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Man-made fibre themes

1 August 2014
For its 53rd edition, the Dornbirn Man-made Fibers Congress, set to take place in Dornbirn, Austria, on 10-12 September 2014, will feature as its main themes
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US coated fabrics industry positioned for stronger growth

1 August 2014
Demand for coated fabrics in the USA will rise at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 3.2% in the period 2013-2018, eventually reaching 568 millionm2 (680 million square yards) a year.
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Change of dates and venue for IDEA 2016

1 August 2014
Prompted by scheduled rennovations to its traditional venue in Miami, Florida, USA, the next International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Exposition (IDEA) will take place at the Boston Convention
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Full programme for textile coating and laminating conference available

1 August 2014
The full programme for the latest edition of the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL 2014) is now available on the conference website, which now also features a free news s
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South Korean army opts for polyethylene fibre for protection

1 August 2014
A multi-year programme to equip South Korea's Army with lightweight body armour has selected material from DSM Dyneema of Urmond, The Netherlands, for use in ballistic protection.
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Range of coloured carbon fibre-reinforced composites makes debut in chair

1 August 2014
A range of coloured carbon fibre-reinforced composites (called Hypetex) has been launched by GPFOne of London, UK.
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Catalysts could be woven into clothing to protect against sarin

1 August 2014
Scientist in USA say they have developed catalysts based on carbon nanotubes that can help to break down the molecules of certain kinds of nerve agent and that the materials could in principle be wove
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New low cost nanotubes make wide adoption possible

1 July 2014
Luxembourg-headquartered OCSiAl is claiming a significant breakthrough in producing its Tuball single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in bigger, better quality and much cheaper batches than has been pr
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New process for 100% textile sensors

1 July 2014
Auckland, New Zealand-based Footfalls & Heartbeats - the company founded by award-winning chemist Simon McMaster - has developed a proprietary process for manufacturing smart fabrics.
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Self-cleaning roof for Brazil 2014

1 July 2014
A TiO2 self-cleaning coating protects the new tensile roofing system of the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which recently reopened after a three-year modernisation project to prepare for
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Top cleantech honour goes to Avantium

1 July 2014
Avantium, the Dutch developer of biofibres and bioplastics has been named the European Cleantech Company of the Decade by Cleantech Group (CTG).
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Major military work for Intelligent Textiles

1 July 2014
UK company Intelligent Textiles (ITL), based in based in Laleham, Surrey, has just signed a major contract worth several million pounds with the US Department of Defence, as part of a joint project wi
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Wearable technology for behaviour control already widespread

1 July 2014
Northamptonshire Police has become the first force in the UK to pilot the use of alcohol-detecting ankle tags.
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Carbon monoxide sensing clothing

1 July 2014
A range of clothing with the potential to warn the wearer of a number of environmental issues has been designed by a self-styled 'textile alchemist'.
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Supersonic stretching for new nanofibres

1 July 2014
'CO2 laser supersonic stretching' is a new process developed by JX Nippon, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, for manufacturing polypropylene nanofibres with diameters of between 300-500 nm - a range that
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Aspen plans expansion after IPO

1 July 2014
Aspen Aerogels - the manufacturer of Cryogel, Pyrogel and Spaceloft high performance aerogel insulation blankets based in Northborough, Massachusetts - has commenced an initial public offering of 6,66
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Flexible health patch based on miniature electronics

1 July 2014
The Holst Centre and Imec in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, have developed a prototype flexible health patch weighing just 10g - half the weight of currently available products.
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IBM sees no limit to possibilities for new polymers

1 July 2014
High performance computing is being combined with synthetic polymer chemistry by scientists at IBM Research, to develop entirely new polymeric materials.
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3D printed car for Shell Eco-Marathon

1 July 2014
A design team at the University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Zuyd) in The Netherlands employed a bank of off-the-shelf 3D printers to make composites for the shell of the car it entered in this yea
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Organic photovoltaics are 100% inkjet printed

1 July 2014
Scientists from Solliance, the cross-border thin-film solar cell research alliance, have produced the world's first organic photovoltaics (OPVs) to be made exclusively with inkjet printing processes.
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