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Wool helps tennis stars keep their cool

1 May 2003
Revolutionary body cooling vests, an invention of Australian company Arctic Heat, were used by players at the Australian Open tennis championships.
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Procter & Gamble to close UKtampon production line

1 May 2003
Procter & Gamble is to lay off 330 employees at its Tampax tampon factory in Havant, Hampshire, UK, and shift manufacture to Eastern Europe.
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Cellulose composite material for prevention of post-surgical adhesions

1 May 2003
Ethicon has developed a bioresorbable oxidized cellulose composite material for the prevention of postsurgical adhesions.
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2002 - a tough year for Clariant

1 May 2003
Clariant increased its sales by 4.7% in the financial year 2002, as measured in local currencies. (As measured in Swiss francs, sales were 3.3% lower.)
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Testing webbings for seat belts and safety harnesses

1 May 2003
Lloyd Instruments has developed a system designed specifically to test the tensile strength and elongation at break of webbing textiles used in vehicle seat belts, safety harnesses, freight and logist
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Flattened fibres help to make improved nonwovens

1 May 2003
Partially or wholly flat synthetic fibres for making strong nonwovens with low basis weights are disclosed in US Patent 6 485 828.
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Candover seeks to acquire remaining Ontex shares

1 May 2003
After a successful mandatory public takeover bid, UKbased private equity firm Candover has launched a socalled "squeeze-out" offer for the remaining shares of private-label disposable products manufac
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Final decision on Coloplast acquisition announced

1 May 2003
The UK's Director General of Fair Trading has approved Coloplast's a,not128 million acquisition of SSLInternational's continence business.
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Global Textile Partner opens for business in Mexico

1 May 2003
Global Textile Partner (GTP) has officially opened its Mexican office.
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Medical textiles - 18% of polyolefins

1 May 2003
The latest study describes the European market for polyolefins as the most rapdily growing in the fibres and textiles sector in the region.
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Thermal insulation for pipes

1 May 2003
A system of thermal insulation for pipes is the subject of US Patent 6 461 554 from the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), Rueil-Malmaison.
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Why should graduates choose a career in technical textiles?

1 May 2003
Marc Jebson - Health, Safety And Environmental Coordinator at Acordis Speciality Fibres - discusses the common misconceptions of the technical textiles industry and the career opportunities it has to
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Polymer provides improved non-adhesive conformance to the body of the wearer

1 May 2003
In US Patent 6 489 534, Kimberly-Clark discloses a polymer for use in disposable personal hygiene articles.
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Smith & Nephew and Centerpulse to form major orthopaedics group

1 May 2003
Smith & Nephew has launched a $2.3 billion bid to acquire its Swiss rival Centerpulse.
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Centre-fill strategy for leakage control

1 May 2003
Kimberly-Clark has developed an absorbent article with improved leakage prevention.
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Strong growth for Smith & Nephew

1 May 2003
Medical Textile company Smith & Nephew plc announced strong growth in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2002.
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Healing wool project

1 May 2003
The Department of Textile and Clothing Design at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, is conducting a project that aims to investigate the healing properties of wool from Finnish Landrace sh
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Rapid transport of liquids

1 May 2003
Bundles of specially designed fibres can transport liquids rapidly in products such as diapers, according to USPatent 6 497 955.
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Inkjet-printable bandages

1 May 2003
In US Patent 6 512 160 Innova discloses a bandage on which a graphic image can be printed using a home inkjet printer.
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Hydroentangled hybrid

1 May 2003
A way of continuously making a complicated nonwoven is the subject of European Patent EP 1 246 958.
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