world textiles research news

25th Dec 2020

Kordsa, a global player of tire, construction reinforcement and composites technologies, presented KraTos, its innovative synthetic fibre which is highly preferred by infrastructure, superstructure and mining projects, at the Global Concrete Summit. Organised online for the first time, the summit discussed the future of concrete and concrete structures.

25th Dec 2020

The National Composites Centre (NCC) - one of the seven High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres - and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are collaborating to explore the art of the possible for the next generation of lightweight, strong and resilient combat aircraft composite structures. The two have set up a joint steering group.

24th Dec 2020

MMI Textiles, a global diversified supplier of industrial and custom fabrics and textile components with military, tactical, medical, commercial and apparel expertise, is setting up a new 30,000-square-foot production facility in North Carolina to produce select narrow fabrics. The facility will start production during the first quarter of 2021.

24th Dec 2020

The Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV has installed a Samba Pro Prepreg production system from Cevotec at the Fibre Placement Centre (FPC) in Meitingen, Germany. The system is to be used for the purpose of developing automated CFRP production processes on the basis of the Fibre Patch Placement (FPP) technology.

24th Dec 2020

Abn Amro's Energy Transition Fund (ETF) has taken over 34 per cent of the shares in Danish composites manufacturer Fiberline Composites. Abn Amro ETF is an independent subsidiary of Dutch bank Abn Amro. The new strong co-investor will give Fiberline the financial capability to expand activities in the area of composite pultrusions for wind turbine...

24th Dec 2020

PFNonwovens, a global producer of nonwoven textiles used in personal hygiene products, has announced that the supervisory board re-elected Michal Smrek as member of the board of directors for a functional period of 3 years with effect from January 1, 2021. Smrek currently holds a position on the company's board of directors from January 2018.

23rd Dec 2020

Rush & Company, a US-based executive search firm specialising in the fibre, fabric and nonwoven industry, has named Kimber McFadden as vice president of nonwovens and industrial textiles. Since joining Rush & Company in 2012, McFadden has dedicated her work to finding successful candidates for clients in the textiles and nonwovens industry.

23rd Dec 2020

Scientists at Drexel University's College of Engineering have found that cotton or linen fabric, when coated with a conductive, two-dimensional material called MXene, become highly effective at blocking electromagnetic waves and potentially harmful radiation. Therefore, MXene can be used to protect wearable devices and electronic gadgets, and even...

23rd Dec 2020

HeiQ and Australian-based materials science and technology start-up, Xefco, have launched XViroblock, a thin-film antimicrobial copper surface treatment for textiles proven to exhibit significant viricidal activity against SARS-CoV-2 after only five minutes. HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation, creating high-performance textile effects in the market.