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Last week we were happy to celebrate Spring Festival with our Chinese colleague Amanda via a fun culture-sharing event. During the day, we learnt more about the origin and traditions of the most important annual celebration for Chinese culture, enjoyed tasty festival food, wrote down our New Year blessing in Chinese characters on red ornaments […]

Over the past 12-months, the washable superabsorbent fabrics manufactured by Technical Absorbents Ltd (TAL) have become increasingly popular within the reusable hygiene market. During that time, not only has TAL received a huge amount interest from companies looking to create new, or improve their current range of, period and incontinence products, it has achieved Oekotex

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s TAL’s Commercial Director Paul Rushton volunteering as a motorcycle rider for a specialist medical logistics company. In his spare time, Paul helps the NHS by transporting blood, blood products, biological samples, surgical instruments, medical notes, drugs and radioactive materials for Bloodfast EVS based in Hull.

UK Charity Champion Chanzige reached out to Technical Absorbents in late 2021 about its washable superabsorbent fabric technology. The aim of the charity is to empower teachers and students in Kisarwere District of Tanzania to have a brighter future. As part of this work they run workshops to provide education about certain topics, including regular

By Dr John Rose: Product Development Director As someone who has worked for many years in the coatings industry, I am used to watch things dry! An early thought when I joined Technical Absorbents (TAL) was “would watching fabrics dry be more interesting than paint?” However, more importantly, how could TAL repeatedly and reproducibly replicate

UK Charity Champion Chanzige reached out to Technical Absorbents late last year to enquire if our absorbent SAFTM fabrics would be suitable for use in reusable period products that are made as part of a wider project they support in the Kisarwere District of Tanzania. The aim of the charity is to empower teachers and

As women seek a more diverse range of products that they can not only rely on, but that suit their lifestyle choices, the feminine hygiene sector has begun to witness a move away from the dependence on single-use disposables. Finding a product that feels and fits like underwear – yet still offers the performance and

Technical Absorbents (TAL) is delighted to have received not one, but two awards at this year’s Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards – organised by the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce. Held virtually, the event attracted a number of local businesses who were shortlisted for awards across a number of different categories. Technical Absorbents is delighted

One of the world’s leading helmet manufacturers has found a novel use for one of our superabsorbent SAF fabrics. French brand SHARK has integrated a strip of the fabric inside the helmets worn by its riders on the MotoGP circuit, to absorb the sweat so that it doesn’t impair their vision. Founded by former professional

Technical Absorbents Limited (TAL) has developed a new grade of superabsorbent fibre (SAF) specifically for use within a new range of SAF fabrics that are more resistant to shrinkage. The new SAF was developed in response to the demand from the medical industry for a superabsorbent fabric suitable for use in advanced wound pad dressings.