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4th Feb 2021

Rockline Industries will install additional production lines in its three Arkansas-based wet wipes manufacturing facilities. It will spend over $18 million this year for this purpose. The expansion is expected to create 100 new jobs to handle the increased production capacity. With COVID-19 pandemic, demand for personal care wipes has increased.

4th Feb 2021

Advanced antimicrobial MGRSafeWall product protection system from MGR Foamtex, which uses Addmaster Biomaster antimicrobial technology, has been successfully tested against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. MGR Foamtex is a leader in design, development and manufacture of advanced passenger upholstery systems for Premium cabin seating.

3rd Feb 2021

Turkey's export of medical textile goods reached $1.4 billion last year, according to the Aegean Exporters Association (EIB), which recently said the textile products export sector is recovering. EIB head coordinator Jak Eskinazi said despite the pandemic last year, there was only 8 per cent export loss in textile and raw materials compared with 2019.

3rd Feb 2021

Heraeus Noblelight, the centre of excellence for flash lamp technology, is now a Tier 2 member of the NCC. This will enable Heraeus Noblelight to use state-of-the-art facilities at the NCC to investigate its humm3 thermoplastics layup technology. Heraeus will also participate in a project to test humm3 technology for thermoplastic Automated Fibre...

3rd Feb 2021

India's agro-tech sector provides the technical textiles industry a huge opportunity to partner with the government as well as the agrarian community and leverage its capabilities, according to textiles minister Smriti Irani, who recently hoped that the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry will assist in discussing issues concerning this field.

2nd Feb 2021

Scientists at the University of Rhode Island have devised a continuous, non-invasive way to detect and monitor infections in wounds by embedding nanosensors in the fibres of a bandage. The team has used single-walled carbon nanotubes in the bandage which will be able to identify an infection in the wound by detecting concentrations of hydrogen peroxide.

2nd Feb 2021

MGR Foamtex Ltd, world-leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced passenger upholstery systems for premium cabin seating, has announced that its advanced antimicrobial MGRSafeWall product protection system has been successfully tested against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, using Addmaster Biomaster antimicrobial...

1st Feb 2021

INDA, with industry organisations and labour unions representing manufacturers and workers who made essential PPE and other products throughout COVID-19, has sent a letter to President Biden and congressional leaders. The letter outlines recommendations on specific policy initiatives that must be adopted to re-establish a permanent PPE industry in the...

1st Feb 2021

Leading premium car brand, Volvo Car Malaysia, had announced that it has collaborated with NanoTextile to make anti-microbial reusable face mask in pursuing sustainability. Volvo Cars is well-known for approaching sustainability principles. NanoTextile is a leading company in Malaysia to offer wide span of nanotechnology in textile industry.