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Researchers in the USA have developed a spinning technique that enables them to improve both the strength and modulus of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibres. 

The wearable technology market is worth US$24.2 billion in 2015 and will grow to three times that size in ten years – creating a market of $74 billion in 2025 – according to the latest forecasts fr

Electrically conducting fibres that can be stretched reversibly to over 14 times their initial length have been developed by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Dallas NanoTech Institute in

A leading supplier of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials is to acquire Avintiv Inc of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, the world’s largest manufacturer of nonwovens.

An absorbent feminine hygiene article configured to intercept a flow of fluid escaping along the intergluteal cleft has been developed by Vesna Stewart of Winter Haven, Florida, USA.

Embr Labs of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is hoping that a bracelet that actively cools or heats the skin of its wearer will resonate with consumers.

Disposable absorbent articles, especially feminine hygiene products such as sanitary napkins (10) and panty-liners, with improved absorption characteristics are described in US Patent 8 969 652 by

A nonwoven fabric claimed to have excellent handle, air- and liquid-permeability, and high deformability and superior recoverability has been developed by Unicharm.

Are Google and Levi Strauss planning to bring interactive fabrics to the mass-market?

An absorbent personal care article, such as a sanitary napkin, panty-liner or incontinence pad, with inter-meshing flaps has been developed by Kimberly-Clark.

UK-headquartered industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business Coats Group plc has developed a metallized thread antenna specifically for use with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) t

JK Group of Novedrate, Italy, says its acquisition of Sawgrass Industrial, a manufacturer of sublimation and pigment inks for industrial applications, has created the largest group of companies ope

Senior figures from the textile coating and laminating sector are invited to Prague, Czech Republic, on 16–17 March 2016, to attend the latest in the series of international conferences dedicated t

Admedus has launched a new CardioCel product into the US market. The device is a 2 x 8-cm tissue patch for vascular repairs, such as carotid endarterectomies.

According to a new report from Tractica, the worldwide unit shipments of clinical and non-clinical connected wearable patches will grow to 12.3 million annually by 2020, up from just 67 000 in 2014

Royal Ten Cate has reported growth in both its sales and profits for the first half of 2015, compared with the corresponding period in 2014.

A new study from TechNavio suggests that the adult diapers market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.3% over the 2015–2019 period.

The Electronic Marker System (EMS) Rope 7000 series uses proprietary 3M path-marking technology to deliver more accurate and more reliable tracking of underground plastic pipe and fiber optic condu

A glove that offers a high level of cut-protection while being made from material that is half the thickness of comparable products is now available from Ansell of Iselin, New Jerse

SGL Group plans to customize carbon fibres for thermoplastic matrices as part of the €2.9-million MAI CaFeE (Carbon Fiber with enhanced Elongation) project.