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3M has expanded its range of adhesives for medical devices with the addition of its  3M Single Coated Medical Extended Wear Adhesive Nonwoven Tape on Liner (3M 4077).

A compression garment including an electrically stimulated auxetic material has been developed by Ronald G. Scott LLC of The Colony, Texas, USA.

Albaad is using technology (WLS) from Trützschler Nonwovens and Voith to produce wetlaid and hydroentangled biodegradable wipes from cel

An absorbent article designed to effectively prevent side leakage has been disclosed by Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Americhem Inc of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA, is expanding its capabilities for solution dyeing through the acquisition of Prescient Color Ltd of Pune, India.

Flat-knitting specialist Stoll exhibited jointly with partner Myant at the Texprocess Americas exhibition in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 22–24 May 2

Coloreel of Jönköping, Sweden, is to launch its thread-colouring unit for industrial embroidery machines at the fashion and technology show Avantex in Paris, France, on 17–20 September 201

Norafin Americas has completed the construction of a hydroentanglement line at its new production site in Mills River, North Carolina, USA.

At Techtextil North America (TTNA) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 22–24 May 2018, ZSK Technical Embroidery Systems of Krefeld, Germany, demonstrated its embroidery technologies for adding sm

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst is currently conducting physiology experiments aimed at improving the performance of functional cooling fabrics on board the International Spac

EconCore has installed a laboratory-scale extrusion and forming line for the manufacture of thermoplastic honeycomb cores at its research and development (R&D) facilities in Leuven, Belgium.

PolyOne Corp of Avon Lake, Ohio, has bought long fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (LFT) specialist PlastiComp of Winona, Minnesota, both in the USA.

A cellulose fibre (Veocel) and a technology that enables wet wipes made from it to release quaternary ammonium compounds (known as Quat and used in the cleaning and disinfecting of household and in

An antimicrobial nonwoven for the disposable hygiene market is to be launched by Avgol of Tel Aviv, Israel.

DuPont Safety & Construction is to invest more than US$400 million to increase its capacity for the manufacture of Tyvek nonwovens at its facility in Contern, Luxembourg.

Prague, Czechia-based investment firm R2G, which owns a majority interest in Pegas Nonwovens, is to acquire First Quality Enterprises’ nonwovens operations in the USA and China.

Teijin Ltd of Tokyo, Japan,  has broken ground on a carbon fibre production facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, USA, to be operated by its subsidiary Teijin Carbon Fibers (TCF) Inc. 

A bio-based resin designed specifically to combat the fire risk that lithium ion batteries pose has been launched by prepreg supplier SHD Composite Materials Ltd of Sleaford, UK.

Hexcel of Stamford, Connecticut, USA,  has formed a joint venture with Chinese aerospace parts manufacturer Future Aerospace of  Sichuan Sheng to establish a materials testing laboratory in China.

Guidelines concerning both the assessment and labelling of goods regarding their suitability for flushing away in wastewater systems have been made stricter, according to the co-publishers of the l