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Lohmann Technologies UK has installed a specialist infra-red (IR)-based heating system for the manufacture of adhesive tapes at its factory in Milton Keynes.

A research team at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed nanocomposite sensors which can be sprayed directly onto flat or curved surfaces.

Hartmann Group, a supplier of medical and hygiene products, has completed the acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s (P&G’s) Lindor adult incontinence brand in Spain and Portugal.

Rieter Group of Winterhur has purchased the SSM Textile Machinery division (SSM) from Schweiter Technologies, both of Horgen, all in Switzerland.

More than 100 presentations will be given by leading industry and academic figures at the upcoming Dornbirn Man-Made Fibers Congress (MFC) in Austria on 13–15 September 2017.

Smart-fabrics company Footfalls & Heartbeats (UK) is working with Germany-based KOB, a manufacturer of bandages and fabrics, to improve compression therapy using smart fibres.

Metyx Group is reporting that it has concluded a multi-machinery deal with its long-time partner Karl Mayer Technische Textilien GmbH for the supply of warp-knitting production lines. 

Lenzing has announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art production plant for its Tencel-branded lyocell fibre in Thailand that will have a capacity of up to 100 kt a year.

Vartega, Steelhead Composites and Michelman, have fabricated what they claim to be the first composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) made from continuous recycled carbon fibre tow. 

The Institutes for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart are developing a production process for archit

KraussMaffei of Munich, Germany, and Roctool SA of Le Bourget du Lac, France, are working together to promote Roctool’s inductive mould heating technology (HD Plastics). 

Researchers at the Taiwan Textile Research Institute of Tucheng, Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a wound dressing that offers superior moisture-retention, antibacterial, wound-healing and scar-remov

A programmable backpack and a baseball cap with integrated light-emitting diode (LED) lighting are the first products to be launched by the US$300 million Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AF

Synthetic silk biopolymer producer AMSilk has received certification from TÜV Süd for its quality management system. 

Solvay Composite Materials of Heanor, UK, and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business of Hoogeveen, The Netherlands, are teaming-up to promote and accelerate the adoption of thermoplastic composites for ae

US company LeMond Composites has signed an exclusive $US44-million deal to license technology developed by Deakin University’s carbon fibre research centre, Carbon Nexus, in Australia.

A surgical implant that includes a biodegradable polymeric coating that stiffens the mesh for handling and softens it upon placement within the body has been developed by Covidien subsidiary Sofrad

A sutureless wound closure has been developed by Deva Medical Ventures of Chester, UK. 

A prosthesis for treating hernias of the abdominal wall, in particular umbilical hernias where the defect is small, is disclosed in US Patent 9 622 843 by Sofradim Production.

A pair of flame-retardant polyamide (PA) 6 compounds that are highly reinforced with glass fibres has been launched by Lanxess of Cologne, Germany.