cosmetics news

11th Jun 2021

Hempitecture, a Sun Valley, Idaho-based company that manufactures and distributes sustainable building materials, is setting up a new facility in the Magic Valley. The facility will manufacture HempWool, a sustainable, high-performing fibre insulation for residential and commercial construction projects. The plant-based insulation product captures CO2.

10th Jun 2021

CompPair Technologies has been selected a JEC Startup Booster 2021 winner. Startup Booster is the leading startup competition in the world of composites. It enables companies to identify innovations with potential impact and which may help the industry complete ongoing projects. JEC Composites Connect was fully virtual. The jury comprised six experts.

10th Jun 2021

GST Seton AutoLeather, a leading global supplier of automotive leather components, has renamed the company to Pangea and established new brand identity, reflecting its commitment to be the world's most trusted automotive leather company. The company has also created unique new logo and brand identity, showcased throughout all of its communications...

9th Jun 2021

Hygiene and health company Essity has announced that Sahil Tesfu will join Essity's executive management team in the newly created position senior vice president group function strategy and business development. Tesfu joins Essity from the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company bringing significant experience in growth strategies and...

9th Jun 2021

Fraunhofer IZM in Berlin has set up a new Textile Prototyping Lab (TPL) with a view to create creative high-tech textiles. The lab varies from the style of usual research laboratories by its design, and displays patterns, seams and mannequins. In collaboration with Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, TPL is busy creating textile-integrated electronics.

8th Jun 2021

The Ontario state government in Canada is investing over $1.5 million, through the Ontario Together Fund, in Myant Inc. to help commercialise ‘connected wearables’, which can sense, monitor and help detect various symptoms that may signal the onset of diseases, including those associated with COVID-19. The project is expected to create 80 jobs.

8th Jun 2021

Hexion has worked with Rassini for composite leaf spring application in Ford’s new model of the F-150 pickup truck. Rassini has developed the hybrid rear suspension, which comprises a parabolic main steel leaf supported by a composite helper. It has used Hexion’s Epikote epoxy resin system since it enables mass production of the composite helper spring.

7th Jun 2021

ArianeGroup has joined hands with the European Space Agency (ESA) as the lead contractor for the PHOEBUS (Prototype of a Highly OptimizEd Black UpperStage) project. The programme aims to further the development of composite technologies, for the future upper stage of the launch vehicle, Ariane 6. ArianeGroup is a French leader in space launchers.

7th Jun 2021

Manchester, UK-based Diamorph Group Holdings Limited has signed a conditional agreement to acquire Permali Gloucester Limited, a Gloucester-based manufacturer of composites, predominately for the defence sector. Diamorph, a manufacturer of proprietary advanced materials, is anticipating completion of the Permali acquisition within the coming months.