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The length at which yarn-shaped supercapacitors (YSCs) yield their highest energy outputs has been determined by researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, USA.

A range of double-belt presses, precision scattering lines and continuous film casting technologies for the manufacture of composites will be shown by IPCO at JEC World.

Berry Global is to spin-off the majority of its Health, Hygiene and Specialties (HH&S) segment, including its Global Nonwovens and Films business, and merge it with Glatfelter, to create a new 

A multilayer nonwoven wrap (Reliance Fusion) that ensures that equipment trays in hospitals remain sterile has been approved for marketing and sale in the USA by the Food and Drug Administration (F

Surfacing veils for the manufacture of lightweight fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) parts will be presented by Freudenberg Performance Materials at JEC World.

A strain of bacteria that can convert waste polyethylene (PE) into a form of biodegradable spider silk is being developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York,

Mativ, the advanced fabrics and speciality materials company formed by the merger of Schweitzer-Mauduit International (SWM) and Neenah in 2022⁽¹⁾

North Carolina’s textile industry is to receive funding of up to US$160 million over the next ten years from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to spur research and development (R&D) work

Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) Ltd of Leeds, UK, is to work with its compatriot the University of Manchester to improve the designs of the spin packs and spinnerets it uses on its laboratory- and

Zünd Systemtechnik AG has acquired its long-standing sales partner in Brazil, BG Soluções Tecnológicas, which is currently based in Porto Alegre and will now be known as Zund Brasil.

An aerogel fibre, with a structure inspired by polar-bear fur, can be knitted into insulating garments that are as warm as a down jacket at one-fifth of the thickness.

A biodegradable tension fabric for dye sublimation printing has been launched by K&R Solutions, of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, for advertising signage in airports.

A microfluidic device that can create fibres of artificial spider silk that demonstrate properties similar to those of natural spider silk is being developed by researchers at RIKEN in Saitama, Jap

A simple method for removing elastane fibres from textiles, making them easier to recycle at the end of their lives, is being developed by researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark.

An elastic fibre that could prove to be more compatible with garment-recycling processes than fibre made from elastane has been developed by materials and chemicals producer Celanese Corp and appar

Ahlstrom is investing in a new production line for molecular filtration media at its plant in Turin, Italy.  

A polyamide (PA) 6 made entirely from textile waste has been launched by BASF, of Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Inditex, of Arteixo, Spain.

Fibroline, the French developer of a process based on using alternating electrical fields to drive dry powders into substrates, has formed a strategic alliance with US manufacturer of finishing mac

A carbon fibre that demonstrates both high strength and high tensile modulus has been developed by Toray of Tokyo, Japan.

WPT Nonwovens Corp has officially started-up a US$19.5-million facility for the manufacture of carded nonwovens in Ohio County, Kentucky, USA.