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More keys to successful management of textile innovations

1 September 2010
Decades of changes in the textile industry have led it to an era where information technology, computing and nanotechnology are now part of its everyday language.
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Technical textile markets provide rich pickings for knitted fabrics

1 September 2010
US knitted fabric manufacturers serving the technical textile sector are a diverse, resilient group. Many are still family owned.
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Commonwealth Games 2010--India's missed opportunities?

1 September 2010
Infrastructure development and preparation of venues for the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi opened up opportunities for suppliers of technical textiles.
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Nanoscale developments are taking coating to the next level

1 September 2010
Nanocoatings are pushing the boundaries for materials manufacturers across a wide range of industries, including technical textiles, reports Adrian Wilson.
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New films for e-paper

1 August 2010
Teijin Chemicals has begun manufacturing and selling transparent conductive films that are expected to be used in new versions of electronic paper lighter and thinner than conventional products on the
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Stretching against the blast

1 August 2010
A new type of blast-proof curtain that when stretched gets thicker, rather than thinner, is being developed to provide better protection from the effects of bomb explosions.
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Lydall and Shrink team up

1 August 2010
Shrink Nanotechnologies entered into a technology integration and development agreement with Lydall.
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Chisso contracts NEI for self-healing coating project

1 August 2010
NEI Corporation has signed an agreement with Japanese chemicals and fibre manufacturer Chisso Corporation to develop a new class of self-healing coatings for flat panel displays and related markets.
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Tailored range of nanosilver coatings

1 August 2010
Empa researchers have demonstrated how they can adjust process conditions to influence the properties of novel plasma polymer coatings containing silver nanoparticles, allowing tailor-made films to be
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Wearlink+ for Nike applications

1 August 2010
Nike and Polar Electro have introduced the Polar WearLink+ that works with the Nike+ SportBand and the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit, enabling users to run and train with heart rate monitoring.
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Filtration down to 10 nanometres

1 August 2010
Pall Corporation's new Ultipleat SP DR series filter cartridge features a next-generation, highly asymmetric membrane technology for semiconductor fabrication.
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Dyneema slings safeguard wind turbines

1 August 2010
Dyneema ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre is helping to ensure that a major construction project to bring clean energy to millions of people in the UK moves ahead as efficiently
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Big role for smart fabrics at future festivals

1 August 2010
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the famous Glastonbury UK music festival, mobile phone company Orange commissioned trend forecaster The Future Laboratory to investigate what the future may h
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Defender M for firefighters

1 August 2010
TenCate Defender M fabric which is used for combat uniforms of the United States military is now being evaluated for use in the garment of fire fighters.
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The smell of invisible damage

1 August 2010
A new process developed by research scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute will ensure that cracked crash helmets start to smell distinctively, as a result of odoriferous oils exuding from their
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A twist in the tail for CNTS

1 August 2010
Helical carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are expected to play a pivotal role in the nanoscale engineering of high-performance materials due to their ability to switch between metal and semiconductor behaviour
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Oilguard absorbs oil, repels water

1 August 2010
HeiQ Materials AG, the TWE Group and Beyond Surface Technologies have created an oil-absorbing nonwoven which may be of use in clearing the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Zeolite nanofiltration could cut oil sands emissions

1 August 2010
Although the oil sands deposits in Canada contain as much as 173 billion barrels of economically viable oil - topped only by Saudi Arabia's reserves - only about a million barrels are produced each da
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Multi-tasking composites funding for Dayton

1 August 2010
Nano Adaptive Hybrid Fabric (NAHF-X) enables composites to be tailored for such properties as electrical and thermal conductivity, chemical and biological sensing, energy storage and conversion, therm
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Methanol-to-olefin unit demonstrates commercial viability

1 August 2010
Honeywell reports success in converting alternative feedstocks into base materials for petrochemicals production.
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