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To explain the extent of its commitment to the entire value chain, W.L. Gore & Associates invited Editor Nick Butler to visit its plant in Putzbrunn, Germany.
Substantial building projects in both Russia and China are proving suitable platforms for companies, such as DuPont and Owens Corning, to demonstrate the benefits of using nonwovens in these types of
Each year, during its Expo, the Industrial Fabrics Association International announces the winners of its International Achievement Awards.
At ITMA 2007, ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH's Sales and Marketing Director Karl-Friedrich Brockhaus explained to Niki Tait how the embroidery machine is being developed to manufacture technical textiles.
Founded in 1963 and still family-owned, Patrick Yarns has built up a wide range of added-value products, a skilled workforce, and strong relationships with both its customers and suppliers.
The largest trade show for speciality fabrics in the Americas took place last October in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The unique benefits of engineered fabrics in a wide range of applications will be showcased at the world's leading nonwovens exhibition, Index 08, which takes place at the Geneva Palexpo, Switzerland,
Researchers at Empa have modified the ASTM E96 method so as to evaluate the moisture sensitive character of membranes and fabrics and its influence on their water vapour transmission rate.
Prompted by the Prime Minister, the Indian Government is set to approve plans to fund the development of its technical textiles industry.

DuPont's Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT) media has been specified for filters that will be used to clean oil field completion fluids by Total Separation Solutions (TSS).

The first commercial range of footwear products treated with P2i's ion-mask technology will hit the High Street next Summer, with the ability to breathe and repel water like never before, the company

At the ITMA textile machinery show held in Munich, Germany, from 13-20 September, Fleissner exhibited a special spunlace (water entanglement) line which makes two or three-layer composites of split

Nanofibres are this year being introduced as logo security fibres by a new US company, ARmark Authentication Technologies.

Leading Korean fabrics manufacturer Saehan Industries has recently launched Xerexer - a high-performance outdoor fabric brand which employs Finetex nanofibre membrane technology.

Dow Corning's Active Protection System has been recognised as one of the most technologically significant products introduced in the past year by the R&D 100 Awards.

In a significant milestone for smart fabrics, Boost Products, a Netherlands-based specialist in brand and sales activation, is to introduce the first commercial shirts featuring Philips Lumalive te

Industrial Nanotech, based in Naples, Florida, USA, is filing to expand the rights worldwide for a patent application it originally filed in March of 2006 on a new nanocomposite.

The ElekTex Smart Fabric wireless keyboard is now available for consumer purchase at Expansys.

Konarka Technologies, the company behind Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, has raised $45 million in private capital financing.

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