9th Nov 2020
Boeing has approved Stratasys' Antero 800NA thermoplastic for its repertoire of 3D printing capabilities. The qualification implies that the high-temperature material can now be used on flight parts for Boeing planes. It is the first material from Stratasys qualified by Boeing for use in applications with elevated chemical resistance or fatigue...
9th Nov 2020
Ahlstrom-Munksjo has announced that it has strengthened the long-term strategy development and deepened its innovation and sustainability focus by extending the group executive management team. Ahlstrom-Munksjo is a global leader in fibre-based materials, supplying innovative, and sustainable solutions to its customers, which is headquartered in...
6th Nov 2020
The government of Belgium's Flemish region has set aside €30 million for a variety of environmental projects, including recycling of disposable nappies, secretary of state for poverty reduction Zuhal Demir has said. "If we can manage to roll out a recycling project that gives nappies a second life, we can make the mountain of waste even smaller," Demir ...
6th Nov 2020
Glatfelter, a supplier of engineered materials, has elected Darrel Hackett, president, Bank of Montreal (BMO) wealth management, US, to the board of directors, effective November 1, 2020. The company's solutions are found in tea and single-serve coffee filtration, personal hygiene and packaging products, and in home improvement and industrial...
6th Nov 2020
Kuraray Kuraflex has announced that its Kuraflex counter cloth, a nonwoven kitchen wipe for hygiene control, has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), as conforming to the FSC certification system, an international certification system associated with forest management. The company manufactures and sells nonwoven fabrics and products.
6th Nov 2020
In order to better serve its customers and improve delivery times of filter fabrics to the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, Valmet, one of the leading suppliers of filter fabrics and industrial textiles globally, has decided to invest in filter fabric manufacturing in Pune, India. The new unit will start operation in the second quarter of 2021.
5th Nov 2020
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings has signed an amendment to the definitive agreement between Spirit AeroSystems (Spirit) and Spirit AeroSystems Global Holdings (Spirit UK), wholly owned subsidiaries of the company, and Bombardier, Bombardier Aerospace UK, Bombardier Finance and Bombardier Services Corporation (collectively, the Bombardier Sellers).
5th Nov 2020
RAMPF composite solutions, a leader in carbon fibre and composites, has begun operations in its new factory. The 73,400 square feet facility features state-of-the-art infrastructure for the production of premium carbon fibre and fiberglass composites parts for the aerospace, defence, industrial, medical, high-end consumer, and green transportation...
5th Nov 2020
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, PureAir Filtration has initiated a strategic collaboration with Noble Biomaterials, leader in antimicrobial and conductivity solutions for soft-surface applications. The two have come out with an antimicrobial fibre called FiberShield that can be used as an added fabric layer in particulate filters to help fight microbes.