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Bye-bye to BO with nanotags

1 July 2010
A new underarm clothing tag which employs military-grade nano-porous fibres to harness and store the molecules responsible for body odour is to be launched as an alternative to deodorants to the indus
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Nanofibres worth $2.2 billion by 2020, report predicts

1 July 2010
The global market for nanofibre products was worth about $80.7 million in 2009 and is expected to grow to $101.5 million in 2010, according to a new report by BCC Research.
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Alexium plant ready for start-up

1 July 2010
Alexium is currently completing construction of its new facility in Greer, South Carolina, USA, from which it will supply materials treated by its reactive surface technology for additional developmen
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PET first from Federal-Mogul

1 July 2010
Federal-Mogul Corporation, based in Southfield, Michigan, has developed what is believed to be the world's first polyethylene terephthalate yarn to meet both US halogen-free flame-retardant regulation
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Next generation composites with nanocarbon

1 July 2010
Applied NanoStructured Solutions (ANS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, has signed a joint development agreement with glass-fibre giant Owens Corning to support the commercia
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At the scene of emergencies

1 July 2010
TenCate's new 'RescueProtectionSet' has been specially designed to protect fire fighters and other emergency service workers who have to rescue casualties from vehicles involved in accidents.
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Cleaner air with Desso carpet

1 July 2010
Desso has developed a carpet designed to improve the air quality inside buildings called the AirMaster.
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EPA approval for Arkema CNTs

1 July 2010
Arkema has now received EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) approval for commercial sales of its Graphistrength multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the United States.
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PET with nano-additives

1 July 2010
A cheap fibre that can readily absorb and retain heat is the latest invention by Sumitomo Metal Mining.
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'Living lab' for smart homes

1 July 2010
Sensors will soon be able to 'read' the health and well-being of those who live in a house and upload the information to a secure website for a relative or carer living remotely - even hundreds of mil
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Progress for Ingeo

1 July 2010
At the recent international biopolymers conference, Innovation Takes Root 2010, held in Dallas, Texas, NatureWorks confirmed US Pacific Nonwovens as the exclusive agent for Ingeo spunmelt (both spunbo
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Far Infrared for Formula 1

1 July 2010
The Fir-Vest, invented by Cyprus-based company Fir-Tex Ltd, is said to provide improved muscle strength, balance and circulation as a result of the incorporation of FIR - far infrared rays.
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Kimberly-Clark opens first manufacturing plant in Russia

1 July 2010
Kimberly-Clark has officially opened its first plant in Russia in Stupino, near Moscow. The new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility features two Huggies diaper lines.
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Biomedical Structures receives growth capital to fund expansion

1 July 2010
Biomedical Structures (BMS), a supplier of customdesigned biomaterials and textiles used in advanced clinical applications from orthopaedics and reconstructive surgery to tissue engineering, has compl
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Highly porous self-cohered web material with haemostatic properties

1 July 2010
Implantable bioabsorbable nonwoven self-cohered web materials with a high degree of porosity have been developed by Gore Enterprise Holdings of Newark, Delaware, USA, a subsidiary of W.L.
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Cover protects an intravenous site

1 July 2010
An easily installable cover for preventing wetness or contamination of an intravenous (IV) site is disclosed in US Patent 7 662 116 by Connie Ritchey of Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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Huggies Little Movers Jeans Diapers launched in the USA

1 July 2010
Kimberly-Clark has announced the US launch of its limited edition Huggies Little Movers Jeans Diapers, described as "a unique, fun and stylish denim-inspired fashion for babies during the summer month
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Composite dressing with vacuum reservoir for faster healing

1 July 2010
A composite wound dressing that draws wound fluids into an internal vacuum reservoir is disclosed in US Patent 7 699 823 by Tyco Healthcare.
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Knee brace with adjustable force dosimeter and sensor

1 July 2010
An orthotic knee brace for treating uni-compartmental osteoarthritis in a knee joint is described by Bellacure.
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Multilayer combination of an electric stimulation electrode and a dressing

1 July 2010
GerroMed Pflege- und Medizintechnik has developed a combination of wound dressing and electrode for the uniform electro-stimulation of a wound.
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