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Alpinestars airbag jacket

1 March 2015

The Alpinestars Tech-Air - which claimed the 2015 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in the Safety and Security category - is an electronic airbag system that offers bike riders upper body pro

Fabric sensors for 2015

1 March 2015

New Zealand's StretchSense was the winner of the 2015 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in the Sports and Fitness category.

Security and social interaction

1 March 2015

The dual-purpose smart festival wristbands developed by Dutch company Sendrato enable full, wireless connectivity with and between visitors of large events.

Vital aerospace role for Kevlar nanofibres

1 March 2015

New battery separators based on nanofibres extracted from Kevlar should be able to prevent the kind of fires that were responsible for grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in 2013.

Wearable Technology 2015: An industry gathers pace

1 March 2015

"Wearable technology will change your life - like it or not." This was the tagline with which Life magazine introduced this growing industry to a wider audience in the build-up to the much-anticipated

Processing glass and technical yarns

1 March 2015

At the annual JEC Composites exhibition, Verdol of Valence, France, will show visitors its full range of technologies and machinery for the processing of glass and technical yarns.

Flax fibres reinforce lightweight composite for cars

1 March 2015

Four french companies will share an award for their development of lightweight composites reinforced with long flax fibres.

Combined expertise for composites

1 March 2015

Lindauer Dornier GmbH will focus its stand at the JEC Composites exhibition around the recently introduced product line--called Dornier Composite Systems.

Sandler to create the ideal home with performance nonwovens

1 March 2015

Sandler AG of Schwarzenbach/Saale, Germany, will create a model home as the centrepiece of its exhibit at the forthcoming Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt (see also, page 9).

Industrial-scale technology can make three-dimensional reinforcements for composites

1 March 2015

A european project with the aim of developing an industrialscale, affordable manufacturing technology for making three-dimensional (3D) multifunctional composites has won a prize from the JEC Group

Machine places carbon fibres rapidly

1 March 2015

A machine centre for carbon fibre placement that allows the user to build up stacks for moulding into composites has won one of the Paris, Francebased JEC Group's Innovation Awards in the category of

Weaving high-performance fibres as composite reinforcements

1 March 2015

Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany, is to exhibit at the annual JEC Composites exhibition for the first time on its own stand.

Nonwovens create cheaper electrode substrates for fuel cells

1 March 2015

A leading manufacturer of performance nonwovens has teamed-up with a global company specializing in high-quality components for fuel cells to develop a commercially viable electrode substrate.

Weaving advanced reinforcements

1 March 2015

For the weaving of advanced reinforcement fabrics, Staubli Textile of Sargans, Switzerland (see also, outside back cover), offers double-rapier weaving systems, weaving preparation systems, frame weav

Editorial: Many encouraging indicators, but challenges remain

1 March 2015

This issue is full of reasons to be highly optimistic about the current state and future prospects of our industry.

High-performance cut-resistant glove with good grip

1 March 2015

A patented technology that combines high-carbon steel and polyester (PES) yarns is at the heart of a cut-resistant glove designed to allow workers to grip safely objects with sharp edges and slippe

Silicone adhesives for woundcare

1 March 2015

A range of soft silicone adhesives (Silbione) designed to fix wound- and skincare products, transdermal patches and wearable devices to the skin has been extended by Bluestar Silicones.

Aramid nanofibres help to make lithium-ion batteries safe

1 March 2015

US researchers are trying to develop a barrier based on aramid nanofibres that they say will prevent the kinds of fires in lithium-ion batteries that led to the grounding of airliners in 2013(1).

Knitted sleeves for amputees

1 March 2015

UK researchers have successfully completed the first phase of a project to develop knitted sleeves designed to increase the comfort of amputees who wear prosthetic limbs.

High-melt-viscosity resin potential

1 March 2015

A series of research projects at Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) in Leeds, UK, have combined to result in new processing technologies and equipment that enable melt-spun nonwovens to be successfully

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