WELCOME TO TECHNICAL-TEXTILES.NET, the web's most comprehensive source of information about the world of performance and technical textiles. Full membership gives access to: unique feature articles; relevant, edited and verified news; events and more, to keep you up to date with the latest developments in materials, technologies, processes, patents and research, and business and markets

News

Device for treating female urinary stress incontinence

1 December 2006
A surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary stress incontinence is described in US Patent 7 070 556 by American Medical Systems (AMS).
Read more

Kimberly-Clark focusing on diaper business in Mexico

1 December 2006
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico has announced plans to sell its industrial products division (PIMSA) for US$434 million in order to focus on its more profitable consumer products business.
Read more

Sustainability and innovation at fifth Outlook conference

1 December 2006
The fifth Outlook personal care products event brought together more than 350 participants from across the absorbent hygiene products industry's supply chain.
Read more

Innovation award for Ferris

1 December 2006
Frost & Sullivan has selected Ferris Manufacturing as the recipient of the 2006 Product Differentiation Innovation Award for the company's product developments in the North American moist wound dr
Read more

CINTE Techtextil2006--China open for technical textiles business

1 December 2006
Held from the 19-21 September in Shanghai, CINTE Techtextil revealed a great deal, not just about the growth of local interest in the sector, but also about the opportunities and threats perceived by
Read more

Engineered nonwovens used for automotive acoustic insulation

1 December 2006
In the second of a series of regular articles, Adrian Wilson examines the use of high-performance nonwovens in niche industrial applications.
Read more

Technical textiles in India--a sleeping volcano prepares to erupt

1 December 2006
India's textile industry has woken up to the enormous potential of the technical and nonwoven sectors.
Read more

Change of ownership offers fresh opportunities for FiberVisions

1 December 2006
John McCurry spoke to FiberVisions about the company's plans following the sale of its majority shareholding by Hercules to a private equity firm.
Read more

Dornbirn congress highlights fibres in technical end-uses

1 December 2006
The 45th Man-Made Fibers Congress, held in Dornbirn, Austria, in September 2006, attracted some 600 delegates from 30 countries, reports Geoff Fisher.
Read more

Building and construction booms for industrial nonwovens

1 December 2006
The use of nonwovens in the building industry is booming--as is evident in a number of recent expansion plans announced by manufacturers of products dedicated to this sector, according to our Nonwoven
Read more

Nanotechnologies and smart textiles for industry and fashion

1 December 2006
Nanotechnologies and Smart Textiles for Industry and Fashion was title of a conference was organized by the Institute of Nanotechnology and held at the Royal Society, London, UK.Ian Holme summarizes s
Read more

Variety, flexibility and strong partnerships with customers

1 December 2006
John W. McCurry profiles Canada's largest textile company and asks how it is adapting itself to compete in the global marketplace.
Read more

Dornbirn witnesses the dawning of the age of cosmeto-textiles

1 December 2006
A new field is opening up for wellness textiles, also called cosmeto-textiles, that are capable of imparting skincare benefits, combating ageing and promoting a feeling of wellness or wellbeing.
Read more

Winning projects at the cutting edge of technical developments

1 December 2006
Each year, during its Expo, the Industrial Fabrics Association International announces the winners of its International Achievement Awards.
Read more

Digital deposition is the future

1 November 2006
Although inkjet printing first appeared as a commercial tool for textile finishing some 15 years ago, its application to more technical applications including the finishing of fabrics and the depositi
Read more

Nanophase textile application kept under wraps

1 November 2006
Nanophase Technologies based in Romeoville, Illinois, USA, has announced the initial order for a new textile application that is being introduced to the industry on a global basis.
Read more

Shape memory from Schoeller

1 November 2006
Shape memory comes to fabrics with Schoeller of Switzerland's new c_change membrane technology.
Read more

EC backing for Digitex project

1 November 2006
Ten universities and 16 companies are taking part in the Euro12.7 million Digitex project on the development of hardware and software for the surface treatment of textile finishing at the nanoscale.
Read more

Strong growth in China nanocoating for U-Right

1 November 2006
Texnology Nano International says it now has the capacity to nanocoat a million items of clothing and home furnishings on a monthly basis at its ten-line plant in Nanchang, in Jiangxi Province, China.
Read more

Softswitch technology riding a second wave

1 November 2006
Over half a million Softswitch integrated textile controls have now been shipped worldwide in jackets made by brands such as Burton, O'Neill and Adidas.
Read more
XXXX