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Vestagen Technical Textiles has launched specially designed scrubs for operating room (OR) staff made with its  Vestex active barrier textile technology.

Nonwovens producer Polymer Group (PGI) is to expand its speciality materials manufacturing capabilities in North America at its San Luis Potosi, Mexico, facility.

An implantable surgical mesh with sufficient rigidity for implantation while having a relatively open mesh pattern (woven or knitted) is disclosed in US Patent 8 992 411 by AMS Research, a subsidia

A market research report on the global suture industry* has been published by QYResearch Group.

USA-based Price Hanna Consultants has published a report on the global outlook for hygiene absorbent products and the key raw materials of nonwoven cover stock, fluff pulp, airlaid cores, superabso

Stockholm, Sweden-based SCA has inaugurated its first manufacturing facility for personal care and tissue products in India.

CLSA Capital Partners has invested US$10 million in Nobel Hygiene (NHL), one of India’s leading manufacturers of adult and baby diapers.

The latest developments in materials and prototype ideas in the field of medical engineering will be presented at the Techtextil trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, to be held

Kimberly-Clark’s GoodNites Tru-Fit underwear has won the 2015 Product of the Year award in the Children’s Products category by Product of the Year USA.

Energizer Personal Care’s Playtex Sport brand has introduced its first pads and liners designed with Sport Level Protection to the feminine care market.  The brand, which currently offers Playtex S

Daio Paper will begin construction of a diaper manufacturing plant in Indonesia, which should be fully operational by the end of the year (reports Nonwovens Industry, 13 January 2015).  Th

Researchers from the UK’s Nottingham Trent University are using innovative textile technology to develop gloves that can help alleviate the pain caused by Raynaud’s phenomenon.