nylon news

17th Jul 2022

Germany’s Puma has signed five-time Olympic champion and fastest woman alive, Elaine Thompson-Herah. The 30-year-old Jamaican will further boost the company’s impressive roster of track and field athletes ahead of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Puma is a leading sports brand for footwear, apparel, and accessories.

15th Jul 2022

Ontex Group NV, a leading international supplier of personal care products such as baby pants, adult diapers and feminine hygiene products, has opened a new facility in Stokesdale, part of Rockingham County in the US state of North Carolina. The new plant currently employs nearly 100 people and manufactures baby diapers for retailers and lifestyle...

14th Jul 2022

H.B. Fuller Company has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership in North America with Enimac, an international tape application equipment manufacturer that serves over 100 customers in more than 30 countries. Enimac was founded in 2013 by Biemme Adesivi Srl, who has 50 years of experience in tape application and converting.

13th Jul 2022

Nonwovens innovators will convene in-person for RISE – Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics Conference – a premier conference on nonwovens science and technology, on September 27-28 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, US. The 12th edition returns live to Talley Student Union after being held virtually over the last 2 years.

13th Jul 2022

Global automotive textile market is expected to reach 3.310 million ton by 2023 with an annual growth of 5.75 per cent. Indian automotive textile market is likely to have the fastest growth at 12.28 per cent. But China will remain the biggest market with a growth of 9.30 per cent and a market size of 1.118 million ton which would be one third of the...

13th Jul 2022

Loomia Technologies has joined hands with Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) to develop highly tactile, heated handwear that could be applicable to both commercial/recreational and military customers. Loomia's patented e-textile technology is a soft, flexible circuit technology that can be embedded into a wide variety of fabrics and...

12th Jul 2022

SHL Healthcare AB has established a Textile Center of Excellence (TCX) in Boras, Sweden, to extend and streamline support for early project phases in close collaboration with customers. The facility is strategically situated inside the Textile Fashion Center and adjacent to a cluster of industry experts such as Smart Textile and University of Boras.

12th Jul 2022

Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto in Finland has successfully started up a new Andritz pilot line for research and development work on post-consumer textile recycling. The process is designed to ensure the total absence of metallic material in the fibres and remove hard, non-textile items using cleaning devices, highly sensitive metal traps, and metal...

8th Jul 2022

Medicfibers, an IIT Delhi incubated start-up, and AIIMS New Delhi, have developed an antimicrobial solution, Viroclog, that when applied as a coating on textiles, provides long-lasting protection against HAI by reducing virus, bacteria, fungi survival on fabric. The tests were performed at AIIMS New Delhi, IIT Delhi, IISc Bangalore, and NABL accredited ...