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Invista’s Cordura brand will be showing flame-retardant, stretchable and durable fabrics for workwear at the A+A Show in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 17–20 October 2017. 

Three finalists will present their products for the RISE Innovation Award during the seventh edition of Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics Conference (RISE)

An improved disposable tampon for insertion into a vaginal cavity is disclosed in US Patent 9 610 201 by Kimberly-Clark.

A high-tensile-strength semi-absorbable composite suture with a minimized non-absorbable mass has been developed by DePuy Mitek.

Carver Non-Woven Technologies of Fremont, Indiana, USA, is to begin commercial production of pre-impregnated, preconsolidated glass-mat thermoplastic (GMT) composite products. 

Global demand for surgical gowns continues to rise, owing to the increasing number of surgeries being performed in hospitals worldwide.

A resorbable polymeric mesh implant for use in the reconstruction of soft-tissue defects has been developed by Novus Scientific.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö says that it will release additional capacity at its plant in Turin, Italy, to meet the growing demand for engine and industrial filtration media.

How skin-friendly do textiles remain when subjected to increased levels of perspiration during wear? Can modern textiles reduce the smell of sweat?

Berry Global has announced it is investing in an RF5 machine from Reifenhäuser Reicofil for the production of spunbond, meltblown and composite nonwovens.

Takeda Pharmaceutical and BioSurfaces have initiated a research programme to develop innovative medical devices to treat patients with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases using BioSurfaces’ proprietary

Intexar is the new brand from DuPont of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, for smart clothing technology based on stretchable electronic inks and films.

N12 Technologies Inc is to work with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) to develop high production capacities for its NanoStitch interlaminar reinforcement product.

Researchers headed by Frank Clemens from the Laboratory for High-Performance Ceramics at Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland, have developed a sensor made of piezoresistive fibres and have incorporated

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories says it has selected the site for its operational headquarters in Quang Nam province, Vietnam.

SPGPrints has started to build a 700-m² demonstration and training facility for its digital textile customers at its headquarters in Boxmeer, The Netherlands.

Andritz is to supply Autoneum’s plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, with a needlepunch line for the production of velour felts for automotive applications.

A biocompatible non-stick wound dressing based on an elastomer matrix containing fat and hydrocolloid is disclosed in US Patent 9 649 402 by Lohmann & Rauscher.

Henkel of Düsseldorf, Germany, has opened a test facility for composites in Japan. 

A porous absorbent wound dressing that has minimal adherence to the healing wound has been outlined by researchers from IBM.