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A fully automated system, which is designed to wrap, pack and prepare for transport sensitive fibres (including carbon fibre) is now available.

Specifically for fibre manufacturers, Teijin Ltd has developed a range of masterbatches that combine its phosphorus-based flame-retardant (FR) agent (FCX-210) with polymers.

Imec, based in Leuven, Belgium, the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and micro-electronic design house Barco Silex, of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, are collaborating to implement data security

A bioresorbable wound dressing comprising a novel nonwoven fabric containing growth and differentiation factor proteins are disclosed in US Patent 9 278 156 by Biopharm.

A high-temperature polyamide (PPA) from Royal DSM is being used to manufacture the housing of a compact air compressor used in car repair kits to fix flat tires by Chinese company Guan Xiang. 

Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, USA, report they are now able to embroider circuits into fabrics with 0.1mm precision—the perfect size for integrating electronic components

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Ahead of the upcoming Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, arena of Tolentino, Italy – which claims to be the first swimwear company to engage in textile and fluid dynamics research to develo

A UK-based specialist in technical textiles has invested £1 million to upgrade one of its coating plants.

A laser-based surface preparation process developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) could make joints between carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) and aluminium more robust and cheaper

Prepreg producer GMS Composites of Dandenong South, Victoria, Australia, has developed a flame retardant (FR) epoxy prepreg with high toughness and a relatively short gel time. 

The carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP)-bodied GT has become the latest Ford model to feature CFRP wheels. 

Three dimensionally (3D) printed pieces incorporated into dresses by designer Noa Raviv, are featured in Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, a new exhibition at The Metropoli

A composite featuring modified graphene nanoribbons could be used to reinforce wellbores drilled to extract oil and gas, according to researchers from Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. 

A range of polyamides (PAs) for use in automotive electronics has been launched by Solvay Engineering Plastics under its Technyl brand. 

Peratech has created a Chinese version of its website in response to rapidly growing demand for 3D Touch Technology solutions in China.

Plasticization specialist Keimei of Willich, Germany, has recently acquired Yantai Huada Nano Materials of Longkou, China, and is now incorporating its products under the Eisvogel brand.

A plasma-based oxidation method that reduces dramatically the time and energy needed for the production of carbon fibre has been developed by RMX Technologies of Knoxville and the Department of Ene

A carbon fibre-reinforced polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) leading edge access door panel, made with recycled thermoplastic composites, has been developed by The ThermoPlastic composites Research Cente

A combined compression and absorption wound dressing/bandage is disclosed in US Patent 9 271 877 by IWMT Intellectual Property Holdings.