nylon news

1st Oct 2021

Ontex has announced that manufacturing at its plant in Mayen, Germany will be phased out by mid-2022. Mayen will become an excellence centre for global process engineering, global product technology and market adaptation baby care, and will bring innovations faster to the consumers. The Global Excellence Centre will be operational as of January 2022.

1st Oct 2021

Scientists at Washington University in St Louis have used microbes to make synthetic muscles. They used a synthetic chemistry approach to polymerise proteins inside engineered microbes. This enabled the microbes to produce the high molecular weight muscle protein, titin - one of the three major proteins of muscle tissue - which was then spun into...

30th Sep 2021

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is set to host the Hygienix 2021 live, in-person conference from November 15-18, 2021, in Scottsdale, Arizona for the global absorbent hygiene and personal care markets. The conference will focus on post-pandemic opportunities, sustainability, new technologies, and award-winning products.

30th Sep 2021

Sabic has introduced Noryl GTX 9500 resin, a new addition to a range of unfilled Noryl GTX resin grades, which delivers excellent dimensional stability under hot and humid conditions, addressing the challenge for highly demanding automotive applications. Ranked among the leading petrochemicals manufacturers, Sabic is a company based in Riyadh, Saudi...

29th Sep 2021

Encompass, a leading developer of reusable textiles, professional apparel, and disposable medical products, has been awarded a contract with US-based Vizient to supply healthcare apparel uniforms. Vizient members will have access to a full line of safe and comfortable Encompass Healthcare Apparel including, Jockey and Fundamentals scrubs and Meta Lab...

29th Sep 2021

SVP Global Ventures Ltd, India's largest compact cotton yarn manufacturer, is foraying into technical textiles. The company is investing around ₹100 crore in setting up a 4,375 MT per annum green-field facility for technical textiles at Jhalawar, Rajasthan. Commercial production is expected to commence in the new unit within 12 to 15 months.

29th Sep 2021

The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) hosted its first in-person event, the annual Outlook conference, from August 29-31, 2021 at Hilton Head Island, SC. Turnout and engagement showed that the industry was ready to learn, network, and reconnect personally. The forum highlighted topics about military textiles and fibre markets.

28th Sep 2021

Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials Japan (MCAM) have announced the development of a thermoplastic composite material (FRTP) which offers flame retardancy, high production performance, and recyclability. Mitsubishi Chemical is a chemical producer, supplying different sectors from automotive and electronics to medical and...

28th Sep 2021

Five strong organisations, Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), Inapal Plásticos, Benet Automotive, CSP Victall, and Teijin Automotive Centre Europe (TACE), have come together under a single brand to form Teijin Automotive technologies. Teijin is a leader in composite materials and solutions for the worldwide mobility industry which is based in Japan.