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Gauze-based NPWT comparable to foam-based treatment

1 December 2009
The Advanced Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew has highlighted the results of a multi-centre study demonstrating that gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) achieves many of
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Skechers to enter medical apparel market in January 2010

1 December 2009
Lifestyle footwear company Skechers USA is to enter the medical clothing market in a licensing agreement with Strategic Partners, the makers of Cherokee Medical Apparel, to create and distribute a Ske
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Colbond extends recycled polyester to entire carpet backings range

1 December 2009
Colbond has extended its Colback range of environmentally sustainable carpet backings.
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Often unseen nonwovens make big contributions to your home

1 December 2009
From hidden applications under floors, behind walls and in the roof, to time-saving and convenient cleaning materials--nonwovens make a variety of significant contributions to the modern household, ac
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Canadian textile industry--gearing itself for growth once more

1 December 2009
At Techtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, in June 2009, Niki Tait talked to Marketing and Enhanced Value Development Director of CTT Group, Canada, Mathieu Rodrigue, who explained how the Canadian industry
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Congress exhorts European coaters to embrace technology

1 December 2009
Coating innovations and technologies for technical textiles formed the major part of discussions at the 5th European Coating Congress held at the University College of Ghent, Belgium (9-10 September 2
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Retail growth to push demand for domestic textiles in India

1 December 2009
Changes to traditional practices in India could open up the enormous potential of the local market for domestic textiles. Reena Mital examines the sector in detail.
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India and Taiwan a significant and growing part of Techtextil

1 December 2009
Despite the economic problems in the world, Indian and Taiwanese exhibitor numbers climbed at the latest Techtextil, held in Frankfurt, Germany, in June.
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New dry spun route for bicomponent elastane fibres

9 November 2009

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lycra in high style in Verona, Italy, on October 7th, Invista also launched its new Fusion bicomponent fibre technology.

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Researchers successfully colonise a textile implant with human stem cells

1 November 2009
Researchers at the Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) at the Hohenstein Institute in Germany have successfully devised a special textile coating that allows adult human stem cells to coloni
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Cosmetotextiles worth Euro500 million in 2013

1 November 2009
Having sold over two million pairs in France since 2003, Lytess will launch its range of second skin 'slimming leggings' in the UK this December.
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Nanofibres at UTNRL

1 November 2009
UTNRL - the Nonwovens Research Lab at the University of Tennessee - has added nanofibre meltblowing capabilities to its existing six-inch meltblowing line.
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Hopspital workers inadequately protected by clothing claim

1 November 2009
"If hospitals were subjected to the same protection standards as factories, many would have been shut down a long time ago." So says George Kappler, CEO of protective clothing manufacturer Kappler Inc
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New Biofront plant for Teijin

1 November 2009
Teijin has started production of its proprietary Biofront heat-resistant bioplastic at a demonstration plant in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
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Power assistance for sportsgear

1 November 2009

Live Luggage is launching a new sports luggage system specifically designed for sports men and women on the move.

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Bluetooth Low Energy conference in Munich

1 November 2009

The first international Bluetooth Low Energy Conference is to be held on October 20 2009 in Munich, alongside the eCarTec exhibition that runs from 13-15 October and showcases the latest technologi

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Contours turn textiles into components

1 November 2009
Technical textiles are increasingly becoming ready-to-use components says German machine builder Karl Mayer.
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E-paper - the big picture by 2014

1 November 2009
The total market size for e-paper displays - the display component, not the end product - will be $131 million in 2010 and rise to a value of $1.17 billion by 2014, according to a new report by IDTech
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Fate of nanoparticles in human cells discovered

1 November 2009
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have uncovered what happens to biomimetic nanoparticles when they enter human cells.
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Textile surfaces from natural substances

1 November 2009
Beyond Surface Technologies AG (BST), based in Pratteln, Switzerland, is launching what it says is a range of truly sustainable effects for textile surfaces, derived from oil seeds from industrial cro
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