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Specialist medical applications for carbon nanotubes

1 January 2005
Scientists at Australia's CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology (CTFT) working with the NanoTech Institute at the University of Texas, Dallas, USA, have adapted textile technologies used to spin wool and
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Disposable absorbent articles with refastenable side seams

1 January 2005
Disposable absorbent articles with refastenable side seams are disclosed in US Patent 6 761 711 by Kimberly-Clark.
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Simulated suede leather has better light fastness

1 January 2005
Intended for making material for the automobile industry, outerwear fabrics and furniture manufacture, Germany's Viktor Achter GmbH & Co KG claims to have improved the process for making imitation
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Viral barrier offer optimum comfort for medical gowns

1 January 2005
High performance fibre-based materials producer Ahlstrom has introduced a fabric for medical gowns that is claimed to provide a high level of viral-barrier protection and enhanced comfort.
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Softer open-end spun yarns

1 January 2005
Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon claim to have found a way to spin open-end yarns without the inherent harshness that has characterized such textiles since the process was fi
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Self-anchoring suture approved for sale in Europe and the USA

1 January 2005
Quill Medical has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Quill Barbed Polydioxanone Suture, which is used to close wounds in skin tissue.
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Saint-Gobain and Owens Corning in joint venture

1 December 2004
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex, has recently outlined its plans to construct a glass reinforcement manufacturing plant with Owens Corning in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
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Anti-static wipe

1 December 2004
An ionizing wipe for removing static electricity from an insulating surface is disclosed in US Patent 6 750 164.
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Reinforcing materials made from active yarns

1 December 2004
Fabrics containing active yarns, such as shape-memory fibres or those made from electro-active polymers, that are intended for reinforcing composites are the subject of European Patent EP 1 420 094.
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Biodegrading polyester

1 December 2004
The Italian polyester maker Novamont SpA has bought the Eastar Bio copolyester business and technology from Eastman Chemical Co, USA.
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Wide-ranging protection

1 December 2004
Broad-spectrum protection is claimed for a garment developed in Israel by Jeffrey Gabbay of Jerusalem. International Patent WO 00-75415 says the product is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-yeast.
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Carbon fibre plates for underground trains

1 December 2004
Carbon fibre reinforced plastics have been used to strengthen a service subway that carries both power and signal cables for the underground railway system in London, UK.
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Inflatable airship hanger

1 December 2004
Lindstrand Technologies Ltd (LTL) will use Tenara(r) M 1000 sewing thread from Donisthorpe & Co Ltd for its latest project, an inflatable airship hangar.
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Investment firm buys Honeywell Performance Fibers

1 December 2004
Honeywell has agreed to sell its Performance Fibers business to Sun Capital Partners Inc.
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Nanofibres for electrically conducting plastics

1 December 2004
Japanese company Showa Denko KK (SDK) has developed a grade of carbon nanofibre for addition to electrically conductive resins.
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Austrian Court blocks Lenzing takeover of Tencel

1 December 2004
Lenzing's Board of Management says it will fight the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna, an Austrian anti-trust authority, to block its proposed takeover of Tencel.
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Hybrid cable cord has greater tensile strength

1 December 2004
A US company has invented a hybrid cable cord comprising at least two yarns with different properties.
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Thermal insulation and soundproofing of engine compartments

1 December 2004
In US Patent 6 749 929, a company from the Republic of Ireland describes a material for thermally insulating and sound-proofing the engine compartment of an automobile or truck.
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PPG to expand joint-venture glass fibre plant in China

1 December 2004
PPG Industries, USA, and its joint venture partner in China, Nan Ya Plastics Corp, are to build a second manufacturing furnace for glass fibre reinforcements at their facility in Kunshan, China.
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Electrically conductive thermoplastics

1 December 2004
Premix Thermoplastics Inc, USA, had added carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics to its Pre-Elec range of electrically conductive composites.
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