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Correct disposal of wet wipes

1 April 2009
A new symbol on packaging and a code of practice for the proper disposal of nonwoven wet wipes that should not be flushed down the toilet has been launched by EDANA, the association representing the n
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PurCotton production method approved in Europe

1 April 2009
Chinese medical dressing manufacturer Winner Medical Group has been granted an International Patent (WO 200/006800) from the European Patent Office for the production of its PurCotton products.
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5th edition of How to enter technical textiles markets

1 April 2009
Traditional textile manufacturing is becoming increasingly harder as the recession deepens and it is of ever-increasing importance to reassess business activities to take advantage of the most profita
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ConvaTec divests Unomedical Wound Care and Ophthalmics

1 April 2009
ConvaTec, a developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, has completed the divestiture of the Unomedical Wound Care and Ophthalmics business to Aspen Surg
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Soft cast material

1 April 2009
BSN Medical has developed an initially flexible orthopaedic cast material (12) that hardens in the presence of water into a semi-rigid state.
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Papering the walls against electrosmog

1 March 2009
German company Erfurt has introduced a new carbon-containing wallcovering material designed to provide protection against electrosmog from transmission masts and high-voltage lines.
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Adidas acquisition signals mass market beckons

1 March 2009
Textronics, a leader in the development of wearable textile sensors has been acquired from its venture capital ownership by Adidas International - indicating that the burgeoning market for wearables f
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Nanoweb process improves route to nanofibre webs

1 March 2009
Hollingsworth & Vose has recently introduced a new solvent-free nanofibre coating technology called Nanoweb, which is said to allow greater flexibility, control and durability compared to the trad
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Materials innovation at Materialica 09

1 March 2009
The 12th international Materialica trade fair for material applications, surfaces, and product engineering takes place at the Munich Expo in Germany from 13-15 October 2009.
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QIO Systems rebrands its wearable electronics

1 March 2009
QIO Systems is bringing together the Eleksen and SOFTswitch wearable electronics technologies it licenses from Peratech under a new brand called PANiQ.
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Bluetooth low energy technology opens up applications in sports

1 March 2009
At the forthcoming ISPO show in Munich, Bluetooth SIG will team up with the trade show and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) to establish a competition to foster the developm
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Elmarco opens new centre

1 March 2009
Elmarco has opened its new research, development and production centre in the Liberec industrial zone in the Czech Republic.
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New stretchable electrodes will aid study of cardiac cells

1 March 2009
Stretchable electrodes heve been created by engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, tr
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Key nanotechnology patent for protective fabric granted in US

1 March 2009
Radiation Shield Technologies (RST), based in Miami, Florida, has been granted US nanotechnology patent 7,476,889, 'Radiation Detectable and Protective Articles' by the US Patent & Trademark Offic
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Bayer to build Euro22 million CNT plant

1 March 2009
Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in Leverkusen, Germany.
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Protein nanofibres can become electrical wiring

1 March 2009
Researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden have succeeded in creating electrical wires consisting of protein nanofibres.
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Hyperion CNT licence for Showa Denko

1 March 2009
Hyperion Catalysis International has concluded a patent licence and supply agreement allowing Showa Denko KK to sell Fibril carbon nanotube-based products.
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Global market for nano-enabled batteries will surpass $1 billion by 2013

1 March 2009
Nanotechnology innovations are driving advances in battery technology where nanomatrials are finding use as new battery materials according to a new report.
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Miles is spreading a little warmth

1 March 2009
Miles Fashion GmbH - the German producer of approximately 42 million items of clothing each year - has just launched its new ProGression wearable electronics and smart fashion product range.
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Nanotech yields accurate biosensor

1 March 2009
A precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules has been developed by anchoring hollow single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to gold-coated 'nanocubes'.
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