UCR scientists look to shrimp’s club arm for materials and design

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

A four-inch tropical mantis shrimp with a power-packed punching arm is the newest darling of material scientists at the Bourns College of Engineering, University of California–Riverside. The shrimp, or stomatopod, has a bright orange fist-like club that accelerates faster under water than a 22…
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Researchers produce viable alternative to ITO

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News, Markets

Indium tin oxide (ITO) is the main conductive material currently used in electronics, but as a finite resource is becoming increasingly expensive. A research team at the University of Exeter, Devon, U.K., found a viable alternative to ITO, GraphExeter, a transparent, lightweight and flexible materia…
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Lenzing fibers certified as compostable

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Nonwovens made from Lenzing Tencel® and Viscose® fibers are based on a renewable raw material: wood. The Lenzing Group, headquartered in Austria, has closed the biological circle on its nonwoven household wipes, which the Belgian certification company Vincotte has declared suitable for both …
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Sixty-five years and counting for Cooley chairman

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

On Sept. 18, P. Robert Siener Jr. joined a distinguished group of octogenarians who still serve as chairmen of successful companies, a group that includes Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway), Sumner Redstone (CBS Corp.) and J.W. Marriott Jr. (Marriott International). Siener celebrated 65 years with …
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Goldstein joins Adhesives Research Inc. as market manager

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Doug Goldstein has joined Adhesives Research Inc., Glen Rock, Pa., as market manager for the company’s pressure-sensitive adhesives, tapes, coatings, films, laminates and engineered microfiber technologies. He has 20 years of experience in the coating and laminating industry, and holds a B.S. …
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TMI promotes three key employees to meet growing demands

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

TMI LLC has promoted three key employees as the company works to meet the growing demand for its complete line of PVC-based environmental products and energy control doors. Chris Cummings has been promoted to division manager for TMI’s Save-T Solutions department, which provides energy control…
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Apple joins The Victor Group to head new development initiatives

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Machell Apple has joined The Victor Group, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada, a textile manufacturer specializing in sustainable and innovative fabrics, in a newly created position: director of new development initiatives. She will use her combined 24 years experience in the textile industry to identify…
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DASH Multi-Corp announces vice president of its Textile Group

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News

DASH Multi-Corp Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has announced the appointment of Alan Prelutsky as vice president of its Textile Group, which produces coated, solution dyed and laminated fabrics for many industrial applications, including the marine, awning, military and safety markets. Prelutsky has worked a…
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Report on nonwoven production in 2011

November 1, 2012  |  Industry News, Markets

EDANA’s annual statistics on nonwovens; University of Washington opens U.S. Census Bureau Research Data Center. EDANA, the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has released a public summary of its annual statistics on “Nonwovens Production and Deliverie…
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Bast fiber processing large-scale trial

October 30, 2012  |  Industry News

Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT), Vancouver, B.C., Canada, developed the CRAiLAR® enzymatic technology for processing bast fibers (including flax, hemp, jute and kenaf). Working under a third-party manufacturing agreement with Barnhardt Mfg. Co., Charlotte, N.C., NAT has completed its fin…
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