Stories Collection

  1. A US-Japanese collaboration has developed acrylic fibres containing chitosan that has...
  2. Enzyme treatment of textiles, particularly cellulosics, that enhance the properties i...
  3. Israeli inventors have developed a type of knitted netting for use in baling agricult...
  4. A US company has intended a system for converting a thick web of nonwoven fabric into...
  5. Yorkshire Forward of Leeds, UK, is supporting a system for the decortication of flax....
  6. USPatent 6 453 789 discloses an improved drive system for braiding machines. John ...
  7. Rietre and Saurer, major global manufacturers of textile machinery, have withdrawn fr...
  8. A heating element of seats is the subject of USPatent 6 531 687. Developed in Grunda...
  9. A Spanish company has developed a kind of needlepunched fabric that it believes will ...
  10. Danish fibre manufacturer FiberVisions has introduced a polypropylene staple for use ...
  11. Milliken & Co has devised a laminate for absorbing sounds in motor vehicles. In ...
  12. A form of building component based on the geodesic concept is disclosed in US Patent ...
  13. A UK company claims to have developed an antistat treatment that is good enough to me...
  14. A German company has invented a system for applying large numbers of reinforcing thre...
  15. A refinement in drafting systems now allows for the fine adjustment of gauge, accordi...
  16. A US company has devised a way of extruding a foamed plastic layer into a fabric. In ...
  17. US researchers are developing a system for constantly monitoring a human body. In US...
  18. An Italian company has developed a stronger and more stable geogrid based on multi-ax...
  19. Rhodia Filtec AG, Emmenbrucke, Switzerland, has found a way to improve polyester fibr...
  20. A system of thermal insulation for pipes is the subject of US Patent 6 461 554 from t...
  21. By combining extrusion and thread wrapping, a Spanish company has developed a system ...
  22. A way of continuously making a complicated nonwoven is the subject of European Patent...
  23. Partially or wholly flat synthetic fibres for making strong nonwovens with low basis ...
  24. 4-5 June 2003, Rome, Italy EDANA'S 03 Internatiuonal Nonwovens Symposium Contact: Phi...
  25. Japan's Toray Industries Inc discloses an advanced fabric construction in European Pa...
  26. An economical cut-resistant yarn for knitting into safety gloves is the subject of US...
  27. Based on the use of a synchronization motor controlled through an inverter, Japan's K...
  28. Sara Lee Corp discloses a process for making softer handling open-end spun yarns in U...
  29. Humatro Corp has invented a radically new type of fibrous structure. In European Pate...
  30. A durable building panel is the subject of an International Patent (WO 01/36191). ...
  31. A US company has revealed a way to reduce the electrostatic hazard associated with fi...
  32. Harodite Industries Inc has developed a process for making a composite headliner for ...
  33. UK researchers have developed a process in which a polymer can be depolymerized into ...
  34. Treating hydrophobic fibres with a glow discharge plasma improves the ability to dye ...
  35. A yarn that expands when heated is the subject of US Patent 6 460 320. Asglawo GmbH ...
  36. Huesker Synthetic GmbH & Co has invented a way to quickly and reliably reinforce ...
  37. Honeywell International has revealed a load-limiting yarn that, it claims, is particu...
  38. A melt-blowing technique for lyocell is disclosed in US Patent 6 306 334 by the US pu...
  39. When the Austrian firm Nordlam GmbH proposed to build a new factory on the former sit...
  40. Nexia Biotechnologies Inc of Canada has extended its collaboration agreement with UK-...
  41. W.L.Gore & Associates GmbH has invented a cover to assist in the aerobic treatmen...
  42. Dow Fiber Solutions has introduced a new generic synthetic fibre. The company is mark...
  43. A Japanese company has developed netting that can retain water and serve to assist in...
  44. The UK's Thames Water has developed a system of lining pipelines for in-situ repairs....
  45. Nano-scale particles of silver contained in socks are able to prevent bacterial and f...
  46. Fuji Spinning Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, describes a functionalized fibre in European Pate...
