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Nonwoven offers comfort and protection to surgical staff

1 October 2013
Ahlstrom of Helsinki, Finland, has introduced a spunbond- meltblown-spunbond (SMS) fabric for surgical gowns.
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Toray Industries agrees to buy Zoltek for US$584 million

1 October 2013
Toray industries of Tokyo, Japan, has agreed to buy carbon fibre manufacturer, St Louis, Missouri, USA-based Zoltek.
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Spread-tow carbon fabrics for lightweight, cheap reinforcement

1 October 2013
A French company unveiled its latest range of carbon reinforcements during the China Composites Expo, held in Beijing on 11-13 September 2013.
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Bio-based polyamide staple fibre

1 October 2013
A polyamide (PA) 6.10 staple fibre made substantially from bio-based raw materials has been introduced by the RadiciGroup of Gandino, Italy.
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Continuous web lamination

1 October 2013
Starlinger of Vienna, Austria, says it will show its latest machine for continuous web lamination, demonstrating it live for the first time, at the K2013 exhibition to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany,
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Wide-width fabric for making bellows

1 October 2013
A polyurethane (PU) fabric that is free from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and is coated using an aqueous process is now available for making industrial bellows.
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US Army to assess TenCate's anti-blast technology

1 October 2013
TenCate Advanced Armor of Newark, Ohio, USA, says it has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) that w
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Lightweight anti-ballistic inserts

1 October 2013
TenCate Advanced Armour claims its latest antiballistic inserts have the lightest weight of any capable of protecting the wearer from one of the most common gun threats in the world, the mild steel-co
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Simple coating allows gloves to operate touchscreens

1 October 2013
A formulation that can be applied to a glove to allow the wearer to operate touchscreen devices has won recognition by the US Department of Defense (DoD).
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Glove gives golfers real-time feedback

1 October 2013
A German company specializing in information technology (IT) systems for analysing sports performance has developed a golf glove that contains sensors designed to help the wearer improve their swing.
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Warp-knitted aramid spall liner

1 October 2013
An anti-ballistic spall liner for the interior of military vehicles was launched by Teijin Aramid at the defence and security exhibition DSEI, held in London, UK, on 10-13 September 2013.
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Aligned polyurethane nanofibres aid wound healing

1 October 2013
Researchers in China have made a membrane of aligned polyurethane (PU) nanofibres and tested its efficacy for accelerating the healing of wounds.
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Soft, comfortable body armour for ballistic - and stab - protection

1 October 2013
Scientists in the USA are developing soft body armour that they claim can offer a high level of protection from ballistic projectiles and resistance to strikes from sharp objects.
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Spread-tow reinforcement for lightweight bicycle

1 October 2013
Kemo Bikes of Zug, Switzerland, introduced a range of road bicycles at the Eurobike exhibition (held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on 28-31 August 2013) that includes a top-of-the-line model designed a
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Antennae add intelligence to composites

1 September 2013
In aircraft construction RFID chips are employed to provide information about componentd quickly, efficiently and consistently to a receiver via radio waves.
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Safe cargo, less CO2

1 September 2013
Air France-KLM will cut further tons from its annual aircraft carbon dioxide emissions by using new lightweight cargo nets.
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New meta-aramid improves heat resistance

1 September 2013
Japan's Teijin has developed a new type of meta-aramid fibre said to offer the world's highest level of heat resistance combined with excellent dyeablility.
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Colour-changing gloves for toxic substance detection

1 September 2013
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT in Regensburg, Germany, have engineered a glove that recognises if toxic substances are present in the surrou
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Vibrotactile wearable displays as navigational aids

1 September 2013
In her development work on wearable tactile displays, Lynette Jones, a senior research scientist at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering hasobserved that the skin is a sensitive - though largely
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NSF grant and Seika deal for Xanofi

1 September 2013
Xanofi has been granted a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a working prototype for efficiently spraying polymeric nanofibres
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