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Teijin Corp (Thailand) has started producing Teijinconex neo – a type of highly heat-resistant and dyeable meta-aramid fibre – at its new plant in Ayutthaya—a first for the Association of Southeast

Airospring Medical has been awarded a patent for new technology in its range of pressure-relieving devices following six years of academic research at the UK’s University of Bolton.

At the start of 2015, Digitsole, based in Nancy, France, began shipping a new generation of connected heated insoles to the general public.

Blocks Wearables, a team of UK-based engineers and designers, is bringing modular design to smartwatches.

Germany-headquartered chemical giant BASF has signed a research and development (R&D) agreement with Poietis—the French company aligned to the University of Bordeaux in France that has develope

According to a new study from Life Science Intelligence, the USA, European, Asia-Pacific and rest-of-world (ROW) markets for surgical drapes, gowns, gloves, masks and fluid-management products are

Trials at the Hohenstein Institute in Germany suggest that biotechnology can be used to open-up entirely new ways of recycling carbon fibre composites. 

Kimberly-Clark’s U by Kotex brand has introduced U by Kotex Security Ultra Thin pads with 3D Capture Core, which is said to lock away wetness to help stop leaks, together with new Xpress DRI, a cov

At an exhibition that ran from 26 June to 5 July 2015 at Milan’s Triennale Design Museum in Italy, Austrian drinks bottle company ALPLA displayed a number of bottles made from Avantium’s polyethyle

Within the scope of an European Union (EU) research project, Cellucomp Ltd of Burntisland, UK, has developed a method for obtaining nanofibres from carrot waste.

Japan’s airweave is promoting its bedding toppers and pillows for enhancing the quality of sleep for leading athletes and has partnered with FC Barcelona as the official supplier to the world-renow

Qualcomm and Enfucell have developed a SoftBattery-powered wireless golf sensor patch. 

After two years of research and development (R&D), medical apparel supplier Medelita has launched a new collection of men’s and women’s laboratory coats with a “dual-effect” technology.

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc, a leading developer of advanced spider silk based fibres, has announced that it, with the University of Notre Dame, has filed two additional patents to strengthen i

Medline Industries of Knutsford, Cheshire, UK, has announced that Exuderm Satin hydrocolloid dressing has been listed on the National Health Service (NHS) Drug Tariff for England and Wales, which i

Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology are claiming a world first in three-dimensionally (3D) printing a series of small objects from plant-based material with a special bio-prin

There have been 41 301 patents published on wearable electronics from 2010 through to May 2015, and filings are growing by 40% each year. 

Medical laser treatments specialist Biolitec has introduced its new Fusion technology, which provides physicians with safe medical fibres used in high-tech laser treatments. 

Peratech Holdco, the Yorkshire, UK-based developer of quantum tunnelling composites (QTCs) – a technology originally aimed at the wearable technologies market – has completed a new £1-million inves

The Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has developed a method for obtaining high-quality fibres from gelatine.