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25th Sep 2019

Karl Mayer will participle with business units Warp Knitting, Warp Preparation and Technical Textiles in Techtextil India fair at Bombay Exhibition Centre from November 20-22. It will have a 20 square metre stand in German Pavilion. The Technical Textiles unit will be present at this year's new additional area for composite materials (World of...

24th Sep 2019

Stratasys, a provider of 3D printing technology and services, has signed a deal with Xaar to buy shares of Xaar 3D to increase Stratasys’s stake in Xaar 3D from 15 to 45 per cent. Xaar, through its fully owned subsidiary Xaar 3D Holdings, retains the remaining 55 per cent. The deal also gives an option to Stratasys to acquire the remaining shares of...

24th Sep 2019

Solvay, an advanced materials and specialty chemicals company, is expanding its thermoplastic composites capacity with a new production line at its US facility in Anaheim, California, underscoring its commitment to meeting strong demand growth from aerospace customers for this high-performance material and Solvay’s proprietary and unique technology.

24th Sep 2019

A dozen companies signed agreements with China's Jinshan district on 15 projects in the carbon fibre composite industry at an industrial summit recently. The planned investment in these projects totals 7 billion yuan ($1 billion). The district is expecting to generate over 10 billion yuan from this sector by 2025, and 50 billion yuan by 2035.

24th Sep 2019

Convenience, choice, value, sustainability, innovation and experience are the buyer ideals that have fundamentally changed the pattern of consumer behaviour and ultimately, the retail landscape, as well as the supply chain that serves it, according to research conducted by Israel-based Avgol, which offers high-performance non-woven fabric solutions.

24th Sep 2019

SRF Industries (Thailand) Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mumbai-based SRF Ltd, which manufactures technical textiles, engineering plastics, chemicals and packaging films, recently decided to shut operations of its technical textile business based in Rayong and sell the asset as production at the site has become unviable, the company said in a...

23rd Sep 2019

MITO Material Solutions has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $224,988. The US-based company will conduct research and development (R&D) work on a nano-additive that doubles the inter-laminar toughness of composite materials utilised in aerospace, recreation, and automotive industries.

23rd Sep 2019

The 18th Shanghai International Nonwovens Exhibition (SINCE 2019), hosted by CNTA and Informa Markers, will be held at the Shanghai World Expo exhibition and convention centre from December 11-13, 2019. More than 30 years from its debut in Shanghai, SINCE has firmly established itself as an important and influential nonwovens exhibition in Asia region.

23rd Sep 2019

Scientists at Drexel University have discovered a way to slow the oxidation of MXene materials, the latest super-material-in-waiting, when they are exposed to water. MXenes can store electricity better than almost any material, block electromagnetic interference, and sniff out the faintest trace of toxins in the air. But these have problem in water.