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Surgical clothing made of Smartcel Sensitive fibre supplied in Italy

1 April 2013
Servizi Ospedalieri is now supplying several hospitals in Italy with surgical clothing made from Smartcel Sensitive fibre.
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Jury awards $US3.35 million to victim of vaginal mesh injuries

1 April 2013
A state court jury in New Jersey, USA, has awarded US$3.35 million to 47-year-old Linda Gross, who developed problems in 2006 after she received a Prolift vaginal mesh implant manufactured by Johnson
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Duni to close production unit at Rexcell subsidiary

1 April 2013
Sweden-based Duni is to close one of the three production units of its subsidiary Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid. The unit produces and sells material focused on the hygiene products sector.
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Suture with improved tie-down characteristics and tissue compliance

1 April 2013
A high-strength surgical suture material with improved tie-down characteristics and tissue compliance is described in US Patent 8 383 188 by the University of Connecticut, USA.
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Leeds University receives grant for healthcare research

1 April 2013
The University of Leeds, UK, has received GBP1.75 million to fund textile research to help create new healthcare products.
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Medical applications for man-made spider-silk fibre

1 April 2013
AMSilk has produced Biosteel, described as the world's first competitive man-made spider-silk fibre and made entirely from recombinant silk proteins.
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Reassure launches Premium Cotton Pads for incontinence products

1 April 2013
Reassure, of Ollivette, Montana, USA, has developed a range of Premium Cotton Pads featuring a 100% pure Cotton Core to offer comfortable and absorbent performance.
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Absorbent article with improved liquid infiltration performance

1 April 2013
An absorbent article, for instance a sanitary napkin, that allows liquid such as menstrual fluid to permeate quickly is described by Unicharm in US Patent 8 304 600.
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Wound care device with fluid-transfer properties

1 April 2013
A wound care device capable of one-way, directional flow of fluids and contaminants has been developed by Milliken of Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
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Aerogels of carbon nanotubes

1 April 2013
Chinese researchers have succeeded in making highly porous solids consisting of a three-dimensional (3D) network of carbon nanotubes (CNTs).
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Mitsubishi Rayon consolidates US carbon fibre business

1 April 2013
Mitsubishi Rayon of Tokyo, Japan, has merged two of its subsidiaries in the USA - Grafil of Sacramento and Newport Adhesives and Composites of Irvine, both in California - to form Mitsubishi Rayon Car
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Owens Corning joins BASF and TenCate partnership to develop thermoplastic composites

1 April 2013
Owens Corning of Toledo, Ohio, USA, will join the partnership set up by BASF of Ludwigshafen, Germany, and TenCate Advanced Composites of Nijverdal, The Netherlands, to develop thermoplastic composite
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Glatfelter and Dreamweaver to develop nonwoven battery separators

1 April 2013
Two US companies have formed a partnership to develop and manufacture the next generation of highperformance separators for energy-storage devices, such as lithium-ion batteries and ultracapacitors (s
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Jute fibres competitive with glass

1 April 2013
A range of cheap reinforcements made from jute fibre was launched by Composites Evolution during the JEC Composites exhibition, held in Paris, France, 12-14 March 2013.
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Textile strain-gauge sensor integrated in medical stockings

1 April 2013
A stocking with integrated sensors that monitor the retention of fluid in the legs could help patients at risk from heart failure and pregnant women prone to preeclampsia, according to the Danish comp
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Ultrafine glass yarns for printed-circuit boards

1 April 2013
AGY of Aiken, South Carolina, USA, has introduced two ultra-fine glass yarns, called BC2250 and BC3000, in response to demand from the manufacturers of substrates for printed-circuit boards (PCBs).
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Textiles to harvest and store energy

1 April 2013
A European project called Powerweave has begun its quest to develop fibres and fabrics for harvesting and storing energy.
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Automotive fabrics help to fight potentially fatal fatigue

1 April 2013
A European project aims to develop a non-intrusive sensing system embedded in the seat cover and the safety belt of a car to monitor a driver's heart and respiration rhythms in order to warn of growin
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Hollow piezoelectric fibres generate electrical energy from movement

1 April 2013
Fabrics that can convert movement into electrical energy are a step closer to reality thanks to the work of scientists in the USA.
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AGY expands range of sizings for glass

1 April 2013
AGY of Aiken, South Carolina, USA, has expanded its range of sizing systems in order to enable its glass fibres and yarns to be used with a wider variety of polymers.
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