Mesh materials adapted for use in an implantable supportive sling are described in US Patent 8 968 182 by Boston Scientific Scimed.

Vestex  Active Barrier protective healthcare apparel from  Vestagen  Technical  Textiles has been selected as the first product range to be endorsed by the  American Hospital  Association (AHA). 

A composite mesh comprising microbial cellulose is disclosed by Sofradim Production in US Patent 8 962 006. 

A new, multi-country, clinical evaluation study, published in the Journal of  Wound Care (January 2015), showed that  Aquacel  Ag+ wound dressing has demonstrated positive results in wound

To improve the efficacy of textile-based safety helmets, a German institute has conducted pioneering work to measure and categorize the sizes and shapes of heads, combined with assessments of hygie

A group of five associations, collectively representing the water and nonwovens industries, are collaborating to update guidelines for products deemed to be suitable for disposal in wastewater syst

A new state-of-the-art production line for automotive headliners is to be installed at Freudenberg &  Vilene Nonwovens Co’s site in Suzhou, China.

The Obama Administration in the USA has announced plans to create a US$150-million manufacturing institute focused on technical textiles.

A multilayer wound dressing with improved non-adhesion characteristics has been developed by International Business Machines (IBM).

Improved antioxidant and antimicrobial wound dressing materials containing light-stabilized silver compounds are disclosed in US Patent 8 962 908 by Systagenix  Wound Management (US) Inc of San  An

DePuy Mitek has developed a strong surgical suture with both bio-absorbable and non-absorbable components.  The suture is intended to be used in conjunction with suture anchors to repair soft tissu

A range of thermoplastic nonwoven veils designed to improve the mechanical properties of composites made their debut during the JEC Europe exhibition held on 10–12 March 2015 in Paris, Fra

SGL says it has successfully concluded its development of carbon fibres and fabrics, as well as specialized sizings for such textiles, as its part of a collaborative project aimed at making composi

A polyester (PES) fibre with a low melting point for bonding comprising a proportion of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is now available from Fiberpartner  ApS.

Freudenberg Performance Materials of  Weinheim, Germany, will make its first public appearance at Techtextil (Hall 3.1, Stand F37) in Frankfurt, Germany, on 4–7 May 2015.

Regenerative medicine company Organogenesis has published new data demonstrating significantly improved outcomes and economic benefits of two biological skin substitutes in the treatment of diabeti