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Clean air environments with Trevira

1 June 2009
Airtex GmbH of Germany - a specialist in HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) products - manufactures customised textile ventilation systems for spaces with particularly high requirements
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Wearable alternative to MRI scans

1 June 2009
Magnetic resonance scans may be safer for children and other patients needing anaesthesia in the future, if new kinds of optical sensors developed by a team of European researchers find acceptance in
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Nano-boost for Coats Bursa

1 June 2009
Industrial Nanotech has secured a contract with UK-headquartered Coats Plc, to coat the machinery in the company's yarn dyehouse facility located in Bursa, Turkey, with the thermal insulation and corr
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Decontamination wipes patent

1 June 2009
Texas Tech University has secured a US patent for the process used to create nonwoven toxic chemical decontamination wipes, such as its recently-introduced Fibertect.
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Digital deliveries in Detroit

1 June 2009
Plastic Logic has announced a strategic partnership agreement with the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, Michigan's largest daily newspapers, to offer a digital content delivery and distributio
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Bayer starts CNT plant construction

1 June 2009
Bayer MaterialScience AG has started construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chempark Leverkusen, Germany.
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Health checks for infrastructure

1 June 2009
As part of the Euro10.2 million POLYTECT project, sensor-embedded grids and filters are being developed for use in structural health monitoring (SHM) in geotechnical and masonry applications.
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Award for adaptive membrane

1 June 2009
Schoeller Textil's c_change membrane was one of the winners of the iF Material Design Award at this year's Hanover Fair. Pictured receiving the award from the judges for Schoeller is Hans-Ulrich Kohn.
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British SBRI scheme launched

1 June 2009
British companies are to be supported to develop new products and services in diverse areas such as health, defence, transport and construction through a new GBP100 million government scheme.
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Flame protection with head comfort

1 June 2009
Lenzing reports that its FR fibre now has a dominant share in the US market for protective hoods for firefighters.
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Outdoor solar fabrics coming soon

1 June 2009
Power Plastic - the patented thin film solar material developed by Konarka Technologies - is poised for mass production in fabrics for outdoor use.
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Transforming the lives of the silver surfers

1 June 2009
New clothes incorporating electronic functions to improve the quality of life for the active ageing population will be created in a groundbreaking research project launched at the University of Wales,
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New distribution and development for carbon nanotube products

1 June 2009
Zyvex Performance Materials, based in Columbus, Ohio, USA, has announced a joint venture with PolyOne Corporation of Cleveland, to develop carbon nanotube-filled polymer materials for structural and e
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Zetasizer aids advanced manipulation of composite materials

1 June 2009
Researchers at Nottingham Trent University in the UK are using the Zetasizer Nano ZS particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments in work that has demonstrated the predominantly electrost
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Funding for wood nanomaterials research

1 June 2009
ArboraNano - the Canadian Forest NanoProducts Network led by FPInnovations - is to receive $8.9 million from the Government of Canada for research over the next four years.
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NWS selects NSC Nonwoven for medical-grade product line

1 June 2009
NonWoven Solutions (NWS), a US producer of felt and needlepunched nonwoven filtration products, has opened a 3700 m2 facility in Lakemoor, Illinois, to make good manufacturing practices (GMP) medicalg
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PGI completes installation of Mexican spunbond line

1 June 2009
Nonwovens producer Polymer Group (PGI) has completed the installation of its new spunbond line in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to serve hygiene and medical customers in the USA and Mexico.
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Absorbent article with odour control

1 June 2009
An absorbent article in which the liquid-retentive absorbent layer includes an odour controlling member is described in US Patent 7 473 817 by Kao.
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Novel flexible materials for medical implants

1 June 2009
At the Advanced Textiles '09 event held in Brussels, Belgium, in April 2009, Damien Simons, Head of Research and Development at French technical textile producer MDB Texinov, described novel warp-knit
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Machine-washable fashion cover overcomes problem of dirty casts

1 June 2009
Cameleone, a new textile cover designed to slip over orthopaedic casts, is claimed to be hygienic, protective and comfortable.
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