Archive: 2021

A flexible anchor composed of nonwoven electrospun fibres for coupling a suture to a bone has been developed by Zimmer Biomet (formerly Biomet Sports Medicine).

Carmakers are beginning to shift away from offering a leather upholstery option in their vehicles, replacing them with vegan leather or other synthetic alternatives.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and the Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC), an affiliate of Taiwan’s Shin Kong Group, have signed a co-operation...

The government of Azerbaijan plans to turn the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the recently annexed territories from Armenia as a result of a military conflict, into a...

A major problem in healing wounds associated with high bacterial loads is tissue damage due to the release of toxins and enzymes and the possible...

Automotive parts manufacturer Faurecia says innovation for sustainable materials is taking place across all its business groups and within the Sustainable and Smart Product Line.

A soft, flexible sensor made with electrically conductive yarns could be used to determine pressure points in the socket of an amputee’s prosthetic limb, according...

The latest addition to JetBlue’s fleet features Ultraleather Promessa AV, a performance fabric from manufacturer Ultrafabrics and its partner Tapis.

Volvo Cars Malaysia has produced a reusable antimicrobial face mask in collaboration with NanoTextile as part of the companies’ sustainability efforts.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is expected to approve a loan of US$70m to Indorama Agro for the development of the cotton...

MGR Foamtex, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of passenger upholstery systems for premium cabin seating, has announced that its antimicrobial MGRSafeWall product...

Johns Manville has installed a €10m (US$12m) thermal recycling unit for waste glass fibres at its engineered products plant in Trnava, Slovakia.

For the past couple of decades, scientists and engineers have been following nature’s lead, designing molecules that assemble themselves in water, with the goal of...

Implementing sustainable clean energy practices in the clothing sector will make Cambodia an attractive and competitive investment destination, according to the Global Green Growth Institute.

In another development at University of California San Diego, a colour-changing test strip can be attached to a face mask and used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a...

Airbag Inside Sweden has developed Airbag Jeans, a prototype pair of super-strong jeans that have concealed airbags inside the legs that offer riders impact protection.