footwear leathers news

20th Apr 2022

Canada’s Centennial College and its partners have received $4 million in multi-year funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to develop products for the global e-textile market, as well as to assist small and medium-sized enterprises in the transportation, food production, energy and advanced manufacturing sectors.

20th Apr 2022

Saertex and Terre de Lin have launched a collaboration for non-crimp fabrics with flax fibres for the marine and sports and leisure segments. The partnership of the two companies aims to combine Saertex´s expertise in reinforcement materials with the large capacity of one of the world´s biggest suppliers of sustainable flax fibres, Terre de Lin.

19th Apr 2022

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and collaborators at Rhode Island School of Design have designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations, then into electrical signals. Inspired by the human ear, a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals.

18th Apr 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has published a peer-reviewed study confirming that patented Goldshield antimicrobial continuously kills COVID-19 and its variants 100 per cent on PPE and other materials for days. Goldshield Technologies is a Life Sciences company that developed the Goldshield cleaning system.

15th Apr 2022

AstenJohnson, a textile manufacturer headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with roots dating back to 1790, has selected Waco, Texas as the location for its eighth North American location. The company will invest over the next two years to build the 220,000 square foot facility. Waco and McLennan County provided incentives supporting the project.

15th Apr 2022

Suominen’s Hydraspun Aquaflo product has won the Nonwoven Product Achievement Award at the recently held IDEA22 conference in Miami. Hydraspun Aquaflo was selected from the three finalists in the nonwovens category and acknowledges the contribution of the product towards sustainability. Suominen has raised the moist toilet tissue segment to a new level.

15th Apr 2022

Borealis, Austria’s advanced and circular polyolefin solutions provider and Grabher, a manufacturer of high-tech textiles, have joined hands for plastics that safeguard human health while helping minimise waste. Grabher has initiated a collect-and-recycle scheme for used face masks which turns them into value-added products such as oil absorption...

14th Apr 2022

Registration is now open for the World of Wipes (WOW) International Conference, which is returning for its 16th edition, from June 27-30, at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago. Industry participants are looking forward to a dynamic, information-packed conference focused exclusively on the wipes sector and making business connections face-to-face.

14th Apr 2022

The Ontario government is protecting people against emergencies with a legislation to ensure that a healthy and robust stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) and critical supplies and equipment (CSE) is available at all times. The Personal Protective Equipment Supply and Production Act, 2022 (PPESPA) is the first legislation of its kind in...