16th Jun 2021
Bemis Associates, bonding innovation and design partner to leading technical, performance, luxury, and lifestyle brands, has become a distributor and converter of 3M Scotchlite Reflective Material, under a new partnership. Customers can now work directly with Bemis to incorporate 3M Scotchlite Reflective Material into their finished garments and...
16th Jun 2021
Avgol, a subsidiary of global petrochemical producer Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), has appointed Tommi Bjornman as its new CEO, replacing Shachar Rachim, who will focus on his broader role as CEO of IVL’s hygiene vertical in its fibres segment. Avgol provides the most comprehensive range of ultra-lightweight spun-melt non-woven...
15th Jun 2021
Airbus’ Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre (AIRTeC) has recently been launched by Kwasi Kwarteng, UK’s secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy in Filton, Bristol. AIRTeC is a £40 million, state-of-the-art research and testing facility jointly funded by the government's ATI programme and European Aerospace company...
15th Jun 2021
Zoltek Companies, Inc., the global leader in low-cost industrial grade carbon fibre, is expanding its carbon fibre production capacity to 13,000 MT at the facility located in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a result of this expansion, Zoltek's global production capacity (together with its Hungary facility) of PX35 carbon fibre will increase to 28,000 MT.
15th Jun 2021
Tech-Fab Europe, the trade association of European Union (EU) producers of glass fibre fabrics (GFF), has welcomed the European Commission’s recent moves to counter circumventing of the existing anti-dumping (AD) and anti-subsidy (AS) measures on EU GFF imports from China and Egypt, which were imposed in April and June last year respectively.
14th Jun 2021
Teijin’s Tenax carbon fibre prepreg, which has been developed especially for aircraft applications, is being used in part of a nacelle, or streamlined housing, for next generation aircraft engine for Airbus. A prototype of the nacelle part, which Nikkiso Co is producing for Airbus’s Propulsion of Tomorrow project, will be delivered to Airbus by 2021...
14th Jun 2021
Covestro has joined hand with recycling specialist carboNXT to recycle composites. Recycling of composites is a challenge since waste consists of different materials that cannot be easily separated from one another. From the processed waste supplied by Covestro, CarboNXT will produce high-quality new compounds of carbon fibre-reinforced polycarbonate.
14th Jun 2021
With a total of 182 delegates from across the nonwovens industry logging on, the recently held online edition of the international nonwovens symposium by Edana ended on a successful note. The event showcased Edana's mission to support the sustainable growth of the industry. Edana is the international association serving the nonwovens and related...
14th Jun 2021
Scientists at Purdue University have found a way to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundry. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn on the textile. This smart clothing will not only make one more productive but also monitor one’s health and even call for help if needed.