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Bedford, UK-based biotechnology firm Archimed has launched a range of oxygen-concentrating hydrogel wound dressings called Oxyzyme.
LD Equity has increased its shareholding of Jacob Holm & Sons STA to 100%. The Danish investment company acquired the first 60% of the shares from Jacob Holm & Sonner in July 2006.
Tyco Healthcare's Surgical Devices business unit has acquired Brazilian suture manufacturer Polysuture. Terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval in Brazil, were not disclosed.
Garments with an absorption pad holding system for use during post-tumescent liposuction drainage recovery are described in US Patent 7 137 973 by Evanton Solutions.
Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology has signed a preliminary letter of intent with Florida, USA-based April Project I Corp (API) for the sale of all unassigned worldwide sales and distribution rights
At the 3GSM global telecommunications show in Barcelona, Spain from February 12-15, Eleksen presented new products and solutions designed for the consumer and enterprise mobility markets.
Fabrics containing SmartSilver will be exhibited in Cotton Incorporated's booths at two key textile industry events in Paris this month - Premire Vision and Texworld which both take place from Februar
Leading missile and aerospace technology company Lockheed Martin will be speaking at the seventh annual Nanocomposites and Nanotubes 2007 conference.
Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing peanut-shaped nanoparticles comprised of two different sulfur-containing substances.
During the recent 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Polymer Vision received the event's Innovation Award for its rollable display technology.
Entries are being invited for the the Techtextil and Avantex 2007 Innovation Prizes.
One of Norway's top hospitals is now using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to improve its logistics and achieve considerable savings in its garment and laundry operations.
Fibretronic has announced a deal with Apple Computer securing entry into the 'Made-for-iPod' licensing programme.
Physicists in the UK and Germany have created a new kind of structurally stable membrane that is just a single atom thick.
EXO, based in Livingstone, Scotland, has been awarded patent number GB2417660 for its Thermoknitt conductive polymeric yarn which allows its heat technology to be knitted into a fabric or a glove whic
Textile-based electronic tactile lighting switches were displayed by International Fashion Machines (IFM) at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York from 8-11 March 2007.
UK nanoscale product enhancer P2i has received SATRA accreditation for its ion mask super hydrophobic surface enhancement for footwear.
The Zetasizer Nano series of instruments from the UK's Malvern Instruments measures the size of particles in a fluid down to less than a nanometre by observing the thermal movement, or Brownian motion
UK-based technology company d3o lab has closed a multi-million pound round of fundraising initiatives from private investors, to fuel international growth and commercial expansion.
Techtextil Rossija will change to a new May schedule in 2007 in order to give visitors and exhibitors the maximum advantage of their stay in the Russian capital.
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