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Events

First edition of Outlook Latin America

1 February 2014
The two principal global nonwovens associations, EDANA and INDA, have confirmed that the first edition of Outlook Latin America will be held on 3-5 March 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Congress on healthcare and medical textiles

1 February 2014
The 2nd International Congress on Healthcare and Medical Textiles - EGEMEDITEX-2014 - will be held in Izmir, Turkey, on 25-26 September 2014.
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Reinforcement meets latest European fire standards

1 February 2014
A glass fibre-based reinforcement for sandwich materials that complies with the forthcoming European flame-retardant (FR) standards for railway carriages will be the latest attraction on the stand of
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Polyester textiles for composites

1 February 2014
Trevira gmbh of Bobingen, Germany (see also, pages 23 and 27), will exhibit at JEC for the first time, presenting a range of polyester (PES) polymers, yarns and fibres, including staple fibres develop
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Flame-retardant additives target transport and construction markets

1 February 2014
Clariant of Muttenz Switzerland, will present its range of halogen-free flame-retardant (FR) additives, particularly for use with thermoset resins to make composites for applications in public transpo
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Handling high-performance fibres, and pumping and metering polymers

1 February 2014
Oerlikon Barmag from Remscheid, Germany (see also, pages 7 and 11), will exhibit machinery for pumping and metering polymers, and for handling high-performance fibres.
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Carbon fabrics for high volume production

1 February 2014
Naraborough, UK based Formax (see also, page 3) will reveal details of its plans to extend its UK headquarters, adding a 0.46-ha (50 000 square feet) facility dedicated to making multiaxial carbon fab
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Nonwovens for high-performance medical and hygiene applications

1 January 2014
The first international conference on Nonwovens for High-Performance Applications, to be held in Cannes, France, on 5-6 March 2014, will include a session on Medical and Hygiene Applications and featu
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How to get the fundamentals of your business right for recovery

1 December 2013
Industry leaders gathered in Edinburgh, UK, 15-16 October 2009 to discuss the current state of the technical textiles sector and how best companies can position themselves for the anticipated economic
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How to exploit opportunities from growing end-use markets

1 December 2013
Casting aside the gloom of the prevailing economic climate, delegates at an international symposium learned about opportunities from growing end-use markets and how to exploit them, reports Adrian Wil
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How to gain commercial advantage from emerging technologies

1 December 2013
In the final session of an international symposium, industry leaders revealed how they are finding, developing and exploiting a range of emerging technologies, reports Adrian Wilson from the event, he
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Fabric testing--a continually evolving science and technology

1 December 2013
With test methods and standards continually evolving to satisfy the demands of the markets for technical textiles, Niki Tait reviews how machinery builders are rising to the challenge of developing ap
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Insight on nonwovens and hygiene

1 October 2013
The 35th annual Insight conference will be held in St Petersburg, Florida, USA, on 13-17 October 2013.
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Medical textile field offers promising future for Indian entrepreneurs

1 May 2013
Young Indians with entrepreneurial ambitions were given an insight into the medical textile industry at a recent seminar held in Madurai, India (reports The Hindu, 20 March 2013).
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Technical textiles help drive workwear and personal protection markets

1 May 2013
The increasing use of technical textiles and processes is seen as the main area of growth for the workwear and personal protection market by the organizers of the Workwear and Clothing Show, held at S
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52ndMan-made Fibers Congress

1 May 2013
More than 100 presentations will take place on 11-13 September 2013 during the 52nd Man-made Fibers Congress, which once again will be held in Dornbirn, Austria (see also, pages 21 and 50).
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Conference aims to address problems faced by recyclers

1 March 2013
The implementation of legislation such as the latest version of Germany's Closed Substance Cycle Act, which came into force on 1 June 2012, is confronting the textile recycling industry with a number
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Outlook 2012 programme finalized

1 September 2012
EDANA, the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced the full programme for the Outlook 2012 nonwovens and personal care products conference in Barcelona, S
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From Paris to Boston, via Singapore, JEC circles the globe in 2012

1 February 2012
From its roots in Paris, France, JEC Europe is now joined by sister composites exhibitions in Asia and, in 2012 for the first time, North America.
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Dornbirn 2012 to address the challenges of the next 50 years

1 February 2012
Worldwide the fibre industry continues to grow at about 3-4% a year, even in the context of the challenging macroeconomic climate and associated global volatility, according to the President of the Au
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Textile Coating and Laminating

1 February 2012
Senior figures from the whole of the textile coating and laminating industry's supply chain will gather in Valencia, Spain, on 15-16 November 2012, at the latest annual International Conference on Tex
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Saint-Gobain's barrier membranes

1 October 2011
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics of Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA, will introduce its barrier membrane technology Coretech at the Industrial Fabrics Association International's IFAI Expo in Baltimore
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Miller to show latest desktop welder

1 October 2011
Introduced to the market at the end of April 2011, Miller Weldmaster's T3 Hot Wedge Welder will be the focus of the company's exhibit at the Industrial Fabrics Association International's IFAI Expo in
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Thermoplastic-coated fabric introduced for inflatable boats

1 October 2011
BondCote of Pulaski, Virginia, USA, will show its latest product, a fabric for inflatable boats, for the first time at the Industrial Fabrics Association International's IFAI Expo in Baltimore, Maryla
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Monofilaments for technical applications

1 October 2011
Italy's Fil.Va (see also, page 7) will exhibit its range of synthetic monofilaments at the forthcoming Industrial Fabrics Association International's IFAI Expo in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 25-27 Octob
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Radiofrequency welding that can join metals to coated fabrics

