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Are the days of petrochemical-based nonwovens numbered?

1 May 2008
Cellulosic capacity is up and raw materials from biomass are emerging fast.
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Ahlstrom--investing in acquisitions, growth and innovation

1 May 2008
John W.
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Electro-active polymer actuators and sensors market to grow fifteen times in five years

1 April 2008
The global market for electro-active polymers (EAP) as actuators and sensors was worth $15 million in 2007 and will increase to around $247 million by 2012 according to a new report.
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Textronics awarded electrodes patent

1 April 2008
Textronics has been awarded patent 7,308,294 B2 for its textile-based electrode system by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
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Eleksen re-emerges as QIO Systems

1 April 2008
Peratech, which purchased the Eleksen wearables business as part of its recent acquisition of the assets of Eleksen Group, plans to licence it out into a new company called QIO Systems.
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World's largest carbon nanotube sheet

1 April 2008
Nanocomp Technologies, based in Concord, New Hampshire, USA, has successfully produced sheets of carbon nanotube material measuring six feet by three feet - the largest cohesive sheets of nanotube mat
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Fibretronic in Los Angeles

1 April 2008
Fibretronic has set up a US office in Los Angeles which will be run by Tom Krutilek, an experienced fashion industry executive and one of the pioneers in interactive apparel.
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Power shirt harvests energy from physical movement

1 April 2008
Nanotechnology researchers are developing a "power shirt" with the ability to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others whose physical motion
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O'Neill Selects Fibretronic for H4 Series

1 April 2008
Fibretronic's electronic product solutions are featured once again in O'Neill Europe's latest collection of wearable electronic snowboard garments.
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Printed electronic sensors study

1 April 2008
Nanomarkets has issued a free white paper, Pushing Low-Cost Sensors to Market, drawn from a previously issued report addressing the opportunities for printed and organic electronics firms interested i
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Intrinsiq secures $10 million in funding

1 April 2008
Intrinsiq Materials, formerly QinetiQ Nanomaterials, has secured US$10 million in second round funding.
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Harnessing the sun in textiles

1 April 2008
Konarka Technologies has entered into a new agreement with SKYShades, a leading supplier of shade and tension membrane structures, with a view to creating photovoltaic electrical power for such produc
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Readable displays usher in new phone category

1 April 2008
Polymer Vision - the inventor of rollable displays and a spin out from Philips - is preparing its Readius device for commercial launch by mid 2008.
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Big savings for textile mills with Nansulate

1 April 2008
Industrial Nanotech has shipped the first of ten containers of its patented Nansulate energy saving protective coating to Turkey, where it will be used at the Denizli Basma ve Boya Sanayii (DEBA) text
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Hollow fibre membrane alliance

1 April 2008
Para Membranes, a South Korea-based hollow fibre membrane (HFM) manufacturer, has entered into an exclusive strategic distribution relationship with Prismedical Corporation of California, USA.
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Paradigm shift with HealthVest

1 April 2008
HealthVest, developed by SmartLife Technology in the UK, represents the next generation in wearable monitoring systems, with a number of crucial advantages over existing technologies.
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Nano-metal adds fabric functions

1 April 2008
Masa is a new nano-metal coating developed by the Suzutora Corporation in Japan to provide textile fabrics employed in a variety of applications a range of functional advantages.
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Solar cells by ink-jet route

1 April 2008
Konarka has successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of manufacturing solar cells by inkjet printing.
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Silver and carbon in X54

1 April 2008
The UK's Purification Products is introducing a new material codenamed X54 which incorporates both X-Static silver fibre technology and activated carbon powder.
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Zetix blast mitigation fabric claims award

1 April 2008
The 2008 Performance Textiles Award for Excellence has been presented to Heathcoat Fabrics for its work on the development of Auxetix material, developed in with Auxetix and the University of Exeter.
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