  47. The American Army has invented, US Patent 6 406 660, a system for making polymer matr...
  48. Recycling of textile waste is the basis for an invention by Georgia Composites. In US...
  49. Icopal GmbH has devised a technique for making bituminous roofing membranes and joini...
  50. Glen Raven Inc has developed a yarn that can serve to stabilize fabrics used outdoors...
  51. Spanish company Relats SA has developed a silicon dioxide fibre that it claims offers...
  52. Luckenhaus Techische Textilien GmbH & Co has invented a grid structure for reinfo...
  53. Improvements to the hydroenhancement of fabrics are the subject of US Patent 6 343 41...
  54. Two US organizations are working together to develop a super-sensitive detection arra...
  55. Spain's Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria SA has developed a simplified way of making a self-s...
  56. A design for fruit pickers' bags that helps to prevent bruising of the produce is the...
  57. US company Milliken has developed a felt with a gradient of electrical conductivity a...
  58. A US company is attempting to develop filaments containing superconductors. In US Pat...
  59. Packing yarns based on graphite are the subjects of US Patent 6 385 9056. In the Pat...
  60. DSM, the Dutch plastics maker, says that it is going to expand production capacity fo...
  61. Molnlycke Health Care of Gothenburg, Sweden, has signed an exclusive supply agreement...
  62. An inflatable cover for a seatbelt improves the safety of automobile occupants, accor...
  63. In US Patent 6 340 522, two inventors describe how to make fibres with three-dimensio...
  64. Combining moisture management and improved thermal behaviour, a double jersey fabric ...
  65. The German textile research institute Deutsche Institut fur Verfahrenstechnik, Denken...
  66. A fabric treatment that imparts permanent, or at least substantially permanent, prope...
  67. A fabric that directs the flow from a supply to a distribution manifold in an automob...
  68. Donisthorpe & Co Ltd of Leicester, UK, has introduced a range of specialist sewin...
  69. Messier-Bugatti of Velizy-Villacoublay, France, has developed a novel needling techni...
  70. Belgium's Airflo Europe NV says it has found a way to improve the removal of particul...
  71. American Metric Corp has invented a drive system for braiding machines. In US Patent ...
  72. A circular knitting machine designed to make substrates for use in bitumen-impregnate...
  73. Two European companies have jointly developed a way to stretch--texturine yarns with ...
  74. A Dutch company has developed a method for manufacturing a yarn containing superabsor...
  75. A linear electric motor that effectively offers instantaneous braking of the yarn fee...
  76. US-based Cargill Inc is attempting to broaden the range of textile applications for p...
  77. Japan's Asahi Kasei KK has made a stretchable raschel warp-knit fabric that it claims...
  78. A&A Material Corp of Tokyo, Japan, claims to have found a way to reinforce concre...
  79. A Belgian company has discovered a way to extrude synthetic fibres that have fibrils ...
  80. Milliken & Co has invented a two-ply roofing membrane. According to European Pate...
  81. UK researchers have found a new way to impart twist to fibres and yarns. In Internat...
  82. Belgium's NV Bekaert has developed a type of crimped steel fibre in which adjoining c...
  83. A US company claims to have developed a system to allow fabrics to be heat-sealed, so...
  84. A material for fluid transfer is the subject of International Patent WO 00/73593. Use...
  85. Polymer Group Inc (PGI) says it has discovered how to produce hydroentangled nonwoven...
  86. A method and device for fibrillating strip-like textiles structures is the subject of...
  87. Foam Matrix Inc has patented a lightweight article with a high bending strength. I...
  88. A UK machinery builder has developed a system for making a combination textured yarn....
  89. A Korean discloses a water-soluble or water-repellent and antibacterial or flame-reta...
