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New cleanroom for advanced medical materials

1 November 2010
Biomedical Structures - a provider of biomedical textiles for medical devices and other advanced clinical applications, based in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA - has expanded its textile engineering capab
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Let there be light

1 November 2010
LED-embedded yarns and light emitting fabrics developed at the Taiwan Textile Research Institute are now being actively promoted by a number of Taiwanese companies across Asia.
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Transparent and soft new elastomer

1 November 2010
Kurarity has been decided as the name for Kuraray's new acrylic thermoplastic elastomer.
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Ultra Barrier expansion

1 November 2010
3M is expanding its Ultra Barrier solar film manufacturing capacity to support the growing demand for high efficiency flexible PV modules.
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Opportunities for new PV substrates

1 November 2010
While glass will continue to dominate substrate and encapsulation materials used for thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV), new materials including composites, metal foils, plastics and ceramics will grow ra
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Progress with TencelWeb

1 November 2010
Following Lenzing's recent announcement that it will double the capacity of Tencel fibre at its plant in the UK and significantly expand the Austrian site at Heiligenkreuz, it is setting great store b
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Commercial uses for polyamide fibres derived only from castor oil

1 November 2010
The first products made using a high-performance polyamide 11 yarn derived entirely from renewable raw materials have been brought to the market.
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Carbon fibre production in Russia

1 November 2010
Two partners are to establish a facility in Russia to make carbon fibre textiles.
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Lenzing to boost production of cellulosic fibres

1 November 2010
Lenzing, a specialist in the development, manufacture and sales of cellulosic fibres, is to invest Euro120 million in its production facilities in Europe and Asia.
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First for robotic woven carbon fibre

1 November 2010
A patented robot can now weave carbon braids into tubes tailored to match specific loads in a composite bicycle frame, according to BMC.
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Boost for carbon fibre production

1 November 2010
Toho Tenax Europe GmbH has finally begun full operation of its fourth carbon fibre production line in Oberbruch, Germany.
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Tyre cord dipping line for Vietnam

1 November 2010
C.A. Litzler Co Inc of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, says it has won a contract to design and build a tyre cord dipping line for a customer in Vietnam.
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Woven tape innovations revealed

1 November 2010
Starlinger and SABIC have cooperated to develop an extrusion line designed for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) tapes and, in a separate development, a woven tape fabric that can be
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Lenzing and Weyerhaeuser make progress on direct formation of cellulosic webs

1 November 2010
TencelWeb is the name given to a new technology that allows the direct manufacture of cellulosic nonwoven webs from a spinning solution of lyocell, according to Lenzing's Mirko Einzmann.
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Lightweight fabric still offers Japan's fire fighters best protection

1 November 2010
Teijin Techno Products Ltd has developed an aramid fibre fabric called Triprotech as part of its collaboration with Akao Co Ltd that has led to the launch of a new suit for Japan's firefighters.
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Unidirectional fibre for body armour targets Eastern Europe and Asia

1 November 2010
DSM Dyneema has developed a unidirectional (UD) form of its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre, Dyneema, for use in soft ballistic armour.
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PPG increases price for all glass fibres products in North America

1 November 2010
Effective from 1 November or as permitted by existing contracts, PPG Industries of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, has raised the price of all its glass fibre reinforcements and speciality yarns in Nor
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Recycled silicone-coated polyamide for automotive parts

1 November 2010
Two Japanese companies have collaborated to develop a technology to recycle waste scraps of silicone-coated polyamide 66 fabrics used to make airbags and previously considered too difficult to be econ
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New facility to meet Russian hygiene demand

1 November 2010
Sweden-based hygiene products company SCA has inaugurated a personal care plant in Russia. The facility is located in Veniov, in the Tula Region, south of Moscow.
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Apertured nonwoven used as an acquisition distribution layer

1 November 2010
Tredegar Film Products has developed an absorbent article in which the intermediate acquisition distribution layer is formed of an apertured nonwoven.
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