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Overall global revenue for the advanced woundcare market will reach US$9.4 bn in 2015, according to a new report from Visiongain, with strong revenue growth predicted from 2015 to 2025.

American Starlinger-Sahm Inc has moved into its new headquarters in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, USA.

In a cooperation between TITV Greiz, the German research institute, and textile machinery manufacturer Jakob Müller AG, based in Frick, Switzerland, a process has been developed for integrating lig

Professor Park Ho Seok and his research team at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in South Korea have developed a new nanomaterial suitable as the basis for h

The deadline for USA-based consortia to submit their full proposals for a US$150-million Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles–Manufacturing Innovation Institute (RFT–MII) is 14 Septemb

San Antonio, Texas-based Blueshift International Materials has developed a 100% polyimide aerogel that can be easily incorporated into composites.

An external feminine hygiene absorbent device is described in US Patent 8 936 587 by Deborah Doescher of Edina, Minnesota, USA.

Tokyo, Japan-headquartered Toshiba Corp has developed a new low-power control technology for microcontrollers supporting multi-sensor wearable devices. 

Effective from 1 July 2015, Johns Manville has announced a price hike for polyester spunbonds sold to the European and US construction sectors.

A swab for collecting biological specimens is described in US Patent 9 011 358 by Copan Italia.

At International Newsletters’ 2015 Nonwovens for High-performance Applications (NHPA) conference held in Cannes, France, in March 2015, Senior Scientist Margreet de Kok outlined the work b

The global market for technical textiles will be worth US$168.3 billion by 2020, according to the latest study.

A tissue-engageable suture having antimicrobial properties is described in US Patent 9 028 530 by IM Indiano of Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA.

A plant dedicated to the production of nickel-coated fibres has opened in Cleveland, Utah, USA.

Johns Manville has inaugurated a polyester (PES) spunbond production line at its facility in Berlin, Germany.

A novel pressure stocking developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg, Germany, is set to help protect against diabetic wounds via an integrated senso

Carolina Nonwovens is to invest US$12.25 million to build a plant in Maiden, North Carolina, USA.

A nanofibre-reinforced composition that can be applied to a wound site has been developed by researchers from the University of Akron, Ohio, USA.

At the recent  Texprocess 2015 show in Frankfurt on 4–7 May 2015, the Human Solutions Group based in Kaiserslautern, Germany, showcased apparel industry innovations to make work easier, si

Dressing materials especially for the treatment of chronic wounds, such as venous ulcers, decubitus ulcers or diabetic ulcers, have been developed by KCI USA, a subsidiary of KCI Licensing, part of