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Techtextil grows from Frankfurt to Shanghai, and now Mumbai

1 March 2007
In the second part of our preview of Techtextil 2007, which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany, 11-14 June, Nick Butler focuses on the impact of the emergence and growth of the regional shows, as w
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Successfully transforming your business to technical textiles

1 March 2007
A two-day symposium, the fourth in a successful series designed to help companies successfully transform their businesses from traditional to technical textile markets and to maintain their competitiv
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CATSeye plans Trackable Clothing range

1 February 2007
Covert Asset Tracking Systems (CATSeye), based in Crawley, UK, plans to introduce a Trackable Clothing range designed to allow the wearer to be located anywhere from any internet connection.
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Determining the flow physics of silk

1 February 2007
UK researchers at Oxford University have discovered that spiders and silkworms spin their fibres using methods that are not all that different from commercial spinning.
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Milliken Chemical opens new European microbiology laboratory

1 February 2007
As a result of continued growth and market acceptance for Alphasan silver inorganic antimicrobial technology, Milliken Chemical Europe has invested in a new microbiology laboratory.
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Retailer in Central Asia directly linked to tailored clothing manufacturers in Germany

1 February 2007
The Skandal fashion house in Almaty, Kasakhstan, has become the first retailer in Central Asia to use a 3D body scanner supplied by Human Solutions GmbH of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Nobel Prize winner joins NaturalNano's scientific advisory board

1 February 2007
Nobel Laureate and nanotech pioneer Sir Harold W. Kroto has joined the scientific advisory board of New York-based NaturalNano.
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Smart polymer fibres with shape memory effect

1 February 2007
Textile researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and at the College of Polymer Science and Engineering in Sichuan, China, have reported the development of new polymer fibres with a shape memory
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Nanoscale cubes and spheres

1 February 2007
Porous nano-objects with defined sizes and structures are of interest in a range of fields including capsules for enzymes, a means of transport for pharmaceutical agents and building blocks for larger
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Aspen Aerogels completes design of aerogel blanket cryogenic insulation system

1 February 2007
Aspen Aerogels' Cryogel material for cryogenic insulation applications has been fully verified by third-party materials testing as well as a scaled system test.
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Newly developed masterbatches and compounds based on nanofibres

1 February 2007
Austrian technology group Electrovac AG has founded a new division - Electrovac Nanofibers(ENF) for the production and processing of carbon nanofibres (CNF).
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Nanosolar selects manufacturing sites

1 February 2007
Nanosolar, the company with proprietary nanoparticle ink and fast roll-printing technology designed to make solar electricity fundamentally less expensive, has secured manufacturing sites in San Frans
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Elmarco's AntimicrobeWeb sails through tests

1 February 2007
Elmarco of the Czech Republic has launched a new material for the elimination of mechanical or biological air impurities called AntimicrobeWeb, as well as developing the technology for its production.
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Singular ID launches enxure for brand protection

1 February 2007
Singular ID's enxure is a new enterprise brand security system consisting of tags, containing unique random arrangements of nanosized magnetic features which provide a fingerprint or signature that is
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D3o receives multi-million pound round of private equity investment

1 February 2007
d3o lab, the materials technology company behind the smart material of the same name, recently closed a multi-million pound round of fund raising from private investors to fuel international growth an
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Eleksen display for Windows SideShow launched at CES

1 February 2007
Eleksen Group launched its Wearable Display Module (WDM) for Microsoft Windows SideShow at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas from January 8-11 2007.
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Printing nanomaterials in layers

1 February 2007
A printing technique able to combine layers of dissimilar semiconductors on a range of substrates has been developed at the University of Illinois.
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Readable plastic a US$250 billion industry by 2025

1 February 2007
Cambridge University spin-off raises $100 million for first display modules factory in Germany.
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Fujifilm Dimatix wins emerging technology award

1 February 2007
Fujifilm Dimatix has been presented with the first-ever Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Emerging Technology Award.
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Nanoglass textiles for bone surgery

1 February 2007
A consortium backed by the UK's Department of Trade and Industry is aiming to develop new bioactive glass nanofibre-based textiles for medical applications.
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