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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).

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.

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.

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

Smart fabrics group Eleksen has gone into administration after attempts to raise more cash proved unsuccessful.

Taking the concept of e-clothing a stage further, new Munich headquartered company Badira is introducing the first jacket incorporating a TV screen in its sleeve.