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Co-dynamic adjustable appliance for treating carpal tunnel syndrome

1 September 2008
An orthotic appliance for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is disclosed by George Williams of Edmund,Oklahoma,USA.
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Fiberweb creates global consumer fabrics and airlaid units

1 September 2008
Nonwovens producer Fiberweb has added two global business units to its structure:Consumer Fabrics and Airlaid (reports Advances in Textiles Technology, August 2008, page 9).
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Photovoltaic technologies will boost building materials markets

1 September 2008
The market for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will reach a value of more than $4 billion by 2013 and surpass $8 billion in 2015, according to the latest report from NanoMarkets.
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Smart vision for textile automation

1 September 2008
Erhardt+Leimer is to exhibit at the forthcoming IFAI Expo 2008 under the theme Smart Vision for Textile Automation.
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Lenzing Group's results improve but fibres business weakened

1 September 2008
Lenzing group has reported that consolidated sales were up in the first half of its 2008 financial year, which ended on 30 June. However, its fibre business has suffered a perceptible weakening.
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Around the world trip for boat sporting first ever solar sail

1 September 2008
Dye-sensitized,thin film solar cells have been integrated into the sail of explorer Robert Swan's 2041 boat, which is currently circumnavigating the globe to raise awareness of climate change.
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Lenzing forced to raise fibre prices

1 September 2008
Lenzing group has announced that it will increase the prices it charges for its fibres by 7-10%, depending on the fibre type. The increases will take effect on all new contracts from 1 October 2008.
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Ahlstrom to reduce its production of wound roving in Karhula, Finland

1 September 2008
On 25 August 2008, Ahlstrom began negotiations with workers at its glass fibre plant in Karhula, Finland, with the aim of reducing production of wound roving.
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Vectran fibre was an essential part of Nike's Olympic running shoes

1 September 2008
Vectran fibre - the high-performance multifilament yarn spun from liquid-crystal polymer by Kuraray America - is a key component in the new Nike Flywire technology.
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Ahlstrom acquires the remaining share of its joint venture in Brazil

1 September 2008
For Euro28 million, Ahlstrom, has acquired the remaining 40% of the joint venture it formed in September 2007 with Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP).
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Lenzing Group reports improved sales and results for first half-year

1 September 2008
In reporting that all essential corporate key data improved for its first half of 2008 (ended 30 June), Lenzing Group also made reference to a perceptible weakening of the fibre business.
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Protection from ultraviolet radiation

1 September 2008
Schoeller has introduced a finishing technology that offers protection from the sun.
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Conjugate electrospinning device

1 September 2008
Two Korean inventors have jointly developed a conjugate electrospinning device capable of making two or more kinds of continuous filament nanofibre, processing two or more different polymers simultane
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Controlled surface porosity

1 September 2008
A US inventor has patented a way of making carbon fibres with surface porosities that are easily optimized to suit a variety of applications.
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Gloves get better grip

1 September 2008
Two UK companies have combined forces to launch an improved general handling glove.
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Lenzing hikes fibre prices

1 September 2008
Describing the move as inevitable, Lenzing Group has announced it will increase prices on its whole range of fibres between 7% and 10% with effect on all new contracts from 1 October 2008.
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Ahlstrom to reduce production of wound roving in Karhula,Finland

1 September 2008
Ahlstrom is to reduce production of wound roving at its glass fibre plant in Karhula, Finland.
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Ahlstrom issues profit warning

1 September 2008
Blaming continued weakness in demand for certain of its products,Ahlstrom has revised its full-year outlook for 2008.
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US research laboratory formed to help industry

1 September 2008
The University of Tennessee has consolidated the 15 cm (six inch) and 50 cm (twenty inch) melt-blowing pilot lines and the analytical laboratory of its Textiles and Nonwovens Development Center (TANDE
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Shoreline protection project gets help from Geofabrics Australasia

1 September 2008
Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd says its Elcorock(r) shoreline protection system from is being used to address the coastal foreshore erosion and management project of the Busselton beach in Western Aus
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