31st Oct 2019
PolyOne has completed the sale of its Performance Products and Solutions (PP&S) business to SK Capital for $775 million in cash with an expected pre-tax gain of $600 million. PolyOne provides specialised polymer materials, services, and solutions. The company adds value to global customers and improves sustainability through formulating materials.
31st Oct 2019
The board of directors of Autoneum has appointed Bernhard Wiehl, the long-standing head of finance and controlling of business group Europe, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the group executive board with immediate effect. The previous CFO, Martin Zwyssig, has decided to leave Autoneum, a leading automotive supplier from Switzerland.
31st Oct 2019
Gurit Holding AG will close its automotive production site in Hungary in second half of 2020. The Switzerland-based company said it is in contact with the customers to re-assign the residual production orders to other suppliers. Shut-down cost is estimated at a low single digit million amount affecting the years 2019 and 2020, Gurit said.
30th Oct 2019
Two lecturers at Ajman University (AU) have developed a smart garment ecosystem which can determine the wearer's stress level and trigger clothes and accessories' functionalities accordingly to help understand and better control overwhelming situations and emotions. This may help in monitoring physiological parameters indicating stress in autistic...
30th Oct 2019
GKN Aerospace has designed, manufactured and delivered a mid-scale demonstrator tool to the GKN Aerospace Filton facility as part of the Airbus-led 'Wing of Tomorrow' programme. This tool provides a fully functioning automated low pressure RTM system for the composite wing spar. This is one of the first times the RTM technology has been used on this...
30th Oct 2019
Composite Integration, the resin transfer moulding and resin infusion specialist, is displaying its expertise on liquid resin processes, resin transfer moulding (RTM), vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding (VRTM) and resin infusion at the ongoing Advanced Engineering Show in Birmingham, UK. The company is exhibiting in the Composites Engineering...
29th Oct 2019
Teijin, a technology-driven company offering advanced solutions, is developing a wide range of innovative solutions to further workstyle reforms. The solutions will help Japan which is facing an urgent need to enhance the efficiency and diversity of its workforce as the nation's working population continues to decrease owing to a declining birth-rate.
29th Oct 2019
Durashine—the high performance solution dyed acrylic fibre from Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd (TAF), a part of Aditya Birla Group—and Sol-Out—a new player in 100 per cent solution dyed acrylic fabrics for outdoors—launched a new range of fabrics at the recently concluded IFAI Expo 2019 in Orlando. The new range has plain solids, stripes and jacquard...
25th Oct 2019
A researcher from University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has got the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship for developing potentially life-saving technology of fire-retardant thermal insulation foams for safer buildings. ARC Future Fellowships support mid-career researchers doing high quality research of national and international...