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Multiple protection fabrics

1 June 2012
A German company has launched a brand of cut- and stab-proof, and flame-retardant (FR) textiles for its domestic market and says it is planning to make them available in other regions.
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PPSS Group looks to boost sales in North America and South Africa

1 June 2012
A UK-based manufacturer of protective clothing has appointed exclusive distributors for all its cut-resistant products in the USA and South Africa.
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Lightweight ballistic protection and cut-resistant clothing

1 June 2012
A UK company has introduced a thin, lightweight, comfortable, but tough, bullet-proof vest, designed to be concealed under everyday clothing as worn by senior company executives, diplomatic personnel
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$15-million investment boost to production of flame-retardant fabrics

1 June 2012
Mount Vernon Mills of Mauldin, South Carolina, USA, says it has more than doubled its production capacity for flame-retardant (FR) fabrics at its manufacturing facility in Trion, Georgia, USA.
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Flame-retardants in three colours

1 June 2012
A range of flame-retardant (FR) coveralls for workers in the oil and gas, utility and transportation industries was introduced at the Health and Safety Expo (Birmingham, UK, 15-17 May 2012) by Praybou
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New investor helps expand Norafin

1 June 2012
Norafin Industries GmbH is to install a second line for making hydroentangled nonwovens at its manufacturing location in Mildenau, Germany.
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Enzymes demonstrate their worth for processing cotton

1 June 2012
Combinations of bio-based enzymes can eliminate the need for caustic chemicals, and dramatically reduce the amount of water and energy required for the preparation of cotton textiles, a collaborative
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Hybrid 3D printing and printed electronics

1 May 2012
Stratasys and Optomec have successfully completed a joint development project to merge 3D printing and printed electronics to create the world's first fully printed hybrid structure.
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A garment's fifth function

1 May 2012
More major sports brands will be launching undergarments with integrated sensor technology in 2012 and 2013, according to Mikko Malmivaara, Product and Marketing Manager with Finish textile and sensor
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ePatch for health monitoring

1 May 2012
Danish tech company Delta has developed an ultra-low-power wireless platform for medical monitoring applications called ePatch.
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Digital plaster reaches the wards

1 May 2012
The Sensium disposable digital plaster developed by UK company Toumaz is currently being trialled at a hospital in Los Angeles.
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New ASTM C1728 Standard for Aerogel Insulation

1 May 2012
ASTM International recently issued a first-ever generic material specification for aerogel insulation.
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Recognition for Heliatek's 'reverse OLEDs'

1 May 2012
Heliatek received the Materials Award at the recent IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe 2012 exhibition in Berlin for its organic solar film technology which promises to deliver a lighter, greener and
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Power from the core that outperforms carbon

1 May 2012
AmpStar is employing AGY's S-1 HM glass fibres for the high-strength composite core of its new reinforced aluminium conductor (CRAC) cable for high voltage transmission lines.
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Inline process for growing carbon on fibres

1 May 2012
Owens Corning and Applied NanoStructured Solutions, a Lockheed Martin company, have jointly developed Carbon Enhanced Reinforcements (CERs) - carbon structures which are grown directly onto glass or c
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Nanofibre smart skin for aircraft

1 May 2012
BAE Systems based at the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in the UK has developed a method for monitoring the structural health of a structure by spraying on a 'smart skin' consisting of a paint formulati
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Smart system saving a life a day

1 May 2012
Zoll Medical - currently in the process of being acquired by Japanese corporation Asahi Kasei - reports that more than 60,000 patients at high risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have now been prescri
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CuteCircuit LEDs for Laura

1 May 2012
Italian soul singer Laura Pausini has been making the most of the e-textile magic of the UK's CuteCircuit during her current World Tour.
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Cost competitive alternative to carbon nanofibres

1 May 2012
Conductive Composites, based in Heber Cirty, Utah, USA, is commercially launching new nickel chemical vapour deposition (CVD) coated nonwovens following a manufacturing line expansion which has double
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Monitoring the Yellow River

1 May 2012
TenCate Geosynthetics and AGT International are to collaborate on the installation of TenCate GeoDetect technology in a dyke body at the Yellow River in Dayulan (Zhengzhou) in the Henan province in Ch
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