1 October 2011
A Patented method based on radiofrequency (RF) welding that can join coated fabrics to metal attachments will be shown to visitors to the Industrial Fabrics Association International's IFAI Expo in Ba
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Coated fabrics from Canada's Texel

1 October 2011
A specialist in flat-die extrusion thermoplastics, Texel Coated Materials will exhibit fabrics (including nonwovens) coated with films such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), polypropylen
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Narrow fabric tapes for the military

1 October 2011
Schiff Industrial Narrow Fabrics of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA, will launch the latest narrow tape, Pattern N8305IR-6P, in its Universal Digital Camouflage range at the Industrial Fabrics Associati
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Radio frequency sealing and tooling

1 October 2011
Cosmos electronic machine corp and Kabar Manuafacturing Corp, both of Farmingdale, New York, USA, are manufacturers of radiofrequency (RF) sealing equipment and tooling.
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50 years of the Man-made Fibers Congress

1 September 2011
The 50TH man-made fibers congress will take place in Dornbirn, Austria, on 14-16 September, taking its theme as Manmade Fibers the Next 50 Years.
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Practical advice for traditional companies

1 September 2011
The symposium at Techtextil India 2011 has been designed to offer practical advice to companies wanting to become involved or to increase their involvement in technical textile markets.
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Textile Coating and Laminating 2011 announces full programme

1 September 2011
The keynote Speaker for the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL2011) will be Michele Sioen, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sioen Industries NV, Belgium, w
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Technical textiles help to drive innovation of machine builders

1 September 2011
In the final part of our preview of the forthcoming ITMA 2011, Nick Butler finds that the innovations of machinery builders the world over are being driven both by the demands of technical textiles ma
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Italian machine builders look to the environment and to Asia

1 September 2011
At the forthcoming ITMA 2011, the trade association for Italian machinery builders, ACImIT is looking to exploit its members' innovations for the environment and sustainability, as well as Asian marke
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Machine builders seeking ways to make nanofibre production pay

1 September 2011
Centrifuges, and new wet- and melt-spinning techniques are among the approaches being explored to make the production of nanofibres commercially viable, some of which will be exhibited at the forthcom
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France's machine builders find niche is the formula for success

1 September 2011
More than Euro1 billion of turnover, almost all of which is from exports, makes the French textile machinery industry an important player.
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Swiss machinery builders strive to reduce energy consumption

1 September 2011
Appenzell, Switzerland, was host to the pre-ITMAconference held by the country's textile industry association, Swissmem, to allow machinery builders to reveal their plans for the forthcoming exhibitio
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German machinery being built with technical textiles in mind

1 September 2011
Germany is one of the leading centres for innovation in textile machinery and among many developments that will be unveiled in Barcelona, Spain, during ITMA 2011, Nick Butler finds plenty to interest
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Baltimore to play host to Industrial Fabrics Expo Americas 2011

1 September 2011
The Industrial Fabrics Association International's annual Expo returns to the USA's mid-Atlantic region as it looks to exploit Baltimore's proximity to washington to engage the uS Government in bolste
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The future of medical textiles

1 August 2011
Organized by the UK's Medilink North West and the Materials Knowledge Transfer Network, a conference entitled "The Future of Medical Textiles" will be held at the Manchester Conference Centre and Hote
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Growing with its market--Index 11 to present latest nonwovens

1 February 2011
A record-breaking Index 11, which takes place in Geneva, Switzerland 12-15 April, will showcase the diversity of nonwoven fabrics for a wide range of uses, in addition to the many advances in technolo
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Industrial Fabrics Association's Expo makes its debut in Asia

1 February 2011
Organized by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), the first-ever IFAI Expo Asia (conference and exhibition) takes place in Singapore, 22-25 March.
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Whole supply chain will be on show at Techtextil North America

1 February 2011
The eighth edition of Techtextil North America, the second held on the West Coast, takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 15-17 March.
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Techtextil North America redevelops its symposium structure to meet current demands

1 February 2011
Technology , applications and market trends are the bases for the topics to be discussed at the Techtextil North America Symposium, according to its organizer, Messe Frankfurt Inc.
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Fiftieth anniversary of Man-made Fibers Congress prompts organizer to look to the future

1 February 2011
The 50th Man-Made Fibers Congress will take place on 14-16 September 2011 in Dornbirn, Austria, taking as its principal theme "The next 50 years".
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Nonwovens showcase from the biggest and the best at ITMA 2011

1 February 2011
While many builders of nonwovens equipment - notably those dealing in spunmelt technology - consider themselves far removed from conventional textiles, ITMA always reveals plenty of innovation for sta
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Hohenstein Institute conference on textiles for healthcare applications

1 December 2010
The Hohenstein Institute will hold a conference on textiles for healthcare applications on 14 December 2010 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
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Messages of confidence and change at Outlook 2010

1 December 2010
The personal care products industry met in September 2010 in Budapest, Hungary, for Outlook 2010 with renewed confidence.
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Coating and laminating--vital to the health of the industry

1 September 2010
Conference director Bill Smith has finalized the programme for the latest edition of the long-running International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL 2010).
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Carbon fibre conference programme

1 September 2010
Event organiser Intertechpira has announced the latest programme for its annual conference dedicated to the carbon fibre industry, Global Outlook for Carbon Fibre, now called GOCarbonFibre2010.
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