  90. Bayer Corp has developed a treatment to make cotton-based textiles easier to care for...
  91. UK researchers have successfully extruded auxetic materials to create filaments and f...
  92. Further refinements in making flexible penetration-resistant fabrics are reported by ...
  93. Japan's Showa Denko KK has revealed a novel method for making a woven fabric of carbo...
  94. Groz-Beckert KG has invented a loop pile hook module for use in a tufting machine. In...
  95. Belgian textile machinery manufacturer Picanol has set up a wholly owned but independ...
  96. Cargill Dow has opened a manufacturing facility for making commercial-grade plastics ...
  97. Canada's Fieldturf Inc proposes a novel type of synthetic turf in US Patent 6 338 885...
  98. A Belgian manufacturer proposes a metal-reinforced canvas that it claims resists cutt...
  99. US-based Glen Raven Mills Inc has disclosed a new way of making fabrics for outdoor u...
  100. Finnish manufacturer Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus has developed an artificial f...
  101. A US company has proposed a way to remove organic contaminants from liquids, gases an...
  102. A US company discloses a reinforced concrete in US Patent 6 345 483. Delta-Tie Inc o...
  103. The US Government has patented an unusual form of fibre-reinforced ceramic composite....
  104. The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies has been created at the Massachusetts Inst...
  105. Researchers at BASF Inc have created superconductive viscose rayon fibres. In US Pat...
  106. A US company has devised a way to make wet-layered nonwovens using metal fibres. I...
  107. Velcro USA Inc has developed a nonwoven that it can convert into a so-called "hook-en...
  108. A Japanese inventor says it has found a way to combine the lightweight characteristic...
  109. Bridgestone Metalpha Corp of Tokyo, Japan, is developing titanium fibres based on a s...
  110. In the latest of many attempts by Japanese companies to develop fibres and textiles w...
  111. An Italian inventor claims his multiple twist spindle can double production speeds an...
  112. Agricultural netting designed to help retain seeds on steep slopes is the subject of ...
  113. Shimadzu Corp of Kyoto and Tokyo-based Kanebo Ltd have jointly developed a fibre that...
  114. Inventio AG has developed a sheathed cable and a method for making it. The company fr...
  115. A US company is trying to commercialise yarns and fabrics made from Buffalo hair. Gre...
  116. A US inventor has revealed a fibre that has a low coefficient of friction. In US Pate...
  117. A device for producing spun yarn by means of an airflow acting in a twisting manner o...
  118. A needling technique developed by PPG Industries creates strong glass fibre fabrics w...
  119. A polymer core in a steel cord separates the filaments and so reduces fretting, accor...
  120. BBA Nonwovens Simpsonville Inc has developed a nonwoven that it claims is flame-resis...
  121. A Japanese company has used red phosphorus and ammonium polyphosphate to make flame-r...
  122. Belgian company NV Bekaert SA has designed a knitted metal fabric that it claims is m...
  123. Italian machine builder Lafer SpA, has developed a finishing range that, the company ...
  124. In US Patent 6 328 788, an inventor claims that a blend of polypropylene and poly-m-p...
  125. US Patent 6 238 768 discloses some the latest developments in the design and construc...
  126. Austrian fibre maker Lenzing AG has invented a type of dental floss based on the use ...
  127. A US company has invented a way of making meltblown lyocell fibres. Weyerhaeuser Co o...
  128. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved the use of a new generic term for ...
  129. A cut-resistant knitting yarn that is also anti-microbial is proposed in US Patent 6 ...
  130. Eastman Chemical proposes a polyester binder fibre for nonwovens that it claims has h...
  131. Morton Hyson of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, has invented a wrap with an interior compartm...
