Over the past 20 years, sandwich panels have increasingly come to serve as the backbone of flooring, wall, and partition manufacturing for aircraft design. Fabricated by sandwiching a relatively thick sheet of honeycomb core between two ...
The U.S. has better broadband service than some critics give it credit for, with speeds, availability and prices that are competitive with many other developed nations, according to a new study from a tech-focused think tank. While the ...
Africa has become a battleground for low-to-mid-range smartphones following high-profile launches of products from leading manufacturers in the last two months. In Kenya last month, Safaricom, the region's largest mobile carrier, launched ...
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Vogue Knitting LIVE, the "Comic-Con of the fiber arts world" is making its first stop in Seattle on April 5th to 7th at the Meydenbauer Convention Center. The event features: • More than 200 classes, taught by some of the world's ...
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CRAiLAR Technologies Inc, which produces and markets CRAiLAR, a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, has entered a development agreement with Cotswold Industries Inc. to encompass sustainable pocketing and waist banding for ...
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Jimmy Roppolo, an El Campo, TX, ginner, was named the 2012 Horace Hayden National Cotton Ginner of the Year. He was recognized on February 9 during the 2013 annual meeting of the Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) ...
Arvind is gearing up to launch its latest range of stretch denim fabrics with LYCRA fiber at the much awaited ‘LYCRA RENDEZVOUS’. This launch will bring together the best of INVISTA’s textile innovations together with the ...
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Lenzing, worldwide leader in the production of innovative cellulose fibers, has been selected by the Underfashion Club, Inc. as a FEMMY 2013 Honoree in the Supplier category. Andreas Dorner, Lenzing’s Global Marketing Director for ...
National Cotton Council economists say cotton’s 2013 outlook will be influenced by China’s policy decisions and continued competition from man-made fiber (MMF). Dr. Gary Adams, the NCC’s vice president Economics & Policy ...
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The most modern fiber plant worldwide The most modern fiber production line in the world is currently being built in Lenzing, Austria. The combined expertise and technologies of the Lenzing and the Tencel Group, which were recently ...
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CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. which produces and markets CRAiLAR, a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, has been named to the 2013 TSX Venture 50, a list assembled based on quantitative measurement of top performing publicly ...
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A Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team says it successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography provides a means of ...
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The Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) has welcomed The Siemon Company—a player in copper and fiber networking solutions—as a new member. “We view CCCA as a strong industry association and an ...
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John A. Burch was elected the 2013 president of Cotton Council International (CCI). “CCI is the best in the world promoting cotton, and I am proud to be leading such an organization,” said Burch, vice president of sales for ...
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Diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany says that its new fiber-coupled tailored bar (T-bar) module meets the critical metric of <1kg/kW of overall module weight to optical output power, while maintaining nearly 50% efficiency. In terms ...
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