fashion accessories news

22nd Apr 2020

Johns Manville, a manufacturer of specialty products, announced that its plant in Richland, has started production this month to make nonwoven filtration media used to create face masks to stop the spread of Covid-19. JM media meets or exceeds Level 1 BFE 95 per cent (Bacterial Filtration Efficiency) and VFE (Viral Filtration Efficiency) requirements.

21st Apr 2020

With increasing economic uncertainties in both the aerospace and industrial sectors due to COVID-19 health crisis, Hexcel and Woodward have mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement. In January 2020, the two companies had announced their decision to merge to create a premier integrated systems provider to serve the aerospace and industrial...

21st Apr 2020

Ford has taken several steps to help fight Covid-19 pandemic. With design and testing consultation from 3M, Ford has designed a new powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) which is being produced at its Vreeland facility. The company is also producing face masks for internal use globally and leading efforts to manufacture reusable gowns from airbag...

21st Apr 2020

Carrington Textiles, a UK-based largest workwear fabric manufacturer, has announced that the company has increased capacity at its main processing facility in the UK to supply the domestic and international healthcare sector with the fabrics urgently needed for Personal protective equipment (PPE) in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

20th Apr 2020

In light of the recent worldwide shortage of surgical masks due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, Shima Seiki has released additional knitting data for producing another type of 3D knit mask on its Wholegarment knitting machines. Shima Seiki is one of the leading flat knitting solutions provider, headquartered in Wakayama, Japan.

20th Apr 2020

Textile industry is increasingly realising the importance of reusable protective medical garments as the COVID-19 crisis leads to shortages of PPE for medical staff, according to TRSA which says that there is ample evidence showing reusable medical textiles are better for the environment and should be a major part of the nation's stockpile and supply...

20th Apr 2020

Tredegar Personal Care, global supplier of apertured films and elastic fabrics, has increased production of breathable, liquid penetration-resistant apertured films, used in medical facemasks and N95 respirators. The company also makes elastic laminate solutions which can be used for ear loops and headbands for face masks, N95 respirators and face...

20th Apr 2020

Andritz Diatec, part of international technology Group Andritz, has set up a fully automatic, high-speed face mask converting line for manufacturing disposable face masks. In the first configuration, the new line will be able to produce masks for surgical/medical applications. Its capacity to produce other mask types – like N95/FFP2 – is being assessed.

20th Apr 2020

Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), a not-for-profit trade association, has announced the hiring of Fred Chuck as the new Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) executive director. In past two decades, Chuck has served in multiple roles at different companies within the geosynthetics industry as well as time on the GMA division board.