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3rd Dec 2020

The Indian ministry of textiles recently issued a notification inviting proposals from registered exporter associations and trade bodies for setting up a dedicated Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Technical Textiles. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in a meeting on February 26, 2020, had approved the constitution of such a dedicated EPC.

3rd Dec 2020

INDA, the association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, has released a North American nonwovens industry outlook, 2019-2024. INDA’s report provides analysis across all of the nonwoven end-use markets, including 133 disposable and 129 durable categories, to provide comprehensive and accurate view available of the total North American nonwovens industry.

3rd Dec 2020

Scientists at the Skoltech Centre for Design, Manufacturing and Materials have created multifunctional materials by adding carbon nanoparticles to polymer matrices, which allow self-diagnostic monitoring. The work is part of a multiphase project, designed to create self-sensing materials which can be produced using existing industrial manufacturing...

2nd Dec 2020

Addcomposites’ plug-n-produce platform, the AFP-XS, is now in operation at Compositadour, a French technological platform specialising in advanced manufacturing. This will increase the access to advanced composites manufacturing to a wider industry. Compositadour has been working to expand use of advanced composites beyond the aerospace sector.

2nd Dec 2020

Deflect project, a part of European research programme Clean Sky, has developed four multifunctional integrable fire-proof panels for greener aircraft. These can be used for building aircraft electrical cabinets for power distribution. These will contribute to Clean Sky 2's environmental objectives by reducing weight, volume, and integrating functions.

2nd Dec 2020

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of technology have found a way to pattern hundreds-of-metres-long multimaterial fibres with embedded functional elements. Multimaterial fibres that integrate metal, glass and semiconductors will be useful in biomedicine, smart textiles and robotics. But, positioning functional elements has been difficult.

1st Dec 2020

NAWA Technologies, pioneer of energy storage systems based on vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNT), has set up NAWA America, a new US-based company focused on industrialising advanced composite materials. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NAWA America will bring multifunctional ultra-strong composites to market, and widen the range of their applications.

1st Dec 2020

Lucy Houchin, director of corporate marketing for IDI Composites International (IDI) and Norplex-Micarta has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA). ACMA provides information to the composites industry, lobby for the composites industry, and develops and expands markets for composite...

1st Dec 2020

Ferguson has taken over Atlantic Construction Fabrics, a geotextile company operating along the East coast. ACF adds a large geographic footprint along the East Coast and additional geotextile capabilities, diversifying Ferguson’s waterworks business and complementing its existing customer offering in geosynthetics, erosion control and stormwater...