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7th Oct 2019

Scientists from the Radboud University Medical Centre in The Netherlands have found a smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the chest and abdomen to be accurate when compared to traditional testing equipment. This opens the way for its testing in patients with lung disease and its use for monitoring such patients in the future.

5th Oct 2019

Peak District-based Avian Hang Gliders, the UK's only manufacturer of the aircraft, has joined hands with the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to work on the Hang glider design. This may be the first significant step in designing of hang gliders in two decades. The AMRC is helping in developing a 3D model of the...

5th Oct 2019

Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has taken over a controlling interest in U.S. Nonwovens, a company based in Brentwood, New York. USN supplies a broad portfolio of products for personal and home care applications, including disinfectant, cosmetic and personal cleansing wipes, as well as laundry detergent, bleach and fabric...

4th Oct 2019

Svenska Aerogel is working on a project to integrate Quartzene into a variety of woven textiles to produce textile-based thermal insulation materials and fabrics. Svenska Aerogel has developed Quartzene, the next generation aerogel with effective insulating properties as an additive in a product. The project is run as a consortium with several partners.

4th Oct 2019

The Center for Nanotechnology and Technical, Functional and Intelligent Materials (CeNTI) in Portugal is leading a consortium that brings together eight partners from five European countries and with a funding of around €3.2 million from the European Union (EU) to develop functional textiles and cosmetics with incorporation of natural base nanocapsules.

4th Oct 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted $1.5 million to an Ohio University professor to develop engineered composite decking boards from coal. Industry partners are providing an additional $500,000 in funding. Manufacturing coal-based composites requires less energy, and results in lower costs and emissions than manufacturing wood plastic...

4th Oct 2019

Toniq Composites, a company in St Austell, Cornwall which designs and manufactures bespoke and standard products using advanced composite materials, is working on marine craft racing seats with support from Marine-i. Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine tech sector in Cornwall and Isles of...

4th Oct 2019

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, will be at Techtextil India at the Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai, from November 20-22, to present its latest innovations and system solutions aimed to help technical textile manufacturers in India with optimised productivity and/or value creation in their...

4th Oct 2019

Gurit is in process of implementing a multi-year plant renewal, manufacturing capacity expansion and technology enhancement programme over a single-digit million amount in CHF at its aerospace site in Kassel. This will enable it to offer aerospace customers required quantities of current and future products at competitive terms made with latest...