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Messe Frankfurt (HK) is launching a new initiative to facilitate nonwovens fabric suppliers’ expansion into China, where imports of such products increased by 128% from 2000 to 2013.

Bemax is to launch a range of private-label disposable diapers and wipes called Mother’s Hugs, to be sold and distributed through existing Bemax distribution channels of wholesalers and retailers i

Turkish nonwovens producer Mogul is establishing its first North American and first overseas operations – Mogul South Carolina Nonwovens.

Advanced dressings are a steadily growing segment of the wound care industry, with many companies marketing a wide variety of formats.

Nanofibre meshes that might draw bacteria out of wounds to speed-up the healing process are being developed by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.

Thin, flexible batteries are set to become a $400 million market by 2025, according to a new report by IDTechEx.

The world’s first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor-driven light-emitting diode (LED) display laminated into textiles paves the way for wearable displays in clothing.

An electrospun wound dressing (101) loaded with a herbal extract is disclosed in US Patent 9 101 508 by researchers from Tehran, Iran.

Researchers from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have created highly flexible, efficient white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with potential for use in wearable displays and non-flat surface

Medical bandages for the treatment of skin diseases, burn injuries, traumatic and other wounds, reconstructive and cosmetic surgical challenges, and tissue injuries have been developed by Peach Tec

An Advanced Chemical Processing (ACP) pilot facility has been opened at the Herty Advanced Materials Development Center (Herty) within Georgia Southern University.

A method of treating a condition of a patient’s limb is disclosed in US Patent 9 095 467 by Wade Farrow and Barry Creighton of College Station, Texas, USA.

A method for taking carbon dioxide directly from the air and converting it to oxygen and nanoscale fibres made of carbon has been developed at George Washington University.

Hollingsworth & Vose has started production of air filter media (NanoWave) at a plant in Hatzfield, Germany.

Pegas Nonwovens is to install a second spunmelt production line at its plant in 6^th of October City, Egypt.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Universities of Bayreuth and Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have developed nanofibres capable of transporting energy across a distance of several mi

An improved bodily fluid-absorbent article has been developed by Unicharm.

The Honest Company has launched Honest feminine care, a range of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified organic cotton pads, liners and tampons (reports Nonwovens Industry, 30 Ju

A patch for repairing an intra-abdominal defect is disclosed by Jason Adams of Manhattan, New York, USA.

Formax of Narborough, UK, has opened its innovation centre, which comprises three divisions: polymer composites; automation; ceramic composites.