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Wearable display module makes its debut at Consumer Electronics show

1 March 2007
Eleksen group launched its Wearable Display Module (WDM) for Microsoft Windows SideShow at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, from 8-11 January 2007.
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High growth for protective equipment sales in Poland

1 March 2007
Poland's market for personal protective equipment (PPE) is growing at a rapid rate, boosted by a buoyant economy and increased employment levels are helping generate greater demand, according to the l
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Music is in the air at CSIRO Textiles and Fibre Technology

1 March 2007
Starting from November 2006, International Newsletters, publisher of TechnicalTextiles International, has launched an online and print news service for the textiles industry: subscribers to Smart Text
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Anti-ballistic combination

1 March 2007
A combination of woven and nonwoven layers forms a dense, highly stable anti-ballistic material, according to its developer, Tex Tech Industries Inc, North Monmouth, Maine, USA.
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Tissue paper containing silk

1 March 2007
Silk combined with cellulosic fibres forms the basis for a novel type of tissue invented in the USA by The Procter and Gamble Co, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Adding stretch

1 March 2007
A system for imparting controlled stretch to fabrics, usually in the form of strips, has been discovered by Pro-Fit International Ltd of Bradford, UK.
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Denkendorf Institute improves roller coverings for drafting systems

1 March 2007
A new kind of roller covering for use in drafting systems has been developed by a research team at the Denkendorf Institute in Germany.
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Electrically conductive fabric

1 March 2007
Albany International Corp claims to have developed a durable and highly electrically conductive fabric.
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Making chenille yarn

1 March 2007
An Italian machinery builder says it has found a way to make chenille yarn without one of the traditional drawbacks of the process: systematic defective yarn production can usually only be detected du
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Cement reinforcement

1 March 2007
Milliken and Co of Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, has patented a technique for reinforcing cementitious articles with fabrics.
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Modified cellulose

1 March 2007
Treating lignocellulosic materials with an aqueous solution of an amphoteric cellulose derivative containing an electrolyte can lead to the production of paper with a high wet strength or rayon fibres
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Weaving optical fibres

1 March 2007
Glass fibres that are treated so as to diffuse light substantially perpendicular their axes are being woven into fabrics by the French company Cedric Brochier Soiries.
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Hydroentanglement progress

1 March 2007
An improved form of hydroentanglement can integrate a mixture of continuous filaments, and synthetic and natural staple fibres well, and produce a fabric with reduced asymmetry between its faces and b
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Fireproof mattress covers

1 March 2007
Two UK-based inventors have devised a way to make fireproof nonwoven that has now been patented by a US company.
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Fibrous scaffolds created

1 March 2007
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore have created artificial fibres with nanometre-sized features that could be used to grow cells and tissue structures
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Swim pants win Visionary Award

1 March 2007
Tyco Healthcare's Swim Pants received the Visionary Award at the Vision 2007 Consumer Products Conference held in January 2007 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Covidien is new name for Tyco Healthcare

1 March 2007
Tyco Healthcare is to be renamed Covidien once the global healthcare products supplier separates from parent company Tyco International and becomes an independent, publicly traded company.
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Silver-containing wound care device

1 March 2007
Wound care devices having a topically applied silverbased antimicrobial finish are described by inventors from South Carolina, USA, in US Patent 7 118 761.
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Adult incontinence product merger

1 March 2007
Whitestone of Bloomington, Indiana, USA, has acquired Humanicare International to form a leading provider of products for the adult incontinence care markets in the USA.
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Heparin-bonded vascular graft wins US clearance

1 March 2007
Propaten vascular graft has gained clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its developer W.L.Gore & Associates.
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