technology announcement news

13th Jan 2023

Germany’s Mann+Hummel has unveiled a strategic investment in M-Filter, one of the filter manufacturing companies in Northern and Eastern Europe with several production facilities in Finland and Lithuania. The company has specialised in different areas of filtration, including air ventilation filters, HEPA filters and oil/hydraulic filters for engines.

12th Jan 2023

Norco Composites has named Carl Partridge as its sales director. The UK-based company is a leading producer of lightweight composite structures and innovative GRP mouldings and supplies it to all its customers all over the world. As a GRP manufacturer, the company meets the requirement of its customers for cost-effective high quality fibreglass...

11th Jan 2023

Burlington is showcasing Synatural at the ongoing Outdoor Retailer Snow Show in Salt Lake City, Utah. A greener stretch option, Synatural is a unique fabric collection that features planet-positive yarn technology with natural fibre-like aesthetics, engineered for adaptable fabric solutions with lasting comfort and multifunctional performance.

11th Jan 2023

By using a high share of recycled content in its Evolon materials, German firm Freudenberg Performance Materials (Freudenberg) offers technical packaging textiles with a 35 per cent reduction in carbon footprint. An independent life cycle assessment (LCA) study showed additional benefits such as energy resource savings and lower water use.

11th Jan 2023

UK-based Technical Absorbents Ltd (TAL), manufacturer of washable superabsorbent fabrics, has attained OEKO-TEX certification for its washable fabric technology. TAL has received interest from several companies in the reusable hygiene market looking to create new or improve their current range of period and incontinence products over the past year.

11th Jan 2023

Switzerland’s Autoneum has signed an agreement to acquire the automotive business of Borgers. The transaction is expected to close in April 2023. The enterprise value paid amounts to €117 million. The transaction will be financed through a new credit facility which is available in addition to the syndicated loan of CHF 350 million renewed in October...

6th Jan 2023

Braskem, a polyolefins producer in the Americas and a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, has announced the acquisition of Taulman3D, a leading 3D filament supplier of nylon, recycled PETG, and PET filaments to aerospace, automotive, healthcare, industrial, government and higher education professionals worldwide.

5th Jan 2023

Standard Fiber, one of the world’s largest suppliers to the home textile market, and Noble Biomaterials, a global leader in antimicrobial solutions for soft surface applications, have formed an exclusive partnership to bring Ionic+ mineral antimicrobial, which protects against the growth of microbes on soft surface materials, to the home textile market.

4th Jan 2023

Hollingsworth & Vose, a manufacturer of nonwoven materials used in filtration and other applications, will invest $40.2 million to expand its operations in Floyd County, Virginia, the state’s governor Glenn Youngkin has announced. With this move, the company’s facility at 365 Christiansburg Pike Northeast will expand by over 28,000 square feet.