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Diverse markets are key for Safety Components International

1 June 2010
By serving a wide range of niche, high added-value markets, Safety Components International has been more successful than many during the recent economic downturn, learned North American correspondent
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Fishing, agriculture and geotextiles boost Garware Wall Ropes

1 June 2010
Research and development, much of which is in collaboration with international partners, has been at the heart of the success of Garware Wall Ropes, a company primed to exploit anticipated growth in k
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Textile processing show to join Techtextil in Europe and USA

1 June 2010
At a press conference held during Techtextil North America, the organizers of an exhibition set up to rival IMB World of Textile Processing told Niki Tait of their plans and why the show is a natural
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Colour-changing, smart textiles and ways to add functionality

1 June 2010
The 22nd Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Textile Chemists and Colourists covered much of interest to those involved in technical and smart textiles.
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Intelligent geotextiles partnership

1 May 2010
Roctest, the world's largest manufacturer of fiber optic sensors for civil engineering applications, is to collaborate with TenCate on the development of its GeoDetect geotextile monitoring solution.
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Warm, dry and static free

1 May 2010
The All Conditions fleece which is being introduced by Nano-Tex has been designed to provide inherent protection from the elements, combined with the comfort, durability and easy-care characteristics
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Gold route to electronic clothing

1 May 2010
Researchers at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have explored the potential of gold nanoparticles and small molecules to create memory chips flexible enough to be used in paper and clothing.
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Filter processes for biofuels

1 May 2010
Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has been contracted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop critical filtration and separation proce
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Polyurethane and nanotube blades

1 May 2010
A new research and testing project is to be carried out by Bayer MaterialScience to assess the performance of bio-based polyurethane composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes for use in wind turbine
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SmartSilver in Turkey

1 May 2010
Uniteks of Istanbul is to act as the SmartSilver distributor to the Turkish market for NanoHorizons.
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Plasmonic project for better solar cells

1 May 2010
Improving the efficiency and cost of solar cells though the use of metallic nanostructures is the aim of PRIMA, a new EU 7th framework programme led by Belgian company Imec.
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Teijin's new Pupa

1 May 2010
The Teijin Group has unveiled a super-lightweight electric concept car made with proprietary materials and technologies including carbon fibre composites, polycarbonate resins and bio-derived polyeste
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CNT fabric for structural composites

1 May 2010
SouthWest NanoTechnologies, based in Norman, Oklahoma, has developed a new fabric called nanoPly.
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CNTs will aid solar flight

1 May 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project, whose founders Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are developing the first manned aircraft aiming to fly around th
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Active ingredient patch developed by Spanish project

1 May 2010
Spanish technology centre CETEMMSA, which specialises in smart materials, has completed the Dermo Smart Peptide Delivery research project it began in 2009 with Infinitec Activos - a company based at t
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More TeXtreme capacity for Oxeon and honour for inventor

1 May 2010
Oxeon is strengthening its position as the market leader for ultra lightweight spread tow carbon reinforcements by adding new capacity at its plant in Boras, Sweden.
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New nano-coated armour

1 May 2010
Global Armour is launching new high-performance body armour which is said to be lighter, more comfortable and more protective as a result of P2i's liquid-repellent nano-coating technology.
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Seismic wallpaper honoured at JEC

1 May 2010
D'Apollonia and its development partners in the EU-funded POLYTECT project received an Innovation Award at the JEC Composites show, held in Paris, France from 13-15 April, for their development of 'se
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Licensed route for Flashwear

1 May 2010
Star Wars and Space Invaders illuminated t-shirts are being introuduced by Flashwear, the company which introduced the 't-qualizer' - a shirt with a sound activated graphic equalizer.
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Vibration damping performance with flax

1 May 2010
A prepreg material for vibration damping in sports applications based on flax yarn received the 2010 JEC Composites Innovation Award for Bio-based Materials.
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