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US manufacturer of knitted orthotic and prosthetic items Comfort Products is using Honeywell's high-performance Spectra fibre in its SpectraCarb, a Spectra/carbon composite, for orthotic and prostheti
In US Patent 6 960 394, Milliken & Co describes a cement panel reinforced by a fabric made of nucleated polypropylene (PP) fibres.
India's Business Co-ordination House (BCH) collaborated with a consortium of international companies to organize a one-day symposium on Medical and Hygiene Disposable Textile Products held in March 20
As part of its global restructuring plan announced last year, Kimberly-Clark is to close its Lakeview diaper mill and distribution centre in Menasha,Wisconsin, USA, by the end of 2007.
An American company, Mannington Mills Inc of Salem, New Jersey, has devised a way to use remnant yarns from carpet making that otherwise would be waste.
Milliken has developed a fabric that is claimed to reduce itching and the appearance of dryness, peeling and scaling commonly associated with eczema, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis.
A filament nonwoven based on polylactic acid fibres has been developed in Japan by Unitika Ltd.
A biaxial stretch, form-fitting, pant-like absorbent garment is disclosed in US Patent 6 969 378 by Kimberly-Clark.
Australian researchers report they have developed a novel way to mercerise cellulosic fibres.
The Institute for Hygiene at the Berlin Humboldt Clinic, Germany, has published the results of a study on the risk of infection from curtains and drapes in hospitals.
The Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network (HealthTech KTN) has been launched in the UK.
US demand for nonwoven roll goods is projected to grow by 4% a year to US$5.1 billion in 2009 based on healthy gains in filtration, construction, wipes and electronics uses.
BBA Fiberweb,one of the largest global players in the nonwovens industry with leading positions in hygiene, wipes,medical and industrial markets, is to invest in a new airlaid production line at its K
UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph (21 February 2006) reports that BBA is now favouring a demerger of its Fiberweb nonwovens business over a sale to a trade or private equity buyer.
Medi-Flex challenges Nice-Pak over antiseptic wipes Nice-Pak Products and PDI, its Healthcare Division, have had a complaint filed against them by Medi-Flex in the USA, alleging unfair competition and
A biodegradable hydrophilic bicomponent binder fibre has been developed by Kimberly-Clark.
Smith & Nephew's Advanced Wound Management division has received the European Design Examination Certificate for its advanced wound management product Acticoat Moisture Control.
3M has launched 3M Tegaderm Ag Mesh Dressing with Silver.
Versaperm of Sittingbourne,Kent, UK, has launched a new instrument to measure the water vapour permeability of materials.
A cushion liner that fits a range of residual limb sizes with few or no air pockets has been developed by Ohio Willow Wood.
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