Automobile Textiles

2nd Jul 2021

Loop Energy, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell-based solutions, is to provide its proprietary fuel cell modules to Slovakia-based Mobility & Innovation (M&I) for its lightweight and zero-emission city bus platform. Loop can deliver power and enable a smaller fuel storage system without compromising the weight or range of the bus.

16th Jun 2021

Autoneum is partnering with software company Free Field Technologies (FFT), under which Autoneum’s acoustic simulation methods for vehicle acoustics get incorporated into FFT’s modeling software, Actran. Simulation software and computer-aided engineering (CAE) not only improve the acoustic performance, but also accelerate designing process of new...

24th May 2021

Bercella and Formula Seven have partnered to develop an innovative seat for Formula SAE single-seaters. The initiative utilises 100 per cent natural materials, and indicates that greener materials can be reliable on an engineering level. The seat has been made using flax fibre, which besides being eco-friendly, is also impact and corrosion resistant.

5th May 2021

Carbios, a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, and Michelin, a leader in sustainable mobility, have moved closer to developing 100 per cent sustainable tyres. Michelin has validated Carbios’ enzymatic recycling process for PET plastic waste, to create a high tenacity tyre fibre.

3rd May 2021

Origin Materials, a leading carbon negative materials company, and Solvay, a global leader in chemicals and materials, have joined hands to develop and industrialise advanced materials built on the Origin Materials carbon-negative technology platform for the automotive industry. The two believe the newly developed materials will be in high demand.

20th Apr 2021

STS Group, a system supplier of interior and exterior parts for commercial vehicles, is setting up its first US manufacturing facility in Wythe County’s Progress Park with an investment of $39 million. The facility will supply Volvo Trucks in Pulaski County and other truck and automotive facilities throughout the Midwest and Southeastern US markets.

15th Apr 2021

Bucci Composites, leader in the design, development and manufacturing of structural and aesthetic components in composite materials for the automotive, aerospace, industrial and marine sectors, has completed production of a full carbon wheel rim. The wheel has also passed the rigorous TÜV test procedure, moving one step closer to its imminent market...

6th Apr 2021

Stahl, an advocate of responsible chemistry, has introduced a range of next-generation solutions that enable tanners to produce lightweight automotive leathers without compromising on quality. The lightweight automotive leather delivers weight savings of up to that 30 per cent in a luxury car with a full leather interior, compared with traditional...

25th Mar 2021

Import dependence for machinery, low awareness about technical textile products, lack of standardisation and related regulation and little domestic manufacturing of specialty fibres are some weaknesses of the Indian technical textile industry identified in a SWOT analysis in a new report by KPMG and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and...