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Aramid fibres make insulating paper

1 July 2010
A thermally and electrically insulating paper based on aramid fibres is now available from Kermel of France, which says that the material is suitable for use at temperatures of about 180degC.
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Teijin at full capacity for aramid fibre

1 July 2010
Teijin Aramid says it is to restart the last of its spinning lines for aramid fibres that were shut down during the heart of the economic crisis in 2009.
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Honeywell bids for major expansion in personal protective equipment

1 July 2010
Honeywell has bid about US$1.4 billion in an attempt to acquire Sperian Protection, a French company specializing in personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Superior strings for racquets

1 July 2010
A monofilament string that offers superior playing characteristics for racquet sports is the subject of European Patent EP 2 175 055.
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Fabric roofing contract

1 July 2010
MakMax says it has won the fabric roofing contract for the Gold Coast Stadium redevelopment project at Carrara, Queensland, Australia.
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Honeywell bids for major expansion in personal protective equipment

1 July 2010
Honeywell has bid about US$1.4 billion in an attempt to acquire Sperian Protection, a French company specializing in personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Polymer Group invests spunmelt at plant in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA

1 July 2010
Polymer group inc (PGI) has started construction and installation of a new spunmelt machine at its plant in Waynesboro, Virginia, USA.
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3M expands protective apparel portfolio with acquisition of UK-based Dailys

1 July 2010
3M has acquired Dailys Ltd, a UK-based supplier of nonwoven disposable protective clothing, primarily chemical protective coveralls for industrial use. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Ahlstrom blames raw material costs for price rises of automotive filtration media

1 July 2010
Ahlstrom is to increase its prices for filter media products for transportation, blaming the continued rise of costs for raw materials.
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Innovation will be centre stage at 49th Dornbirn Man-made Fiber Congress

1 July 2010
The 49TH Dornbirn man-made fibers congress will take place in Austria on 15-17 September 2010.
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Tailored nanomaterial reinforcement produced on commercially viable scales

1 July 2010
The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) in Ohio, USA, has secured a $3 million grant to fund its work on the commercialization of a multifunctional nanomat - erial reinforcement.
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Simplified technology holds promise to make nanotextiles a mainstream product

1 July 2010
Bioengineers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA claim to have developed a practical technology for fabricating nanofibres at production speeds far in excess of current methods.
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Coating and laminating programme

1 July 2010
The full programme for the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL2010) is now available (see page 30).
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US approval for carbon nanotubes from Arkema

1 July 2010
The USA'S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved French company Arkema's Graphistrength multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for commercial sale.
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Radar absorbing electronic fabrics

1 June 2010
Eeonyx Corporation, based in Pinole, California, has announced the development and availability of special engineered electrically conductive fabrics with radar absorbing properties for use in the adv
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High melting point biomass resin

1 June 2010
Japan's Toyobo is embarking on a business alliance with Arkema of France for the production and sale of a new polyamide resin which has a high melting point and is manufactured using biomass materials
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Intrinsiq secures nanoparticle technology

1 June 2010
Intrinsiq Materials (IML) has secured exclusive, worldwide rights on a novel, low temperature route to making nanoparticles.
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Covesion 85% growth with NanoKTN support

1 June 2010
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) has helped UK company Covesion secure funding and partnerships, enabling it to achieve growth exceeding 85% between 2009 and 2010.
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Bio-PDO expansion

1 June 2010
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products is to increase production of bio-based 1,3 propanediol (Bio-PDO) by 35% with an expansion of its plant in Loudon, Tennessee.
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US licence for Zetix fabrics

1 June 2010
UK company Auxetix has licensed the commercial rights to its Zetix technologies in the blast-mitigation and ballistic-protection markets in North America to Advanced Fabric Technologies of Houston, Te
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