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Researchers in the USA are working on the development of cost-effective sensor-laden textiles to monitor the structural health and integrity of buildings.

An organic period care range has become the world’s first non-fashion brand to join Fashion Revolution, which advocates greater transparency, sustainability and ethics in the fashion industry suppl

A wound dressing that comprises a substrate impregnated with a pH-sensitive dye comprising an anthocyanin dye is disclosed in US Patent 9 855 364.

There is a growing demand for stronger yarns that can be used in such applications as ropes, tyre cords and airbags, and which can be produced economically.

Systems and methods for deploying a prosthesis to repair a diseased and/or damaged section of a hollow body organ or blood vessel are disclosed by Medtronic Vascular of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Seaqual 4U of Madrid, Spain, has unveiled a range of complex polyester (PES) yarns based on plastic recovered from the world’s seas and oceans.

Lectra has become the sole supplier of high-ply cutting equipment and services for Dual’s seating and interiors business, and laser cutting equipment and services for the company’s airbag cushion b

Woven geotextile filtration fabrics have been developed by Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics.

A full-body medical drape designed to prevent infection and other complications during medical procedures has been developed by Medline Industries.

Carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastics from Lehvoss Group of Hamburg, Germany, are being used in the manufacture of the world’s first three-dimensionally (3D)-printed yacht.

Pultruder Exel Composites is to highlight its composite laminates developed for use in 5G data network-enabled city infrastructure at JEC World in Paris, France, on 6–8 March 2018.

The US luge team is using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology from Stratasys to rapidly and cost-effectively build and test carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) racing sleds that are tailo

Unicharm of Tokyo, Japan, has developed a hygienic method for treating used absorbent hygiene articles that recovers recyclable material with a high degree of safety.

An elastomer and metal-particle composite that automatically stiffens by up to 300% in response to mechanical stress has been developed by researchers at Iowa State University in Ames, USA.

Antenna reflectors are being knitted from gold-plated wire by the Advanced Textiles Research Group (ATRG) at Nottingham Trent University in the UK.

Conbility GmbH is to develop and commercialize the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT)’s tape placement and winding systems, which consolidate composite tapes in-situ with

LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, is to buy A. Schulman Inc for US$2.25 billion.

Following several years of working together, recycler ELG Carbon Fibre, and injection-moulding specialists Sanko Engineering and Tooling (SET) and Sanko Gosei UK have formalized their commercial pa

Thin-ply prepreg specialist North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) and watchmaker Richard Mille have signed a long-term collaboration and exclusive supply agreement, part of which will see NTPT expand it

A strong and impact-resistant carbon fibre prepreg featuring a carbon nanotube (CNT)-enhanced matrix has been developed by Toho Tenax of Tokyo, Japan.