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Recession forces technical textiles firms to shed non-core businesses

1 November 2012
The recent global recession has forced many technical textiles companies to make structural changes and cutbacks, as well as shedding parts of their businesses deemed "non-core" - primarily to private
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Dressing with a discontinuous contact layer surface

1 November 2012
A therapeutic dressing for promoting the healing of a wound is disclosed in US Patent 8 237 010 by Boehringer Technologies.
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Multilayer dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties

1 November 2012
A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties has been developed by Argentum Medical. According to the company of Geneva, Illinois, USA, the dressing can be used:
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Bone-anchored surgical mesh

1 November 2012
A bone-anchored surgical mesh (10) that has slot-like anchoring members (20) that allow for the variable placement of screws and other bone fasteners (30), has been developed by Onike Technologies.
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Medihoney HCS launched in the USA

1 November 2012
Derma Sciences of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, has announced the US launch and first commercial sales of Medihoney HCS (Hydrogel Colloidal Sheet), a patented dressing comprising a combination of Mediho
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Bio-based polyester for Nissan's latest electric car

1 November 2012
The seats and the interior trim surfaces of the latest electricpowered vehicle (Nissan Leaf) from Nissan Motor Co Ltd are made from a polyester (PES) fibre made using biochemicals derived from sugarca
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Additive manufacturing first on Obama list

1 October 2012
A billion-dollar initiative by the US Obama administration - the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) - will see the foundation of a dedicated additive manufacturing institute as the f
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Anti-theft electronic textiles

1 October 2012
A new kind of anti-theft system based on a woven fabric that triggers an alarm when penetrated by intruders has been developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microinteg
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Thinfilm printed memory on sensors for medical devices

1 October 2012
The award-winning Addressable Memory developed by Thin Film Electronics ASA, of Oslo, Norway, has been chosen by a new FlexTech Alliance-funded project as a key component in a printed sensor platform
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Sulzer technology boost for NatureWorks

1 October 2012
PLA fibres with reduced shrinkage and improved dimensional stability will result from the proprietary production equipment that is currently being shipped from Sulzer Chemtech in Switzerland to the Na
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TshirtOS for wearable social messaging

1 October 2012
In a collaboration with Ballantine's, UK smart fabrics designer CuteCircuit has developed Tshirt OS - billed as the world's first wearable, shareable, programmable t-shirt.
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New standards for integrated sensors

1 October 2012
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has finalised standards aimed at accelerating the proliferation of Bluetooth wireless technology sensors for measuring speed and cadence in running and cycli
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Advanced polypropylene finishing

1 October 2012
Alexium has successfully demonstrated its Reactive Surface Technology (RST) treatments for functionalising temperature-sensitive polyolefins.
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P2i award for electronics transfer

1 October 2012
P2i's Aridion liquid repellent nanocoating technology for high volume electronics manufacturing was judged 'Outstanding New Product/Service' at the Global Business Excellence (GBE) Awards.
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3D printed racer with sharksin style

1 October 2012
An electric drive frame, a seat made from flax-based composites and a 'sharkskin' nose add distinctive style to the first racing car with a body which has been entirely 3D printed.
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Sensors add to brand competition

1 October 2012
In a year of several key sporting events - most notably the London 2012 Olympic Games - the major brands in the summer sportswear industry are battling for market share.
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New route for creating nanofibrillar cellulose fibres

1 October 2012
UPM-Kymmene Corporation, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, has developed a new method for fabricating fibre and film products and composites by introducing an aqueous gel of nanofibrillar cellulose
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Para-aramids in black

1 October 2012
At September's China Composites Expo 2012 in Shanghai, Toho Tenax introduced two filament yarns - Twaron Black and Technora Black - both deep-black versions of high-modulus para-aramid fibres that wer
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Smart Ready hubs from Bluetooth and Apple

1 October 2012
In reponse to consumer demand, Apple has added the Bluetooth v4.0 ecosystem to the iPhone5, iPod Nano and iPod Touch.
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DIY Filtrete for water filtration

1 October 2012
3M is introducing a new line of do-it-yourself, plumbed-in Filtrete water filtration products.
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