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Quick drying cast assembly with breathable double-knit padding

1 July 2009
A cast or support assembly that incorporates a doubleknit (spacer) padding material (12) has been developed by Ossur.
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Hohenstein develops hypoallergenic assessment method

1 July 2009
Textiles testing methods developed by scientists at Hohenstein's Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) now enable textile products to be certified as hypoallergenic.
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Military contracts for Solar Integrated

1 July 2009
Solar integrated Technologies has secured a number of contracts with the US military.
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Fiberweb plans to invest in new meltblown capacity in France

1 July 2009
Fiberweb, one of the world's largest and leading suppliers of high performance, speciality nonwoven fabrics, says it will make a significant investment at its meltblowing operation in Biesheim, France
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Gore Tenara helps to score an historic first at Wimbledon

1 July 2009
History was made on 29 June when the first competitive match ever to be played under cover at the historic Wimbledon tennis tournament took place in London, UK.
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Fiberweb and Fitesa to establish joint venture in South America --venture will become the second largest producer of spunbonds in the Americas

1 July 2009
Fiberweb has reached a conditional agreement with PetroPar, parent company of a leading Brazilian spunbond producer, Fitesa, to establish a 50/50 joint venture that will focus primarily on supplying l
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Smart textile focus at Coating Congress

1 July 2009
Chromic sensors and coatings for the development of smart textiles and self-cleaning nanostructured surfaces are among the subjects to be covered at the 5th European Coating Congress, which takes plac
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Molnlycke Health Care acquires JKT

1 July 2009
Molnlycke Health Care group has acquired 100% of the shares of JKT, a leading Polish producer of medical clothing based in Bialystok.
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Chemviron developing carbon fabric specifically for fuel cells

1 July 2009
Chemviron carbon Cloth Division is developing its range of activated carbon cloths to add products specifically for fuel cells.
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Ahlstrom signs new financing agreement

1 July 2009
Ahlstrom, a leading manufacturer of nonwovens, has entered into a multicurrency, revolving credit facility agreement for the amount of Euro200 million with six relationship banks.
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Sanitars' third hydroentanglement line

1 July 2009
Sanitars, a manufacturer of nonwovens and cosmetic disposables (including cotton wool balls and pads to remove make up), has started up a new Rieter Perfojet hydroentanglement (spunlace) line at its p
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Polymer Group to close Arkansas plant

1 July 2009
Nonwovens manufacturer Polymer Group Inc (PGI) is to close its plant in North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, and to consolidate manufacturing operations at the facility with those at its operation in Ben
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Auxetics and related systems workshop

1 July 2009
The 6th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems, including the 6th Annual AuxetNet Young Researchers Forum takes place from 14-17 September 2009 at The Mercure Last Drop Village Hotel a
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Nano level mixing without bubbles

1 June 2009
In the arena of high technology and high performance materials, the uniform dispersal of nano-sized particles in substrates such as resin is extremely difficult.
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Project to extend life of photovoltaic devices

1 June 2009
US speciality chemicals and materials manufacturer Cytec Industries is joining forces with IMEC, independent nanoelectronics research institute based in Leuven, Belgium, in a bid to develop a commerci
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Organic PV growth forecast

1 June 2009
Sales of materials for both 'pure' organic solar cells (OPV) and hybrid organic/inorganic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), are expected to reach almost US$600 million by 2016, according to a new repo
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Bioplastic bones

1 June 2009
California's Cereplast is to supply Absorbent Specialty Products with bioplastic resin for its new 'Bio-Bones' bone replacement prosthetics.
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SmartSilver representation in Asia

1 June 2009
Having just completed a $3.5 million second phase funding round, NanoHorizons has appointed Toshinobu Hirohata as an authorised sales and technical support agent for the company's SmartSilver antimicr
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Nansulate for solar efficiency

1 June 2009
Industrial Nanotech has announced that its patented Nansulate protective thermal insulation coatings are now being incorporated into solar hot water heater and solar panel systems.
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Rapid sub-micron fibre imaging

1 June 2009
FEI is launching the Fibermetric system powered by the Phenom personal electron microscope designed to discover and quantify the properties of woven and nonwoven fibre samples in minutes.
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