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24th Mar 2022

LifeLabs, a US-based textile innovator making meaningful progress in combating the effects of climate change through thermally-efficient textiles, has launched bedding and new sleepwear styles to make sleep more comfortable and restorative. LifeLabs utilises its proprietary CoolLife technology to maintain the ideal body temperature throughout the night.

23rd Mar 2022

Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei has collaborated with Genomatica, Inc., regarding hexamethylenediamine (HMD) based on biomass-derived raw material (bio-HMD). Asahi Kasei currently uses fossil fuel–derived HMD as an intermediate to manufacture Leona polyamide 66, an engineering plastic featuring outstanding heat resistance and rigidity.

21st Mar 2022

France’s Sicomin has announced its new collaboration with sports equipment giant Decathlon. Sicomin will supply its GreenPoxy 33 resin to produce Decathlon’s new JIB and Block wakeboards that will be manufactured at Meditec, the specialist composite board manufacturer based in Tunisia. Sicomin is a formulator and manufacturer of advanced epoxy systems.

18th Mar 2022

Aramco has announced that it is set to invest in the development of a major integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in Northeast China. Huajin Aramco Petrochemical Company (HAPCO), a joint venture between Aramco, North Huajin chemical industries group corporation and Panjin Xincheng industrial group, will develop the liquids-to-chemicals complex.

17th Mar 2022

Due to the current pandemic situation, the executive board of Andritz has decided to make use of the legal provision to hold its 115th annual general meeting (AGM) virtually to protect the shareholders and other participants, on April 7, 2022. The right to information can be exercised during the virtual AGM by the shareholders via electronic...

17th Mar 2022

As many as 17 Italian machinery manufacturers involved in the production of machines for technical textiles will show their innovative solutions at the upcoming edition of Techtextil North America which will begin from May 17. The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers and Italian Trade Agency will set up the Italian pavilion at the...

17th Mar 2022

Industry leaders will gain a compelling region-by-region view of the nonwovens industry from experts presenting the latest nonwovens trends in their areas of the world at IDEA22, from March 29-31, 2022, in Miami Beach. The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) serves members in the nonwovens/engineered fabrics industry doing business...

16th Mar 2022

Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating, specialists for cast film, sheet extrusion and extrusion coating lines, is displaying a new production process for cost-effective film/nonwoven composites with a low grammage at ICE (International Converting Exhibition) Europe, in hall A5, booth 1300, from March 15-17, 2022. The show is being held at Messe München.

16th Mar 2022

France’s JEC group and Composites Expert have signed an agreement to promote E-learning Composites Academy, the first 4.0 training platform dedicated to manufacturing processes of composite materials. Composites Expert is a start-up created by Jean-Pierre Cauchois. It’s mission is to provide innovative and cognitive training in the composites industry.