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Markforged of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is introducing two three-dimensional (3D) printers for carbon fibre-reinforced parts that it claims are fast and cheap.

Toray Industries of Tokyo, Japan, is to construct a polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) compound production facility at the site of its subsidiary and large-tow carbon fibre manufacturer Zoltek in Nyerges

A work jacket, the ergonomics of which have been adapted for an exoskeleton that supports employees carrying out overhead work, has been developed by researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönn

BASF New Business of Ludwigshafen, Germany, has acquired the filament producer Innofil3D of Emmen, The Netherlands. 

Haydale of Ammanford, UK, has agreed heads of terms for a technical and commercial collaboration with Rogers Advanced Composites (RAC) Ltd of Fawley, UK. 

A solid-state flexible supercapacitor has been manufactured by using conductive graphene oxide ink to print electrodes onto cotton fabric by researchers at the University of Manchester in the UK.

A quick and accurate inspection method for composite components has been developed by FACC of Ried, Austria, and the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences and the Higher Technical College (

Automotive supplier Valeo is producing a top column module whose housing and levers are made of BASF’s Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). 

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and nano-enhanced nonwovens are among the innovations to be exhibited by Technical Fibre Products (TFP) of Kendal, UK, at the CAMX show in Orlando, Florida,

Improved reinforced meshes for retropubic implants for the treatment of urinary incontinence and/or pelvic floor disorders are disclosed in US Patent 9 655 706 by Boston Scientific Scimed.

Advanced composites manufacturer Pentaxia is to double its existing production capability through the purchase of a large manufacturing site in Derby, UK. 

A mesh implant for use in the reconstruction of soft-tissue defects is disclosed by Novus Scientific in US Patent 9 668 847.

Standard Textile and Vestagen Protective Technologies have entered into a strategic partnership to market Vestex Active Barrier garments.

An improved textile bandage to support or protect joints such as elbows, knees and ankles ithat is prevented from shifting during wear has been developed by Otto Bock HealthCare of Duderstadt, Germ

Fibertex Personal Care is to establish its own production in North Carolina, USA. 

A mesh device for supporting a breast implant or breast tissue has been developed by inventors from California, USA. 

Expanding wound dressings for controlling bleeding wounds are disclosed in US Patent 9 623 223 by RevMedx.

Rusvata, a manufacturer of medical products including cotton wool, bandages and gauze, has inaugurated a new Trützschler spunlace line for the production of hydro­entangled nonwovens at its headqua

A highly sensitive soft capacitive sensor made of silicone and fabric moves and flexes with the human body to unobtrusively and accurately detect movement.

Xenoma, a spin-out from the University of Tokyo in Japan, has just launched a pre-consumer version of its e-skin shirt on Kickstarter.