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Diolen Industrial Fibers tells Editor Nick Butler that reorganizing its research and development to be more closely aligned with its production facilities,where it has many years of experience in melt
From its head office in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Consoltex Inc, a manufacturer of woven fabrics, announced on 8 March 2006 that its stock has been acquired by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc
Australia based company The Specialty Group has developed a luminous textile coating, which the company claims will glow in the dark for more than three hours after only 12 minutes of exposure to natu
Ian Holme selects some highlights of the Flame Retardants 2006 that was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London,UK,on 14-15 February and covered technology,ecology,trends in regulat
Demand for nonwoven roll goods will increase by 4.0% a year, reaching an annual total of $5.1 billion in 2009, the latest study says.
Kimberly-Clark and SunHealth Solutions team up to offer parents ultraviolet radiation sensors with children's swimpants.
Guy Kitteringham joined W.L.Gore in Tenerife to learn about,and experience,the company's latest technology--designed to increase the comfort of outdoor wear by matching local material properties to sp
Hong Kong has developed its own research and development centre for nanotechnology,supported by its Government's Innovation Technology Fund.
Announced at the Techtextil Symposium North America,Dow Corning has developed a technology that offers garment makers the opportunity to include impact resistance that is comfortable to wear and easy
Eleksen Ltd is developing its ElekTex(r) smart fabric touchpads to create a range of interfaces for Microsoft Corp's new so-called "Ultra-Mobile" personal computers (PCs).
Milliken Co has patented a type of electrically conductive yarn that consists of a core, a sheath and an insulator.
Woven belts with high tear strengths have been developed by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co of Akron, Ohio, USA.
A device for putting on therapeutic compression garments, such as tights, knee-length socks and fulllength stockings with an open toe, has been developed by Pawel Sawlewicz of Gdansk, Poland.
Kimberly-Clark has developed a mechanical hookand-loop type fastening system for absorbent articles, such as baby diapers, infant training pants and incontinence garments.
Diolen Industrial Fibers bv of Arnhem,The Netherlands says it is now making sample quantities of a multifilament yarns based on polyphenylene sulphide (PPS).
A process that is based on spinning a polymer dope and is capable of making continuous filament nanofibres is the subject of International Patent WO 2004/074559.
Invista Technologies of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, has developed a new type of stitchbonded fabric.
Consultant microbiologist Dr Peter Wilson is to conduct trials at Newham University Hospital, London, UK, to determine the effectiveness of Toray Textiles Europe's See it Safe silver-containing fabric
Alltracel Pharmaceuticals has announced the development of a nanofibre delivery platform for its m.doc-based stop-bleeding technology.
Beiersdorf is to cease the manufacture of woundcare products at its factory in Hamburg/Hausbruch, Germany.
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