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Dressing for detecting infection

1 November 2014
A wound dressing or swab for detecting infection is disclosed in US Patent 8 822 173 by Dr Eva Wehrschutz-Sigl and colleagues at the Institute for Environmental Biology at Graz University of Technolog
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Completion of Kimberly-Clark Health Care spin-off

1 November 2014
Kimberly-Clark has completed the spin-off of its Health Care business to form a new publicly traded company--Halyard Health.
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Absorbent member allows selective absorption of menstrual discharge

1 November 2014
An absorbent member that can be selectively worn by a female is revealed in US Patent 8 777 914 by Kimberly Reaume of Fowlerville, Michigan, USA.
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Wound dressing for appendage

1 November 2014
A system for delivering a medical dressing onto an appendage, such as a finger or penis, following a surgical procedure has been developed by inventors from New York, USA.
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Spunbond-meltblown-spunbond fabric for single-use scrubs

1 November 2014
Supplier of high-performance fibre-based materials Ahlstrom has introduced a soft spunbond-meltblownspunbond (SMS) fabric treated with "Adaptive" technology to create a fabric for conversion into sing
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Two-piece wearable absorbent article

1 November 2014
A wearable absorbent article for the containment and absorption of bodily exudates is described in US Patent 8 784 395 by Procter & Gamble.
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New technologies threatening stitches' dominance in wound closure

1 November 2014
The increasing reliability and versatility of adhesive approaches are ushering in a new era of wound repair devices that could one day replace stitches, according to research and consulting firm Globa
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Lenzing presents study on the use of Tencel Biosoft in topsheets

1 November 2014
At Outlook 2014 (24-26 September) in Barcelona, Spain, Austria-based fibre maker Lenzing released the results of consumer tests using Tencel Biosoft, an ultra-soft hydrophobic Lyocell fibre type, in t
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Drape for neurological surgical interventions

1 November 2014
A surgical drape with particular use for neurological surgical interventions is described in US Patent 8 844 538 by Paul Hartmann.
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Hewlett Packard certifies nonwoven as a print substrate

1 November 2014
Freudenberg Nonwovens of Colmar, France, says it has developed variants of its hydroentangled microfilament nonwovens (Evolon) that are suitable as substrates for printing with latex inks.
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Robot can coat textiles with silicone

1 November 2014
A project that aimed to reduce the cost of manufacturing hold-up stockings has led to the development of a robot capable of making siliconecoated textiles for medical products, and sports-, fashion- a
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Chomarat Textiles opens carbon fabric facility in USA

1 November 2014
The opening of a facility to make specialist carbon fabrics in Anderson, South Carolina, USA, has been announced by Chomarat Textiles Industries.
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Toray completes construction of French precursor plant

1 November 2014
Toray Industries and its subsidiary Toray Carbon Fibers Europe (CFE) have completed the construction of a plant to produce carbon fibre precursors at the existing CFE facility in Lacq/Abidos, France.
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Self-cleaning coating commercialized

1 November 2014
The Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) of Natick, Massachusetts, USA, has provided technical guidance to an industrial partner, Luna Innovations of Roanoke, Virginia,
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Researchers demonstrate the worth of fabric circuit boards

1 November 2014
A digital knitting machine has been used by two researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Institute of Textiles and Clothing to make fabric circuit boards (FCBs).
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Hexcel to increase carbon fibre capacity in Europe

1 November 2014

Hexcel Corp is to spend US$250 million on new precursor and carbon fibre lines at a production plant in Roussillon, France.

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Sigmatex to invest US$12 million in second US facility

1 November 2014
Carbon fibre textiles specialist Sigmatex will spend US$12 million to build a facility in the John W. Matthews Industrial Park in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA.
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Widespread changes made to Executive Management Team at Ahlstrom -- company to stop investments in technology for lithium-ion battery separators

1 November 2014
Ahlstrom has decided to stop investing in Porous Power Technologies, a subsidiary located in Lafayette, Colorado, USA, that develops technology for lithiumion battery separators.
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Funding boost in search for biobased precursors for carbon fibre

1 November 2014
A project that aims to develop ways to convert biomass into precursors for the production of carbon fibre has won a grant worth up to US$5.9 million.
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Ahlstrom introduces nonwoven for single-use surgical garments

1 November 2014
A spunbund-meltblown-spunbond (SMS) fabric treated with a proprietary technology (Adaptive) has been developed by Helsinki, Finland-based Ahlstrom (see also, facing page) for conversion into single-us
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