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Demand for Cell Foam Applications Increasing with Medical Innovations
Analysts predict that the worldwide demand for medical foam will reach $31 billion by the year 2025. While many industries have used foams for years the medical industry...
Cooling Technical Textile Developed by Stanford Engineers
Technical textiles are being constantly developed to innovate the way medicine is practiced and to reshape patient experience. However, textiles are something that the...
The Impact of Flexible Materials Sourcing on Supply Chain Management
Getting from raw material to a final product is a multifaceted process that is prone to errors, inefficiencies, and delays. In the advanced flexible materials, the...
Thoughts From a Material Sourcing Millennial
It’s Monday morning and I have 5 material sourcing projects laying on my desk that I need to work through before my 10 AM sales call where I need to deliver updates to...
5 Tests Critical to the End Use Applications of Nonwovens
Nonwovens testing of physical and mechanical properties are essential to determining their end-use applications. For example, if a nonwoven has high absorptive capacity,...
3 Keys to Strong Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management plays a key role in the success of any business. Building a strong relationship with your suppliers within your supply chain will allow you to...
Don’t Let Your Supplier Write Your Material Specification
This seems obvious, doesn’t it? After all, it's your specification so why would you let another interested party define something so critical to you and your...
Understanding Composite Materials: Tapes
At first thought tapes sound like a simple concept; a long, narrow piece of material that is sticky on one side and used to hold things together. However, in the world...
How to Successfully Search Online for Advanced Flexible Materials
The process of online search and discovery has become a daily part of our lives. The days of walking blindly into a shop, picking through some things, and making a...
Effectively Dual Source a Supply Chain for Advanced Flexible Materials
In advanced flexible materials markets dual sourcing is frequently discussed and commonly required, but how well it is executed is often times a different story. Most...