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An absorbent article that includes an acquisition and distribution layer (ADL) arranged between the topsheet and the absorbent core, is disclosed by SCA Hygiene Products of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Matrix World Group (MWG) Chile has launched its first-ever collection of treated flame-resistant clothing, all manufactured using fabric from Mount Vernon FR. 

The Lenzing Group is opening an application innovation centre (AIC) in Hong Kong. 

Nonwoven fabrics manufacturer WPT Nonwovens will open a US$6-million plant in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, USA, to add capacity for materials used in hygiene and filtration products, such as diapers and f

Hexcel is launching a UK Government-backed £7.4-million research and development project on multiaxial fabrics for composites and is expanding its manufacturing facility in Narborough, UK. 

Novel absorbent fibres made from regenerated low-substituted carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) are described in US Patent 9 610 379 by FPInnovations.

Baldwin Technology Co Inc of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is to acquire Ahlbrandt System GmbH of Lauterbach, Germany.  

A US law firm has filed a lawsuit against medical device manufacturer Ethicon, the maker of Physiomesh, as well as parent company Johnson & Johnson.

Archroma of Reinach has acquired an additional 26% of the shares of M.

The threat posed to the US State of Florida by Hurricane Irma, notices of flight cancellations and an indication from Orlando Airport of its possible closure have prompted the American Com

A kinesiology tape bandage has been developed by Rocktape of Campbell, California, USA.

Carbon Fibre Preforms (CFP) of Solihull, UK, is to launch two carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) products manufactured using an automated process it claims is rapid and efficient.  

After receiving complaints related to possible higher surgical infection risk when using the 3M Bair Hugger surgical warming blanket, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated, but fou

­­A polyester (PES) fibre (Seaqual) made from plastic waste recovered from the oceans will be exhibited during Première Vision by the yarn spinner Antex of Anglès, Spain.

Gurit of Zurich, Switzerland, has completed acquisition of PH Windsolutions of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

DSM Engineering Plastics of Emmen, The Netherlands, has developed a process for the manufacture of composite high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks.

BeoCare Group, a North American manufacturer of knitted medical textiles, and Dusino San Michele, Italy-based FRA Production have entered into a strategic alliance.

Industrial polyamide and polyester filament yarns supplier PHP Fibers of Wuppertal, Germany, has taken over the European Breathair activities of Toyobo Europe GmbH of Düsseldorf, Germany.

New students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA, have received a surprise gift on enrolling in 2017—a backpack that when scanned with a smartphone can display a pr

Porcher Industries of Badinières, France, is expanding in the US automotive market with the acquisition of a plant for the manufacture of parts in Altavista, Virginia.