Automobile Textiles

19th Feb 2018

Ggbailey has introduced innovative custom-fit All-Weather Textile Car Mats - the only all-weather textile car mats in the market. The mats feature Function + Design to conceal dirt particles and protect vehicle interiors year-round with style and comfort. Offered in beige and black colour options, the fade and stain resistant mats offer absolute...

12th Feb 2018

Trèves TSC group, an automotive textiles and seat components expert, has renamed itself as Tesca. Driven by new shareholders who invested in 2016, the group has unveiled its new strategy for design and manufacture of automotive interiors. The new name “Tesca” illustrates the group’s embarking on a new strategy to accelerate its internal and external...

6th Feb 2018

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG Twisting Solutions, a leading provider of energy efficient solutions for tire cord, carpet, staple, glass filament, and industrial yarns, will present its Allma TechnoCorder TC2 innovative machine for tire cord production at the Tire Technology Expo 2018, to be held from February 20 to 22, 2018, in booth 4016, hall 20.

17th Jan 2018

With new trends like electric mobility, autonomous driving and connected cars picking up, Autoneum is setting up a Competence Centre for New Mobility in Sunnyvale, California. The centre’s proximity to other innovation leaders will help Autoneum in evaluating the potential of current automotive trends and new technologies for acoustic and thermal...

11th Jan 2018

ELG Carbon Fibre will unveil the Carbiso range of recycled carbon fibre products for high volume, lightweight solutions in automotive applications at the Automotive World Show in Tokyo during January 17-19. The company feels its attendance at the event is an important step to increase its exposure and continued expansion into the Japanese automotive...

22nd Dec 2017

Autoneum has signed a license agreement with Iranian automotive supplier Ayegh Khodro Toos (AKT) for producing and distributing its multifunctional components for acoustic and thermal management in Iran. AKT will produce carpet systems and inner dashes for IKAP, a joint venture between Iranian car manufacturer Iran Khodro and French automotive group...

29th Nov 2017

Sika has decided to acquire Faist ChemTec Group, manufacturer of high-performance engineered, structure-borne acoustic solutions for the automotive industry. With this, Sika gets technology and know-how that will accelerate its growth and market penetration via synergies between the two companies. The deal is subject to clearance by anti-trust...

29th Nov 2017

SGL Carbon SE has decided to acquire BMW Group's 49 per cent equity investment in the joint ventures SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (Germany) and SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (US) – together referred to as ' SGL ACF'. An agreement in this connection has been signed by SGL Group and BMW Group. With the deal, SGL Group becomes the sole owner of SGL ACF.

28th Nov 2017

Bertrandt and SGL have collaborated to develop an unprecedented integrated concept for innovative interior structures based on composite materials – the “Carbon Carrier”– the technology avant-garde. Ready for large-scale production, the “Carbon Carrier” combines lightweight fibre compounds and integrated functionality, showing material mix in the...