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SGL says it has successfully concluded its development of carbon fibres and fabrics, as well as specialized sizings for such textiles, as its part of a collaborative project aimed at making composi

A polyester (PES) fibre with a low melting point for bonding comprising a proportion of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is now available from Fiberpartner  ApS.

Freudenberg Performance Materials of  Weinheim, Germany, will make its first public appearance at Techtextil (Hall 3.1, Stand F37) in Frankfurt, Germany, on 4–7 May 2015.

Regenerative medicine company Organogenesis has published new data demonstrating significantly improved outcomes and economic benefits of two biological skin substitutes in the treatment of diabeti

PGI Specialty Materials has reached an agreement to acquire Dounor, a French manufacturer of materials used in hygiene, healthcare and industrial applications.

Biovation has launched the BioArmour Blood Pressure Cuff Shield (BPCS) to mitigate the spread of infectious pathogens from blood pressure cuffs.

SmartKem’s tru-FLEX semiconductor platform for high-performance flexible electronics has won the Innovative Product of the  Year award at the 2015 ESTnet  Awards.

The latest biomedical applications using organic electronics technologies were presented at innoLAE 2015, the first annual conference organized by the new EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manuf

The Solar Shirt designed by Pauline Van Dongen is a very practical step in the right direction in respect of truly integrated solar garments for the mass market.

A team of US scientists from the Berkeley and San Francisco campuses of the University of California in the USA have devised smart bandages that can detect bedsores long before they become visible.