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Road and railway workers get comfortable, high-visibility protection

1 December 2012
A Danish company has introduced a range of highvisibility workwear in the form of a one-piece suit that it claims is breathable, and water- and windproof.
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3B roving to reinforce composites for wind-turbine blades

1 December 2012
A major standards body, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has approved the use of the latest glass fibre from 3B of Battice, Belgium.
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Ahlstrom completes the acquisition of Munktell

1 December 2012
Ahlstrom, a high-performance materials company from Helsinki, Finland, whose products are used in such as filters, medical gowns and drapes, wallcoverings, flooring, labels and food packaging, has com
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Chinese creel contract for Cygnet Tex-Web

1 December 2012
A specialist in the design and manufacture of equipment for unwinding, guiding and providing tension to fibres, Cygnet Tex-Web of Northwich, UK, has won a contract worth GBP5 million to supply five cr
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Record-breaking year for manufacturer of carbon fibre

1 December 2012
Zoltek Co Inc of St Louis, Missouri, USA, has reported strong results for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2012, ended 30 September, culminating in a record-breaking year for sales and earnings for the ma
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PPG Fiber Glass joint venture starts fourth furnace in China

1 December 2012
PFG Fiber Glass (Kunshan) Co Ltd of Kunshan, China, has started producing glass fibre from its fourth and latest furnace.
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Energy-storage market attracts Lenzing nonwoven fibres business

1 December 2012
Austria-based fibre manufacturer, Lenzing has opened a newly constructed pilot plant at its facility in Heiligenkreuz in a bid to develop products for hightechnology electrical applications.
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Testing manual updated

1 December 2012
Two leading associations representing the nonwovens industry - INDA (Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry) of Cary, North Carolina, USA, and EDANA of Brussels, Belgium - have cooperated to pub
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JB Martin sells Martintek USA

1 December 2012
JB Martin Ltd has sold its business, called Martintek USA, which specializes in hard and soft ballistic materials.
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Wool base layers for Italian sailors

1 December 2012
Italy's navy is set to order thousands of garments developed by a UK company to provide next-to-theskin protection and performance in action.
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Meltblown line for high-efficiency pleated filter media

1 December 2012
Unique nonwoven structures for pleated filter media are being produced on Sandler's latest meltblown production line in Schwarzenbach/Saale, Germany.
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Traceable particles embedded in multifilament yarns provide a simplemeans of identification

1 December 2012
Any woven structure can now be identified readily by means of the incorporation of Microtaggant Security Yarns, according to the yarn's developer, Microtrace LLC of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Expanded polyetheretherketone mesh for fuel cell

1 December 2012
A mesh fabric made from polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer is the latest addition to the PolyGrid range of filter materials intended for use in the harsh environments encountered in fuel cells.
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Clariant expands C6 technology range

1 November 2012
As one of the leading companies in the production of fabric repellency treatments, Clariant has increased its capacity to produce next-generation fluorochemicals at its plant in Gendorf, Germany.
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Graphene nanoribbons the starting point for new CMIC

1 November 2012
BASF and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) have opened the Carbon Materials Innovation Center (CMIC) at BASF's Ludwigshafen site in Germany.
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High tenacity new PPS yarns

1 November 2012
Performance Fibers is now polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) multifilament yarns at its plant in Bad Hersfeld, Germany, using Ticona's Fortron PPS resin.
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Queen's recognition for QTCs

1 November 2012
Peratech has received the 2012 Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its Quantum Tunnelling Composites (QTCs) technology.
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'Bottom up' route to nanofibres

1 November 2012
A completely new method of inexpensively producing nanofibres for filter media has been developed by scientists at the University of Bayreuth and RWTH Aachen in Germany.
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Nanofibres in hydrogel demonstrate homeostasis

1 November 2012
Sophisticated ways of maintaining stability in a changing environment - withstanding fluctuations in temperature, pH, pressure, and the presence or absence of crucial molecules - have been developed b
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Pure silver partnership

1 November 2012

Huntsman Textile Effects and HeiQ have announced a strategic business alliance to promote the latter's Pure silver treatment which can effectively achieve the highest odour reduction efficiency wit

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