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Plasma treatment improves efficacy of antimicrobial coatings

1 January 2010
Scientists in The Netherlands have proposed using plasma treatments to coat substrates with antimicrobial agents.
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TenCate extends fabric range for firefighters and industrial protection

1 January 2010
Durable fabrics and multi-layer systems for firefighters' apparel and protection from electric arcs were introduced by TenCate Protective Fabrics at the A+A exhibition.
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Cohesive webs of electrospun fibres

1 January 2010
Researchers in the USA have proposed a way for making webs of electrospun fibres more cohesive.
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Inorganic additives strengthen electrospun fibres

1 January 2010
A method of electrospinning nanofibres that are strengthened by the addition of inorganic additives is described in European Patent EP 2 108 718.
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Fine extrusion of cellulose

1 January 2010
A group of inventors based in the USA say they have developed an apparatus capable of economically extruding cellulose fibres with small diameters.
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Laser method creates long boron nitride nanotubes

1 January 2010
A laser-based method for creating long boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) has been developed by researchers in the USA.
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Monitoring wear in fabrics

1 January 2010
A built-in mechanism for indicating of the wear level of a fabric is the goal of research by Albany International.
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Securing reinforcement fibres prior to impregnation

1 January 2010
A reinforcing mat with its fibres secured by continuous filaments knitted through the structure and subsequently thermally fused to one another is proposed in US Patent 2005/0197025.
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Rieter sells nonwovens activities

1 January 2010
On 11 December 2009 Rieter signed a contract with the international technology group Andritz, based in Graz, Austria, for the sale of the French company Rieter Perfojet SAS.
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Shalag to open nonwovens plant in North Carolina

1 January 2010
Israel-based Shalag Industries is to open a new US$17million thermobonded nonwovens plant in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA.
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3M acquires ACE product line

1 January 2010
3M has acquired the range of elastic bandages and support products under the ACE and related brands and the thermometer product line from medical technology company Becton, Dickinson & Co (BD).
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Prestige Ameritech reopening former surgical mask factory

1 January 2010
Prestige Ameritech is turning a vacant, former Kimberly-Clark surgical mask factory into a Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Center.
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Improved antibacterial textiles for hospital applications

1 January 2010
In 2005 the global market for hospital textiles, which include bedding, uniforms, operating theatre materials, curtains, upholstery, wound dressings and bandages, and compression stockings, was valued
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Smart dressings could revolutionize treatment

1 January 2010
The UK's Cranfield University is developing what are claimed to be the world's first "smart" wound dressings that could revolutionize the way in which wounds are monitored and treated.
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Anti-influenza textile developed by South Korean researchers

1 January 2010
South Korean researchers have developed new textile materials that are said to kill the influenza A (H1N1) virus, according to a report in The Korea Herald (24 November 2009).
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Smith & Nephew supports new code for multi-layer bandaging systems

1 January 2010
The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew says it supports the American Medical Association's recent creation of the new category Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code 29581, Ap
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High virus kill rate using Zorflex activated carbon cloth

1 January 2010
Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division, the manufacturer of Zorflex 100% activated carbon cloth, has developed a series of products which, when tested by the UK's Health Protection Agency (HPA), have proven
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Micrillon technology reduces risk of healthcare-associated infections

1 January 2010
UMF Corporation has introduced Micrillon, a rechargeable antimicrobial-polymer chemistry developed to help combat healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) that are picked up by patients during hospital
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Surgical soft tissue mesh

1 January 2010
A soft and flexible surgical soft tissue mesh has been developed by DSM IP Assets.
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Dressing with a bacterial adsorbing composition

1 January 2010
A wound dressing that combines a traditional dressing with a mounted absorbent material attached to a hydrophobic fabric is described in US Patent 7 576 256 by pharmaceutical company Abigo Medical.
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