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Andritz is to supply Autoneum’s plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, with a needlepunch line for the production of velour felts for automotive applications.

A biocompatible non-stick wound dressing based on an elastomer matrix containing fat and hydrocolloid is disclosed in US Patent 9 649 402 by Lohmann & Rauscher.

Henkel of Düsseldorf, Germany, has opened a test facility for composites in Japan. 

A porous absorbent wound dressing that has minimal adherence to the healing wound has been outlined by researchers from IBM.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) and the US Navy’s Disruptive Technology Laboratory have created the US military’s first three-dimensionally (3D)-pr

The Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University in Germany is working to develop environmentally friendly methods for the manufacture of concrete and composites. 

Don & Low of Forfar, UK, has started-up synthetic grass yarn line, after its Board approved the substantial investment at the end of 2016. 

Technical textiles and thermoplastics specialist Porcher Industries has been working with STELIA Aerospace on its recent Arches Box TP research project. 

A negatively-charged finish for textiles that attracts the positively-charged allergens like a magnet has been developed by researchers at Hohenstein Group's William Küster Institute for Hygiene, E

The Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) in Port Angeles, Washington, USA, is to work with the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) to develop automated method

North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) of Renens, Switzerland, and FIBRE Mechanics of Lymington, UK, are working together to develop high-performance composite products for boatyards that reduce labour t

Ontex Group has opened a new 11 000-m² production plant in Hawassa, Ethiopia, to produce baby diapers under its Canbebe brand. 

A glass fibre-reinforced thermoplastic that demonstrates low warpage and high flame retardance has been developed for use in electric vehicle battery parts by Lanxess of Cologne and HELLA KGaA Huec

OCSiAl is to build what it claims will be the world’s largest production facility for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in Luxembourg, with the assistance of the country’s Ministry of the Eco

Directa Plus Lomazzo has entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) with Lonate Pozzolo headquartered Alfredo Grassi SpA (both in Italy) for the incorporation of the former's G+ graphene into

Following intensive research and development (R&D) work supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a number of the country’s major organizations

The stress levels of aeroplane pilots are to be monitored using smart textiles as part of a major European research project involving Nottingham Trent University in the UK.

Research carried out at the University of Leeds in the UK suggests that the use of controversial fluorochemicals in the manufacture of most waterproof garments may be unnecessary.

In the treatment of chronic wounds, nursing staff have to change a dressing regularly—not just for reasons of hygiene, but also to examine the wound, take swabs and clean it.

DiloGroup says that it set to supply two of its lines for the production of nonwovens to companies in Istanbul, Turkey, after finalizing the deals at Techtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, on 9