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Berry Plastics Group, a supplier of consumer packaging and engineered materials, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Avintiv from private equity funds managed by Blackstone for a

The global compression therapy market is expected to reach a value of US$3.96 billion by 2022, according to a new report* by Grand View Research. 

High-performance nonwovens producer Technical Fibre Products (TFP) has installed a third manufacturing line at its facility in Kendal, UK. 

A water-disintegrable absorbent article has been developed by Unicharm of Tokyo, Japan.

What is claimed as the world’s first designer incontinence lingerie collection was launched by Confitex at the New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland, New Zealand, in August 2015.

UK-based medical technology company Jellagen has received a £97 477 SMART grant award from Innovate UK (formally the Technology Strategy Board).

Christoph Michalski, President of SCA Global Hygiene Category, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vinda International Holdings.

Messe Frankfurt (HK) is launching a new initiative to facilitate nonwovens fabric suppliers’ expansion into China, where imports of such products increased by 128% from 2000 to 2013.

Bemax is to launch a range of private-label disposable diapers and wipes called Mother’s Hugs, to be sold and distributed through existing Bemax distribution channels of wholesalers and retailers i

Turkish nonwovens producer Mogul is establishing its first North American and first overseas operations – Mogul South Carolina Nonwovens.

Advanced dressings are a steadily growing segment of the wound care industry, with many companies marketing a wide variety of formats.

Nanofibre meshes that might draw bacteria out of wounds to speed-up the healing process are being developed by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.

Thin, flexible batteries are set to become a $400 million market by 2025, according to a new report by IDTechEx.

The world’s first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor-driven light-emitting diode (LED) display laminated into textiles paves the way for wearable displays in clothing.

An electrospun wound dressing (101) loaded with a herbal extract is disclosed in US Patent 9 101 508 by researchers from Tehran, Iran.

Researchers from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have created highly flexible, efficient white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with potential for use in wearable displays and non-flat surface

Medical bandages for the treatment of skin diseases, burn injuries, traumatic and other wounds, reconstructive and cosmetic surgical challenges, and tissue injuries have been developed by Peach Tec

An Advanced Chemical Processing (ACP) pilot facility has been opened at the Herty Advanced Materials Development Center (Herty) within Georgia Southern University.

A method of treating a condition of a patient’s limb is disclosed in US Patent 9 095 467 by Wade Farrow and Barry Creighton of College Station, Texas, USA.

A method for taking carbon dioxide directly from the air and converting it to oxygen and nanoscale fibres made of carbon has been developed at George Washington University.