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Energizer to acquire Playtex Products

1 September 2007
Batteries and flashlights supplier Energizer Holdings is to acquire Playtex Products for US$1.2 billion in cash. Including the assumption of debt, the transaction value totals US$1.9 billion.
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Boost to European urinary incontinence therapeutics market

1 September 2007
The social stigma attached to urinary incontinence together with the side effects of some existing treatments is restraining market expansion, according to market analyst Frost & Sullivan.
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Comvita acquires Medihoney

1 September 2007
For A$6 million (US$5.1 million), New Zealand natural health company Comvita has acquired Australia-based wound care specialist Medihoney.
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Jacob Holm & Sons STA changes name to Vernal

1 September 2007
Holding company Jacob Holm & Sons STA has been renamed Vernal.
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Designing vena cava filters from textile structures

1 September 2007
Opening the plenary session of Medtex07, Professor Martin King of the College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, described a new approach to designing filters
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Medtex07 focuses on healthcare and medical textiles

1 September 2007
Medtex07, the fourth international conference and exhibition on healthcare and medical textiles held in Bolton, UK, attracted around 165 delegates from some 25 countries.
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Optical fibre sensors for health monitoring of patients

1 September 2007
Fabrice Pirotte of Centexbel, Belgium, presented a new type of smart medical textile embedded with optical fibres for monitoring the vital parameters of anaesthetized or sedated patients undergoing ma
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Nanopeutics signs licensing agreement for military market

1 September 2007
Alltracel Pharmaceuticals subsidiary Nanopeutics, which is dedicated to the commercialization of Nanospider technology for the global wound care market, has signed a licensing agreement with HemCon Me
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Polyvinylidene fluoride for textile implants

1 September 2007
Stephanie Houis of the Institut fur Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen (ITA), Aachen, Germany, reported the application of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a biomaterial in medical textiles.
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Portable moisture monitor

1 September 2007
Strandberg Engineering Laboratories has developed a portable moisture meter to measure the moisture content of fabric, nonwovens, carpet, yarn and raw stock across the full moisture spectrum from bone
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Disposable garment comprising meltblown nonwoven backsheet

1 September 2007
A disposable garment comprising a nonwoven backsheet formed by melt-blowing has been developed by Procter & Gamble.
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Radially expandable stent-graft limits dilation

1 September 2007
A low-profile, high-stretch, low-dilation prosthetic device is disclosed in US Patent 7 198 638 by the SciMed division of Boston Scientific.
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Hartmann commended for growth strategy in drapes and gowns market

1 September 2007
Frost & Sullivan has awarded the 2007 European Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award in the surgical drapes and gowns market to Germany's Paul Hartmann in recognition of the company's strat
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Uluru to investigate potential of advanced wound care therapeutic

1 September 2007
Uluru has entered into a co-development agreement with ImmuneRegen BioSciences to evaluate the wound healing potential of a combination of Uluru's hydrogel nanoparticle wound dressing and ImmuneRegen'
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Silver-containing chitosan fibres

1 September 2007
Yimin Qin of the Biochemical Materials Research and Development Center, Jiaxing College, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, discussed the antimicrobial properties of silver-containing chitosan fibres.
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Swiss machinery builders unveil their strategies for ITMA 2007

1 September 2007
At a meeting in Lucerne, Vicky Sung learned that Swiss textile machinery builders will emphasize savings in energy consumption protection of the environment and cost-savings through reduced maintenanc
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Avantex/Techtextil offers extensive view of future for workwear

1 September 2007
Avantex and Techtextil are the world's leading trade fairs for intelligent apparel and technical textiles, respectively, and the range of innovations seen this year was more extensive and differentiat
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Protective clothing--from Nomex to nanofibres for DuPont

1 September 2007
Brands such as Kevlar, Nomex and Tyvek have historically linked the DuPont name with protective clothing required across a range of industries.
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Protective clothing--the advantages of medical disposables

1 September 2007
The performance properties of nonwovens combined with the comfort and freedom ofmovement they provide the wearer give them distinct advantages in drapes and gowns for the medical profession, according
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Quality before quantity is the Necker-Alb region's philosophy

1 September 2007
With historical and logistical links to the automotive and medical technology sectors of southern Germany, the technical textile producers of the Neckar-Alb region are poised to enter new markets, rep
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