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Ahlstrom to reduce its production of wound roving in Karhula, Finland

1 September 2008
On 25 August 2008, Ahlstrom began negotiations with workers at its glass fibre plant in Karhula, Finland, with the aim of reducing production of wound roving.
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Vectran fibre was an essential part of Nike's Olympic running shoes

1 September 2008
Vectran fibre - the high-performance multifilament yarn spun from liquid-crystal polymer by Kuraray America - is a key component in the new Nike Flywire technology.
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Ahlstrom acquires the remaining share of its joint venture in Brazil

1 September 2008
For Euro28 million, Ahlstrom, has acquired the remaining 40% of the joint venture it formed in September 2007 with Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP).
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Lenzing Group reports improved sales and results for first half-year

1 September 2008
In reporting that all essential corporate key data improved for its first half of 2008 (ended 30 June), Lenzing Group also made reference to a perceptible weakening of the fibre business.
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Protection from ultraviolet radiation

1 September 2008
Schoeller has introduced a finishing technology that offers protection from the sun.
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Conjugate electrospinning device

1 September 2008
Two Korean inventors have jointly developed a conjugate electrospinning device capable of making two or more kinds of continuous filament nanofibre, processing two or more different polymers simultane
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Controlled surface porosity

1 September 2008
A US inventor has patented a way of making carbon fibres with surface porosities that are easily optimized to suit a variety of applications.
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Gloves get better grip

1 September 2008
Two UK companies have combined forces to launch an improved general handling glove.
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Lenzing hikes fibre prices

1 September 2008
Describing the move as inevitable, Lenzing Group has announced it will increase prices on its whole range of fibres between 7% and 10% with effect on all new contracts from 1 October 2008.
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Ahlstrom to reduce production of wound roving in Karhula,Finland

1 September 2008
Ahlstrom is to reduce production of wound roving at its glass fibre plant in Karhula, Finland.
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Ahlstrom issues profit warning

1 September 2008
Blaming continued weakness in demand for certain of its products,Ahlstrom has revised its full-year outlook for 2008.
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US research laboratory formed to help industry

1 September 2008
The University of Tennessee has consolidated the 15 cm (six inch) and 50 cm (twenty inch) melt-blowing pilot lines and the analytical laboratory of its Textiles and Nonwovens Development Center (TANDE
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Shoreline protection project gets help from Geofabrics Australasia

1 September 2008
Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd says its Elcorock(r) shoreline protection system from is being used to address the coastal foreshore erosion and management project of the Busselton beach in Western Aus
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Aqueous dispersions of microcapsules

1 September 2008
Workers at Cognis - a supplier of innovative speciality chemicals based in Dusseldorf,Germany - have developed aqueous dispersions of microcapsules especially, they claim, for imparting properties to
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Textile Institute to merge with Society of Chemical Industry

1 September 2008
The Board of Trustees of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) and the Board of The Textile Institute (TI) have announced a proposal to form a merged organization.
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Lenzing and Weyerhaeuser to cooperate on lyocell nonwovens

1 September 2008
Lenzing of Austria and Weyerhaeuser of FederalWay, Washington,USA, have agreed to work together to develop a technology for the large-scale industrial production of lyocell-based nonwoven products.
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Spinning nanotubes into yarns

1 September 2008
A system that turns nanomaterials into fibrous materials - yarns, tows or nonwoven sheets - is the subject of International Patent PublicationWO 2008/036068.
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Island-in-the-sea route used to make sub-micron fibres

1 September 2008
Teijin Fibers Ltd of Osaka, Japan, has patented a method of producing an islands-in-sea type composite spun fibre,which has island components each with a maximum diameter of 1 m.
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Technical Absorbents--getting to grips with keeping us cool

1 September 2008
Performance apparel represents one of the fastest growing sectors of the international textile industry (Business Wire 2007i).
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Coating technology developed for phase-change microcapsules

1 September 2008
To allow a wide range of manufacturers to add the functionality and value of phase-change materials to their existing products, Outlast Technologies has developed Matrix Infusion Coating, writes Kevin
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