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Compression sock predicts the onset of diabetic foot ulcers

1 July 2014
A New Zealand company that is developing smart textiles with sensors knitted into the fabrics is working with the University of Nottingham, UK, on smart socks that could predict the onset of diabetic
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Finished products launched using silver-based technology

1 July 2014
Ag Flex Technologies of India has launched finished products with its Flexsil silver-based technology under the SilverGuard and SilverTouch brands.
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Clinical data indicate effectiveness of Aquacel Ag+ dressings

1 July 2014
A new clinical study has corroborated earlier in vitro evidence of the healing benefits of ConvaTec's Aquacel Ag+ wound dressings.
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Growing sales for wound care and closure products across Europe

1 July 2014
A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Western and Eastern European Wound Care and Wound Closure Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $4.41 billion in 2013 and estimates this to reach $6.
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Absorbent article with improved softness

1 July 2014
Absorbent hygiene articles with enhanced visual and/or tactile softness signals, but without decreased tensile strength, have been developed by Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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Sheet-based compression garment

1 July 2014
A new hybrid type of compression garment for treating oedema is disclosed in US Patent 8 747 341 by FarrowMed.
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Private label diaper manufacturer to launch initial public offering

1 July 2014
Private label diaper manufacturer Ontex plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on Euronext Brussels.
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German project aims to create an artificial womb for premature babies

1 July 2014
An ambitious research project in Germany is seeking to create an artificial womb made from smart textiles that will provide sensory therapy for prematurely born babies.
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Continuous process makes large quantities of high-quality, single-wall carbon nanotubes

1 July 2014
Two fundamental challenges to the widespread use of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been solved in a breakthrough technology, according to the company behind the development.
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Ceramic fibre offers high temperature insulation

1 July 2014
A UK company has begun to sell a polycrystalline wool fibre (Alphawool) for use above 1300degC.
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Chinese wallcovering line close to commercial production

1 July 2014
On the 28 May 2014, Ahlstrom inaugurated a production line in Binzhou, China, for the production of high-performance wallcoverings.
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Jacob Holm to buy DuPont's hydroentangled nonwovens business

1 July 2014
DuPont of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, is to divest its global hydroentangled nonwovens business (Sontara), which specializes in fabrics for medical applications and wipes.
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Monadnock offers expertise and facilities to commercialize ideas

1 July 2014
A US company is offering to share its expertise and facilities to help others develop pilot-scale production of nonwovens into full-scale commercial reality.
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Metallized silver technology for medical and smart textiles

1 July 2014
An Indian company claims to have developed and commercialized a technology (Flexsil) for permanently bonding silver to textile substrates in order to make them antibacterial and electrically conductiv
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Barrier fabrics to wrap surgical instruments

1 July 2014
Ahlstrom of Helsinki, Finland, has added several fabrics to its range of sterile barrier systems (Ahlstrom Reliance Tandem).
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Recycled carbon fibre made into veils and mats

1 July 2014
Technical Fibre Products (TFP) Ltd of Burnside, UK, has added to its range of high-quality veils and mats made from recycled carbon fibre.
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Process to make nanoscale polypropylene fibres

1 July 2014
Tokyo, Japan-based JX Nippon Oil and Energy is commercializing a process to make polypropylene (PP) fibres with diameters in the range 300-500 nm.
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Halogen-free treatments to make upholstery fabrics flame-retardant

1 July 2014
An Australian company has launched two halogenfree flame-retardant (FR) treatments for upholstery and furnishings.
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Combined yarns make a battery

1 July 2014
Researchers in China have made a lithium-ion battery by pairing two stretchable and bendable yarns and claim a 10-cm-long piece weighing just 0.08 g can power a string of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
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Uncoated fabric for functional outerwear from Teijin Frontier

1 July 2014
A high-density fabric with a structure designed to make breathable, waterproof and water-shedding outerwear is now available.
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