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Researchers in the USA have developed an experimental device to test the durability of high performance and robust polymers that appear to strengthen themselves under a rapid series of impacts.

Developer of smart fabrics and wearable computing technologies Myant of Toronto, Canada, has committed around US$80 million (CAD$100 million) to a proposed advanced manufacturing supercluster in Ca

A three-dimensionally (3D)-printed microfluidic device that enables the electrospinning of aligned polyethylene oxide (PEO) nanofibre nonwovens is being developed by researchers in the USA. 

Teijin Frontier, the Teijin group’s fibre-product converting company, has developed a bag-type filter using its Nanofront high-strength, ultra-fine polyester (PES) fibre for collecting dust. 

Invista of Wichita, Kansas, USA, is to sell its Apparel & Advanced Textiles business to Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding of Jining, China.

A JEC Asia Innovation Award has been presented to R-Tech Materials for its work on developing an early warning safety sensor for hydrogen fuel cell storage tanks in cars.

Methods for the cost-effective use of filament sensors in fibre-reinforced plastics are being developed by researchers in Germany.

A durable softshell fabric integrating a high-performance, bio-based fibre has been unveiled by Invista’s Cordura brand, DuPont and DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products.

A breathable impervious fabric for use in cleanroom apparel that can also provide protection against blood-borne pathogens has been launched by Ahlstrom-Munksjö of Stockholm, Sweden. 

Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed efforts to reduce the costs involved in MHI's production of wings for the 787 Dreamliner. 

Cobra International Co Ltd of Chonburi, Thailand, has established a business unit dedicated to the manufacture of large composite structures for the architectural and mass transport markets.

A major German car manufacturer is equipping the first vehicles of various model series that are delivered to countries with poor road infrastructure with an engine undertray made of a particularly

Continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic inserts from Lanxess are being used to reinforce the injection-moulded front ends of Volkswagen’s Atlas and Teramont sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which

Toray Industries Inc of Tokyo, Japan, is to open its Automotive Center Europe (AMCEU) near Munich, Germany, in August 2018.

Research funded by The Woolmark Co of Australia has demonstrated that wearing superfine merino wool next to the skin is therapeutic for those suffering from eczema.

Continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) and a highly efficient production method for the manufacture of housings for electronic devices has been developed by Covestro of Leverkusen, Germ

Hexcel Corp of Stamford, Connecticut, USA, has expanded its existing supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Aarhus, Denmark, to provide composite materials for wind turbine blades.

Gurit of Zurich, Switzerland, has won a contract for the production and supply of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) exterior car body panels from an Italian premium carmaker. 

Solvay of Brussels, Belgium, is launching a grade of polyarylamide (PARA) reinforced at 55% by weight with a hybrid of glass and carbon fibres. 

A way to investigate the properties high-performance fibres used in modern body armour has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of Gaithersburg