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Two years after its launch, BMW’s carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP)-intensive i3 is the best-selling electric car in Germany and the third best-selling globally.

Radiation Shield Technologies (RST) of Miami, Florida, USA,is introducing a full-body suit that protects against viral, biological and chemical threats—Demron ICE.

USA-based baby products retailer Babies”R”Us has redesigned its diaper line.

DSM Dyneema says that its Dyneema Force Multiplier Technology continues to gain traction in the life protection market owing to its light weight, high performance, comfort and flexibility.

A method of inhibiting hypotensive symptoms in a patient undergoing treatment or a procedure used during haemodialysis is disclosed in US Patent 9 155 541 by Global Monitors.

Toray Industries Inc of Tokyo, Japan, has signed a comprehensive long-term agreement with Boeing Co of Chicago, Illinois, USA, to supply its Torayca carbon fibre prepreg for the production of the 7

Researchers from several universities in Taiwan have developed chitosan nanofibre scaffolds that could be used to treat bone diseases, including bone defects and bone fractures.

DSM Dyneema can now supply its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre in black, potentially opening up new applications, according to the company from Urmond, The Netherlands.

Oerlikon Neumag has assembled and commissioned a second airlaid web-forming system for the production of hygiene airlaid nonwovens at Avintiv (formerly Polymer Group Inc) in Benson, North Carolina,

A range of wearable and flexible technologies for medical devices and technical textiles will be displayed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) at the forthcoming IDTec

A range of coating machinery for applying waterborne polyurethane (PU) to materials is under development.

Hygiene materials producer Avintiv is to invest €25 million at two facilities in Europe.

More than 600 industry delegates from the absorbent hygiene and personal care markets attended the inaugural Hygienix event in St Petersburg, Florida, USA, at the end of October 2015.

The US advanced wound care technologies market is expected to increase significantly as clinically efficient and cost-effective innovations widen the application scope and help build a strong base

Knowaste has submitted plans to build a diaper recycling plant in Hayes, London, UK.

Direct-to-home retailer Healthwick has expanded its range of affordable adult incontinence products with the addition of the Presto brand – a line of adult briefs, absorbent underwear, under-pads a

Technical textiles account for €3.5 billion in annual revenue for Italian companies, according to a promotional vi

Fibertex Nonwovens, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of nonwoven textiles and owned by Danish industrial conglomerate Schouw & Co, has acquired the nonwoven activities of Ribatek based in

The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) announced the winners of the 2015 International Achievement Awards (IAA) at its IFAI Expo 2015 held in Anaheim, California,

Having become well established in the USA as a highly efficient technology for infection prevention, the X-Static silver-based antimicrobial and antiodour technology manufactured by Noble Biomateri