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Non-slip,padded bandage for joints

1 December 2007
A bandage with non-slip properties for joints is disclosed in US Patent 7 273 464 by Bauerfeind.
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Development grant for HealthVest

1 December 2007
SmartLife Technology has been awarded a development grant of GBP500 000 by the UK's Northwest Regional Development Agency to develop a garment called the HealthVest.
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Poland's Pani Teresa Medica launches initial public offering

1 December 2007
Polish medical textiles producer and distributor Pani Teresa Medica has debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, aiming to raise up to PLN10 million (US$3.8 million) from its initial public offering (IPO
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Bayer opens pilot plant for bioresorbable wound dressings

1 December 2007
Earlier this year,Bayer subsidiary Bayer Innovation opened a pilot plant production facility for the manufacture of bioresorbable wound dressings based on silica gel fibres.
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Finalists for 2008 Visionary Award

1 December 2007
Six consumer products - five from the USA and one from India - have been nominated as finalists for the 2008 Visionary Award.
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Bandaging device for sequestering a wound or inoculation site

1 December 2007
A bandaging device for sequestering a wound or an inoculation site on a patient is provided in US Patent 7 265 256.
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Skin-contacting heatable dressing

1 December 2007
A skin-contacting heatable dressing has been developed byAvery Dennison of Pasadena,California,USA.
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Stiff-tipped suture

1 December 2007
A multi-stranded suture having a stiff portion adjacent to one or both ends of the suture has been developed by Arthrex.
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Concordia adds to medical team

1 December 2007
Concordia Fibers has announced the appointments of Debra Masso and Ian Christianson to its medical team.As medical manufacturing manager for the company's new medical division,Masso will focus on buil
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Machinery builders demonstrate that testing has a high profile

1 December 2007
Regular correspondent Niki Tait toured the many halls of exhibitors at ITMA 2007 in Munich, Germany, 13-20 September, to report back on the latest machinery developments and trends in the fields of te
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Flame retardants--research, legislation and the environment

1 December 2007
The 11th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymers was held in Bolton, UK, and attracted more than 160 delegates from 18 countries eager to hear of the latest developments in flame retardancy mechan
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Function collides with fashion at A+A 2007 show in Dusseldorf

1 December 2007
A record-breaking 1460 exhibitors and 55 100 visitors met at A+A 2007 in Dusseldorf, 18-21 September, helping to emphasize, reports Claude Levy-Rueff, that the market is growing in all three of its ma
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Swiss innovation: from spinnaker sails to artificial sports turf

1 December 2007
Switzerland is home to a number of innovators in the technical textiles sector, ranging from producers of spinnaker sails and artificial grass to screen-printed technical fabrics and materials for mar
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Strong showing for nonwovens machinery at ITMA 2007

1 December 2007
With floor space at the latest so-called "Textile Machinery Olympics" up by 50%, builders of advanced machinery for the production of staple fibre and filament nonwovens showed why the sector is growi
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Milliken & Co continues to thrive on diversity and innovation

1 December 2007
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Coating and laminating developments abound at latest ITMA

1 December 2007
On behalf of Technical Textiles International, Ian Holme reports from ITMA 2007 (13-20 September, Munich, Germany) on the latest developments from all the major builders in the coating and laminating
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Gore shows the worth of collaborating along the whole value chain

1 December 2007
To explain the extent of its commitment to the entire value chain, W.L. Gore & Associates invited Editor Nick Butler to visit its plant in Putzbrunn, Germany.
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The new frontiers for nonwovens in building and construction

1 December 2007
Substantial building projects in both Russia and China are proving suitable platforms for companies, such as DuPont and Owens Corning, to demonstrate the benefits of using nonwovens in these types of
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International awards recognize outstanding achievements

1 December 2007
Each year, during its Expo, the Industrial Fabrics Association International announces the winners of its International Achievement Awards.
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Exploiting embroidery in the manufacture of technical textiles

1 December 2007
At ITMA 2007, ZSK Stickmaschinen GmbH's Sales and Marketing Director Karl-Friedrich Brockhaus explained to Niki Tait how the embroidery machine is being developed to manufacture technical textiles.
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