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Low cost conductive nonwovens

1 October 2010
Building on its 135 years of experience in papermaking, Kimberly-Clark has developed a new material in response to the need for low cost conductors in consumer products.
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Powering China with Dyneema

1 October 2010
Power lines connecting the large Chinese island of Zhoushan to the mainland across an important shipping lane are being constructed quickly and safely as a result of pulling lines made from lightweigh
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Walking works of art

1 October 2010
In a neat reversal of e-textiles which are employed to power and operate mobile phones, the Vanilla Series is a range of illuminating jackets which can be dynamically controlled by a new iPhone app.
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New nanocoating product turns up the heat

1 October 2010
At the recent Composites Europe show in Essen, Germany, FutureCarbon GmbH introduced CarboImpreg - a new product based on carbon nanomaterials.
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Titanium coating for Canada Place

1 October 2010
Around 27,800 metres of new TiO2-coated PTFE fibreglass fabric membrane will be supplied by New York headquartered Birdair for the new roofing system of the landmark Canada Place in Vancouver, British
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Anti-stink Agion is triclosan free

1 October 2010
More than 65,000 consumers from 130 countries have signed up to participate in an experiment to test the effectiveness of clothing manufactured with Agion Active odour-elimination finish.
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Losing the Velcro effect

1 October 2010

Nagendra Anantharamaiah, of the Nonwovens Institute at North Carolina State University, is developing nonwovens for performance apparel.

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NanoRidge applies CNTs to body armour

1 October 2010
SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) is manufacturing speciality multi-wall carbon nanotubes for NanoRidge Materials.
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Wavy surface improves filter bag performance

1 October 2010
HVAC bag filters generally have to fit in 24-inch square ducts - and at the 2010 Techtextil Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, Dave Healey of Hollingsworth & Vose Company reviewed the problems o
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Cleaning with sunshine and air

1 October 2010
The Kronos Group, a major global manufacturer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments for coatings and other products, has introduced KronoClean 7000 - a TiO2-based photocatalyst reported to effectively d
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Stitchbond for composites

1 October 2010
Scott & Fyfe launched a new product in its Polymat range at the Composites Europe exhibition in Essen, Germany from September 14-17.
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New coating for digital printing

1 October 2010
A range of new fabrics which use a novel coating that allows both the dye sublimation and other inkjet printing processes to be used - without impacting negatively on the fabric's feel and allowing co
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Composite nozzle test by Boeing

1 October 2010
Boeing is to flight test a ceramic matrix composite acoustic engine nozzle substrate which offers the potential for lower weight, longer life and greater noise abatement than current metallic engine n
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Building bricks for wearable electronics in design

1 October 2010
At the World Maker Faire in New York on September 25th, Studio 5050 and Blacklabel Development launched Fabrickit - a collection of wearable electronic modules or 'bricks'.
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Nanofibre approach to treating brain tumours

1 October 2010
Nanofibre-based polymer thin films coated with biochemical cues are to be employed in a bid to design a new way to treat invasive brain tumours by capturing the migrating cells that spread them.
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Super-high surface area fibres

1 October 2010
Specialist fibre manufacturer Allasso Industries, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, has used sheath-core bicomponent fibre technology to make multi-limbed fibres with very high surface areas.
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New possibilities with PV at K

1 October 2010
At the forthcoming K Show in Dusseldorf, Germany, from October 27th to November 3rd, Bayer MaterialScience will showcase a variety of materials and solutions it has developed for photovoltaics.
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Electrified nanostructures purify water at low cost

1 October 2010
By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech solution of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers say they have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be impl
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Water resistant medical bandaging product for use as a cast liner

1 October 2010
A water resistant medical bandaging product developed by BSN Medical is made from a rib knitted fabric and will find application as a cast liner or as a protective wrapping/cushion layer of a splint d
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Bamboo medical scrubs introduced

1 October 2010
Eco-friendly medical scrubs made from bamboo have been introduced by Amazing Tee's of Tucson, Arizona, USA, which specializes in eco-friendly apparel, particularly organic sustainable bamboo and organ
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