  132. DuPont has patented thermoplastic monofilaments containing glitter or film particles....
  133. A woven label can now contain a machine-readable code made up of dots that are woven ...
  134. Cordenka's modernization programme for its tyre cord converting plant in Germany is n...
  135. Water- or chemical-repellent fibres are the subjects of US Patent 6 287 689, filed by...
  136. A novel method of driving a needle in a tufting or sewing machine is the subject of a...
  137. Spider silk, a fibre five times stronger than steel by weight, has been grown from ge...
  138. A Japanese firm says it can apply colour to only one side of a running yarn, and can ...
  139. Introducing cheap inorganic particles to polyester before it is extruded and converte...
  140. US Patent 6 171 984 describes how to make a geosynthetic using glass fibres. PPG Ind...
  141. A spunbonded type of primary backing for carpets is the subject of International Pate...
  142. Danish inventors have proposed an enzymatic treatment that makes wool shrink-resistan...
  143. Agio Technologies LLC has developed a medical or vascular graft that contains an inor...
  144. Researchers in the US are addressing the problem of introducing dyes and other chemic...
  145. In US Patent 6 280 546, JHRG LLC of Spring Hope, North Carolina, USA, describes a way...
  146. A US manufacturer has invented a nonwoven water-blocking tape for use with cables. Ne...
  147. Fehrer has patented a design for the drive for a high-speed needleloom. In US Pate...
  148. A new type of selvedge allows higher weaving speeds, and reduces demands for maintena...
  149. A US company says it has invented a way of making spunbond nonwovens with increased b...
  150. The subject of US Patent 6 284 681 is a multi-layer reactive composite mat that the i...
  151. Traditionally, the shedding mechanism of the mechanical loom is by means of a heald f...
  152. Scott & Fyfe Ltd of Dundee, UK, has patented a reinforced panel based on a knitte...
  153. Collaboration between two US companies has resulted in a strong magnetic composite. ...
  154. A method for dyeing textiles with one or more fibre-reactive disperse dyestuffs in a ...
  155. A stitchbonded fabric designed especially to be used as an insert for lining athletic...
  156. Texaa has developed a decorative knit that the company from Gradignan, France, says c...
  157. In a refinement of its polypropylene fibres, Danish company FiberVisions has develope...
  158. Researchers in Canada are developing a plasma treatment that can make polyester fabri...
  159. DuPont has patented a carpet with a pile based on bulked filament yarns of poly(trime...
  160. 19) were then eliminated from any further assessment. For those patients assessed to ...
  161. In 1995, a wound care quality improvement program that included a structured methodol...
  162. Among patients with pressure ulcers, 38% (n = 563) were found to be incontinent of bo...
  163. Information related to topical management of the reported ulcers indicated a lack of ...
  164. Implications As previously stated, little information exists in the literature to de...
  165. 6. Graham DR. Nosohusial infections: complications of home intravenous therapy. Infec...
  166. ABSTRACT This article describes the design and implementation of the management of ag...
  167. At a recent meeting in Baltimore, MD, Grant Bagley, Director of Coverage and Analysis...
  168. Plainsboro, NJ, has received approval for funding of a Phase I grant from the Nationa...
  169. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has revised Section 35-10 of the cove...
  170. Ripple, Theodore "Ted" Was born to Eternal Life while surrounded by his loving fam...
  171. A Lawsuit--and More Analysis On November 18, 1997, as a result of litigation against...
  172. The published AHCPR pressure ulcer treatment guideline makes no mention that the 5 ES...
  173. Health care insurers and practitioners are likely to demand development of standards ...
  174. 9. Lundeberg T, Kjartansson J, Samuelsson U. Effect of electrical nerve stimulation o...
  175. 26. Gardner SE, Frantz RA. The effect of electrical stimulation on chronic wound heal...
  176. Copyright Springhouse Corporation Nov/Dec 1999 Provided by ProQuest Information and L...
  177. WOUND & SKIN CARE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION can help speed wound healing by increasing ...
  178. Abstract In the individual with diabetes mellitus, foot ulceration represents the si...
  179. THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH a bum injury is an underst...
  180. SUPPOSE YOU WERE LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND YOU HEARD A warning about a hurricane hea...
  181. Coloplast Corporation. Marietta, GA, and Kinetic Concepts, Inc (KCI), San Antonio, TX...
  182. A new educational tool is now available to help caregivers in nursing facilities iden...
  183. Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive validity of the Bra...
  184. My goal in writing the editorials that appear in this journal is to address contempor...
  185. I would like to point out an error in the article National Examination Blueprint: Inf...
  186. Researchers at Ohio State University have found that increased levels of the hormone ...
  187. Abstract In order to communicate important data in a timely and concise fashion, com...
  188. Editor's note: With this issue, Advances in Wound Care introduces a revamped Letters ...
  189. Gaymar Industries. Inc Pressure ulcer video. Gaymar Industries, Inc, Orchard Park, N...
  190. An excellent article by Salzberg et all presents a tool that can be used to evaluate ...
  191. Correcting Myths about Skin and Wound Care Under IPS By Kathy Shaum, MS In the July...
  192. Dermagraft-Transitional Covering), for the treatment of partial-thickness burns. This...
  193. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE ASKED A GROUP OF HEALTH CARE professionals what they needed to k...
  194. SPECIAL REPORT 7-8 April 1999, Boston, MA AMONG PEOPLE WITH DIABETES, 15% WILL expe...
  195. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE SKIN AND WOUND CARE INDUSTRY is part of the global economy...
  196. Abstract OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers in...
  197. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF WOUND Management (AAWM) grew out of a 1995 conversation betwe...
  198. SUSAN DANIELS PLACED HER MOTHER, Blanche, in a nursing home after the older woman had...
  199. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF WOUND MANAGEMENT (AAWM) is grateful to the editors and publis...