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Sensors for sports need standardisation

1 April 2012
The work of the Pattern Recognition Lab of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany is focused on the integration of sensors into clothing in respect of sensor data transmissio
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Biking broadcaster

1 April 2012
Sporty Supaheroe is an intelligent urban cycling jacket equipped with a wearable electronic system based on a stretchable circuit board developed by Fraunhofer IZM in Berlin.
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Shark-resistant for open-ocean fish farming

1 April 2012
NET Systems based Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA, has introduced a proprietary shark-resistant netting material called the Predator-X that protects fish being raised in submerged open-ocean aquacu
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Advanced knitting yields lightest running shoe

1 April 2012
The new Nike Flyknit running shoe is virtually seamles, with advanced knitting techniques allowing the upper to be manufactured as a single piece of material.
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Pneumatic comfort in business class

1 April 2012
Lantal Textiles AG has secured new orders from Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines for its Pneumatic Comfort System (PCS).
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Multi-Year project on transcatheter heart valves made with Dyneema Purity

1 April 2012
DSM has entered into a collaboration agreement with the University Medical Centre Utrecht, a leading academic hospital with a renowned experimental facility unit for cardiothoracic interventions.
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Alexium raises development funding

1 March 2012
Alexium International Group of Perth, Australia, says it has raised about Aus$1.2 million (approximately US$1.26 million) by selling 15 million shares.
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US$10-billion market for speciality fibres

1 March 2012
The world's market for speciality fibres will be worth US$10.3 billion in 2016, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1% from 2011 when it was valued at US$6.3 billion, according
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Japanese partners develop thermally formable nonwoven for bag filters

1 March 2012
Two Japanese partners have developed a bag filter that they claim requires less energy to use effectively.
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Freudenberg invests in Taiwan

1 March 2012

Freudenberg Far Eastern Spunweb Co is to build a production line for polyester spunlaid nonwovens in Tayuan, Taiwan.

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Schoeller subsidiary for medical and hygiene markets

1 March 2012
Schoeller Textile AG of Sevelen, Switzerland, has created a new subsidiary called Schoeller Medical AG to exploit the growing markets for medical and healthcare textiles.
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Cut-resistant Dyneema-based netting protects fish from sharks

1 March 2012
New shark-resistant netting that can protect fish being farmed in aquaculture cages in the open ocean is crucially dependent on the use of a strong, lightweight fibre from DSM Dyneema, which has its h
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Regent starts spunbond line in Russia

1 March 2012
Regent-Neotex of Moscow, Russia, has completed work on a new triple spunbond line from Reifenhauser.
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Burn dressing reduces the need for frequent and painful dressing changes

1 March 2012
ConvaTec has introduced Aquacel Ag Burn dressing for the management of partial thickness burns (PTBs) and donor sites.
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Flexible dressing for heels, knuckles, elbows and knees

1 March 2012
A dressing able to adhere to the skin and/or a wound, and demonstrating considerably increased wearing time is disclosed by Coloplast in US Patent 8 080 703.
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Absorbable scaffold for surgical applications

1 March 2012
Biomedical Structures (BMS) has launched Biofelt absorbable scaffold for implant devices in orthopaedics, cardiology and general surgery, as well as other in-vivo applications.
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Positive effect recorded for chitosanmodified regenerated cellulose

1 March 2012
Researchers at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf of Hamburg, Germany, have demonstrated that the modification of Tencel lyocell fibre with chitosan has a positive effect on infection.
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Molnlycke Health Care US in senior management change

1 March 2012
Randy Schwartz, who was Vice President of Marketing for the Wound Care Division of Molnlycke Health Care US, has been appointed Global Marketing Director, based in the head office in Gothenburg, Swede
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Hollow-fibre dressing

1 March 2012
Researchers at the Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology at Germany's Hohenstein Institute have developed a dressing consisting of hollow fibres to promote wound healing.
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Fibrous material for air-cleaner filters captures influenza viruses

1 March 2012
ScienceDaily (2 November 2011) reports that Chinese scientists have developed a new fibrous material based on chitosan for face-masks, air-conditioning filters and air-cleaning filters that is said to
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