Medical Textiles

27th Oct 2021

Kerry Logistics Network (KLN) and Hengan group, the leading producer of hygiene consumables in China, have set up a joint venture company to create synergy in the business-to-business (B2B) bulk distribution and wholesale market of medical, healthcare, and hygiene products. KLN, headquartered in Hong Kong, offers a broad range of supply chain solutions.

19th Oct 2021

Medtecs, the leading provider of PPE and hospital services from Taiwan, is displaying its three main PPE lines to prevent health-care associated infections (HAIs), at INDEX20, in booth Medtecs, 1225. The leading nonwovens exhibition, organised by European Disposables and Nonwovens Association (EDANA) in Geneva is a three-day event that starts today.

6th Oct 2021

Scientists from the US, Australia and South Korea have developed a new way to deposit metal coating on fabrics and shown that the coating adhered more strongly to fabric than some conventional metal coatings, and eradicated 99 per cent of several common microbes within five minutes. They used liquid gallium to create the antiviral and antimicrobial...

2nd Oct 2021

US’ Merrow Manufacturing and Precision Fabrics Group (PFG) have mobilised their resources to alleviate shortages, sub-standard design, highly variable quality and increased prices of PPE by domestically producing reusable Level 1 and 2 isolation gowns. The gown was created in collaboration with infection prevention nurses and medical product engineers.

1st Oct 2021

Scientists at Washington University in St Louis have used microbes to make synthetic muscles. They used a synthetic chemistry approach to polymerise proteins inside engineered microbes. This enabled the microbes to produce the high molecular weight muscle protein, titin - one of the three major proteins of muscle tissue - which was then spun into...

29th Sep 2021

Encompass, a leading developer of reusable textiles, professional apparel, and disposable medical products, has been awarded a contract with US-based Vizient to supply healthcare apparel uniforms. Vizient members will have access to a full line of safe and comfortable Encompass Healthcare Apparel including, Jockey and Fundamentals scrubs and Meta Lab...

24th Sep 2021

Scientists at Rice University have made regular apparel conductive by using nanotube thread. They have sewed nanotube fibres into athletic wear which can be used to monitor heart rate and take a continual electrocardiogram (EKG) of the wearer. The fibres are as conductive as metal wires. These are washable, comfortable and less likely to break in...

21st Sep 2021

Interweave Textiles, a healthcare textiles supplier, has announced the acquisition of healthcare and emergency services supply manufacturer, Orvecare. Using the knowledge of over 40 years’ manufacturing experience and with the aid of qualified clinicians, Orvecare has designed a range of cost-effective products to aid with patient and clinician safety.

6th Aug 2021

Scientists at the University of Georgia have produced a new composite material with properties ideal for medical products such as masks and bandages. The material, produced using nonwovens and cotton, is stretchable, breathable and absorbent. It is comfortable on skin and easier to compost, therefore, better for the environment than the materials in...