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Windows Vista, the latest Microsoft operating system, is being integrated into Kaledo 3D Trend, the new fashion design software package which will be commercially released by Lectra in 2007.
Aspen Aerogels, based in Northborough, Massachusetts, has received a coveted Nano 50 award.
Nanotechnology will have a high profile at the ITMA 2007 international textile machinery exhibition which takes place in Munich from 13 to 20 September 2007.
Ahlstrom has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Argonide Corporation to manufacture and commercialise patented electrostatic nanofibre filter media under the Disruptor brand name.
P2i Ltd is talking to a number of airline companies in respect of its new ion mask enhancement for cabin trim, seats, carpets and uniforms.
Perry Ellis and Hart Schaffner Marx have incorporated Nano Tex's Resist Spills fabric treatment into their latest lines of men's suits and separates.
Venture capitalists continue to devote cash to nanotechnology start-up companies, but, with the long expected time from investment to exit of six years - twice what VCs expect for investments in other
Philips Design has developed a series of dynamic garments as part of its ongoing SKIN exploratory research into the area of 'emotional sensing'.
Eleksen reports that between January and June 2006 its sales were GBP1.8 million - representing an increase of 622% on the same period in 2005.
Tembo elastic memory composite hinges manufactured by Composite Technology Development (CTD), based in Lafayette, Colorado, USA, are to be tested on the International Space Station (ISS).
Swiss headquartered Sefar AG now offers a range of woven smart fabrics based on its PowerMatrix hybrid of polyester and copper monofilaments in warp and weft.
Levi's has now launched its Redwire DLX iPod-compatible jeans in India, retailing at Rupees 9,000 (US$201), making them a little cheaper than the US$250 they are prices at on
Fujifilm Dimatix reports that it shipped more than 5,000 Dimatix materials cartridges and around 100 full Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) systems to customers in the first year of production.
The smart fabrics story that has taken the international media by storm recently is CSIRO's 'air guitar' shirt.
Engineers from the University of Exeter in the UK are working on a new project to create curtains made from a smart material that could minimise injuries inflicted by a terrorist attack.
New York-headquartered NaturalNano has announced the first successful manufacturing-scale-trial of its halloysite clay nanotube technology,
With a total investment of $190 million, Pennsylvania State University will construct a new 350,000-square-foot materials/life science research facility at its University Park campus.
Arkema of France is to supply multiwalled carbon nanotubes to Nanoledge for incorporation into nanotube-resin composites.
Advanced Powders and Coatings (AP & C), a subsidiary of Raymor Industries, is currently expanding its thermal spray coating production capacity at its new facility in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, t
Automotive interiors specialist Eybl International reports that it has developed a luminous textile which works in three dimensions.
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