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The US advanced wound care technologies market is expected to increase significantly as clinically efficient and cost-effective innovations widen the application scope and help build a strong base

Knowaste has submitted plans to build a diaper recycling plant in Hayes, London, UK.

Direct-to-home retailer Healthwick has expanded its range of affordable adult incontinence products with the addition of the Presto brand – a line of adult briefs, absorbent underwear, under-pads a

Technical textiles account for €3.5 billion in annual revenue for Italian companies, according to a promotional vi

Fibertex Nonwovens, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of nonwoven textiles and owned by Danish industrial conglomerate Schouw & Co, has acquired the nonwoven activities of Ribatek based in

The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) announced the winners of the 2015 International Achievement Awards (IAA) at its IFAI Expo 2015 held in Anaheim, California,

Having become well established in the USA as a highly efficient technology for infection prevention, the X-Static silver-based antimicrobial and antiodour technology manufactured by Noble Biomateri

Philips is strengthening its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its strategy to enable an ecosystem for connected and personalized digital health products.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors producer mCube of San Jose, California, USA, is introducing the industry’s first three-axis accelerometer of less than a cubic millimetre in total size

High potential was reported for China’s hygiene, medical and filtration sectors at the first China International Nonwovens Expo & Forum held in Shanghai, China, in October 2015.

Nonwovens associations EDANA and INDA have jointly launched the 2015 edition of standard procedures for the nonwovens and related industries.

Hygiene and forest products group SCA is integrating its business in South East Asia, Taiwan and South Korea into Chinese hygiene company Vinda, in which SCA is the majority shareholder.

Spunlaced nonwoven fabric producer Jacob Holm Group has announced a new brand for its lightweight hygiene components.

Google has secured a Patent on sophisticated new software for textile pattern optimization – so called ‘nesting – based on fabric orientation and bias characterization.

Nonwovens supplier Suominen has launched Fibrella Move for the hygiene market.

Having raised £13 million in private equity funding, D3O has just opened The Lab—its new global headquarters and dedicated innovation, development and testing centre in Croydon, UK.

Multi-national computer manufacturer Dell is partnering with plastics producer SABIC to introduce reclaimed carbon fibre into its Latitude and Alienware laptops.

Ahlstrom Filtration’s GenCollect and GenCollect Color are two new products designed for the forensics and genomics community that provide an easy and cost-effective solution for the collection of d

Intel has worked with 'sculptural sportswear' label Chromat to create two responsive garments enabled by Curie—a piece of hardware designed to equip designers with the ability to add functions to a

Corbion Purac, based in Gorinchem, Netherlands, has successfully made polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastic resins from second-generation feedstocks.