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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

A fast and simple way to make super-elastic, multi-material fibres has been developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. 

Surgical reconstruction company Tela Bio of Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA, has announced that its partner Aroa Biosurgery, a soft-tissue repair company based in Auckland, New Zealand, has been granted

Pressure-sensing fibres that change colour when stretched have been woven into a compression bandage by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA.

FiberVisions Corp has received approval to expand its capacity for making bicomponent fibres at its plant in Covington, Georgia, USA.

An overmoulding process that can produce strong components with both soft and hard sections has been demonstrated by KraussMaffei of Munich, Germany.

The crosslapped hydroentanglment line installed at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Phoenix Textile at its plant in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang province, China, has reached full capacity, it is reported.

Vestagen Protective Technologies, a supplier of healthcare worker uniforms, scrubs, laboratory coats and other garments using a barrier fabric, has announced that Vestex apparel has received 510(k)

Directa Plus has entered into an exclusive agreement with Indian textile conglomerate Arvind to infuse Directa Plus’ G+ graphene-based products into denim fabrics.

A lightweight ballistic protection structure that contains a textile layer of synthetic fibres has been co-developed by two Italian companies, SAES Getters of Lainate (Milan) and Gruppo Rold of Ner