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Geotextiles growth in India will be dependent on legislation

1 June 2007

With India's government making huge investments to improve the country's infrastructure all might seem set fair for geotextile manufacturers, but for the true potential to be realized other issues

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German textile machinery makers buoyed by Munich prospects

1 June 2007
Germany is by far the world's largest exporter of textile machinery and recent sales success for its industry coupled with widespread optimism that this will continue bodes well for us all.
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Nonwoven support--from Boscombe Pier to Palm Jumeirah

1 June 2007
Nonwoven geotextiles are extensively used in civil engineering to supply a combination of separation, filtration and reinforcement.
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France's textile machinery makers are prepared for Germany

1 June 2007
France's textile machinery industry invests heavily in research and development; is active in technical textiles; is working to reduce the consumption of energy, water and chemicals in textile manufac
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More secrets to continued success subject to debate in Porto

1 June 2007
The second day of the fourth International Newsletters symposium How to Enter Technical Textiles Markets was largely dedicated to two key markets-- the integration of electronic switches and sensors i
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Sports, outdoor and fashion brands seek functional textiles

1 June 2007
Adrian Wilson reports from the first International Active Textiles Symposium, organized by leading speciality chemicals company Cognis, which has been in the vanguard of developing fabrics and garment
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High efficiency dewatering developed for hydroentangled webs

1 June 2007
High speeds and excellent product qualities have always been key specifications for nonwoven production and finishing.
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Vivometrics launches the VivoResponder for first responders and biohazard workers

1 May 2007
California-based VivoMetrics has announced the launch of VivoResponder, a lightweight and compact, non-invasive, continuous life-sign monitoring system specifically tailored to meet the needs of the f
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Prisym expands manufacturing of bespoke holographic labels

1 May 2007
Prisym has recently invested in the latest holographic equipment at its Wokingham facility in the UK to expand its range of hologram labels.
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Europe's first production line for large-scale solar panels

1 May 2007
California-based Applied Materials is to provide T-Solar Global of Spain with Europe's first thin film solar module production line for ultra-large 5.7 square metre panels.
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US Air Force backs thin film technology

1 May 2007
United Solar Ovonic a developing thin-film amorphous-silicon solar technology, has been awarded a new contract worth $9.1 million from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to work on new solar cell te
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Resin beads in nonwovens to fight Mad Cow's disease

1 May 2007
A nonwoven composite containing prion-capture resin beads has been developed by US researchers for the removal of infectious prion proteins - the agents associated with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disea
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Gold nanoparticles for elusive dabs

1 May 2007
Researchers in Israel are using gold nanoparticles dissolved in a new organic solution as a method of revealing hidden fingerprints.
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NaturalNano has ambitions for Pleximer nanocomposites

1 May 2007
NaturalNano has outlined its performance goals for 2007 in respect of its Pleximer additive based on halloysite nanotubes.
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Merger brings critical mass for CNTs in US

1 May 2007
Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc and Unidym are to merge.
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Mobile power at CeBIT

1 May 2007
Sunload, based in Berlin, Germany, has teamed up with elite bag manufacturer Marc-Picard to create a series of luxury bags and briefcases, each with embedded flexible solar panels, an internal lithium
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The power of silicone

1 May 2007
Biker clothing specialist Rukka and snowsports apparel leader Mammut have recently launched clothing incorporating Dow Corning's patented Active Protection System which marries performance spacer fabr
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Smart house will sense and heal

1 May 2007
A villa designed to resist earthquakes by healing cracks in its own walls and monitoring vibrations through an intelligent sensor network is to be built in Greece.
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Smart Fabrics in Washington

1 May 2007
Smart fabrics are already an industry worth an annual US$340 million and growing at 19% annually to reach a predicted $720 million by 2008, according to IntertechPira.
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Growing retailer acceptance for Eleksen products

1 May 2007
Elekesen achieved 2006 sales of GBP3.6 million, compared to GBP1.3 million in 2005, its rapid growth curve representing the impact this technology is now having on the market.
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