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• Materials KTN Technical Textiles Industrial Advisory Board

  20/07/10
  Meeting in Manchester - 18th May 2010.. more>>

• Textile Lamination and Coating Conference

  20/07/10
  Cannes, France - 4-5th Nov 2010.. more>>

• Powering Technical Textiles

  20/07/10
  One Day Conference - 15th April 2010.. more>>

• New DuPont Capstone(TM) Products to provide benefits for Fabric Finishes

  22/01/09
  DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise announces the imminent availability of new products for fabric protection.... more>>

• FREE Breakfast Briefing with NW TEXNET

  16/12/08
  NWtexnet is organising a Breakfast Briefing on January 12th, 2009 - the topic is ADVANCED SKILLS FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS TRAINING TODAY FOR THE INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE.... more>>

• HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR REACH?

  08/12/08
  What is REACH?What do I have to do?.. more>>

• THREE YEAR SKILLS PLAN TO DELIVER WORLD CLASS WORKFORCE IN FASHION AND TEXTILES

  12/11/08
  A new ?24.5 million agreement between government and the Fashion and Textiles industries to help beat skill shortages.... more>>

• SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH INITIATIVE (SBRI) - Healthcare Associated Infections

  20/10/08
  The Technology Strategy Board and the Department of Health's NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programmes are pleased to announce that the pilot SBRI competition in Healthcare Associated Infections is now open... more>>

• Genetically Modified Textiles - Opinion Divided

  06/10/08
  Readers of this article provided by Just Style.com will need to be registered to see the full content.... more>>

• Biologically Inspired Textiles

  11/09/08
  In a world of fast moving electronic technologies it is refreshing to encounter a book that champions advances made by mimicking nature.... more>>

• Applied DNA Sciences to mark Yorkshire Textiles and Fabrics with SigNature DNA

  10/09/08
  Applied DNA Sciences today announced that it will utlilize its SigNature DNA to mark Yorkshire Textiles.... more>>

• Lords report suggests fast fashion crackdown

  22/08/08
  The UK Government has been warned that the country's fast fashion culture allows consumers to discard garments they have barely warn.... more>>

• REACH Seminars for East Midlands and Yorkshire

  06/08/08
  The British Clothing Industry Association is organising seminars.... more>>

• Launch of the National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme

  28/07/08
  Following the the successful launch of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme on 16th July, speakers' presentations are now available.... more>>

• Overseas Export Market Visits

  22/07/08
  EMTEX, in conjunction with UK Trade and Investment, are offering a package of support to individual eligible companies to undertake export market visits to the Far East.... more>>

• Future Textiles scoops SPARK Award

  03/07/08
  Aidan Tracey, founder of Future Textiles, is one of nine companies who have won SPARK Awards.... more>>

• Value of Nano-enabled Products to Reach USD166.6 billion in 2008

  25/06/08
  Cientifica releases the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report (NOR)... more>>

• DEFRA announce funded Clothing Roadmap Projects

  12/06/08
  Defra, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, have announced an Expression of Interest for roadmap projects... more>>

• New grants to combat toxic chemicals

  12/06/08
  Cornell University fibre scientist works with US Government to create fabrics to render toxic chemicals harmless.... more>>

• Innovation Platform - Components and Materials for Low Impact Buildings

  12/06/08
  Details about this Technology Strategy Board initiative are now available... more>>

• 2nd Sustainable Clothing Roadmap Stakeholder Meeting

  11/06/08
  The summary report of the 2nd Sustainable Clothing Roadmap Stakeholder meeting on 31st March 2008 is now available.... more>>

• PhD Studentship - Advanced Composite Materials

  11/06/08
  The School of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Nottingham, is seeking a suitable PhD candidate to join it's Polymer Composites Research Group... more>>

• Innovation for Innovation (i4i)

  11/06/08
  The Innovation for Innovation (i4i) programme of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is a direct response to the need to speed up the innovation process.... more>>

• Standards for Medical Materials Workshop

  09/06/08
  The presentations from the Standards for Medical Workshop held on June 5th are now available to download .. more>>

• Health Technologies KTN News

  07/05/08
  Industry Interchange Programme: Short term exchange of researchers between the science base and industry.. more>>

• Chris Carr of Manchester University receives award

  28/04/08
  Professor Chris Carr, School of Materials at Manchester University, has been elected as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Dyers and has been awarded The Worshipful Company of Weavers Silver Medal... more>>

• Textiles and Paper at Manchester Helps Tanzania Textiles

  25/04/08
  The School of Materials, Textiles and Paper, at Manchester University, will be supporting the initiatives of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation in establishing a programme to develop the infrastructure of the Tanzanian Textiles industry... more>>

• Protective Textiles

  25/04/08
  This market comprises clothing and other textile-based systems accessories and related services whose main function is to protect the user. .. more>>

• Manchester Textiles Goes Nanofibre!

  25/04/08
  Textiles and Paper, within the School of Materials at the University of Manchester, with the support of The Clothworkers' Livery Company, are investing in a new nanofibre production facility to create the 'technology pipeline' to supply their world leading weaving and knitting facilities with 'raw' material to engineer the next generation of Technical Textiles... more>>

• European agency urges pre-registration of REACH chemicals

  24/04/08
  The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the operating body for the EU's new Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) legislation, has called for companies to prepare for the pre-registration of chemicals, which will happen between 1 June and 1 December 2008... more>>

• EPSRC Industrial CASE Awards 2008 Call for Applications

  21/04/08
  The Materials KTN is pleased to announce that the EPSRC has allocated to it four Industrial CASE Studentships to award, for 2008. .. more>>

• Toray Textiles Healthcare

  17/04/08
  Toray Textiles Healthcare brand See it Safe hits the NHS to assist in the fight against MRSA.. more>>