11th Sep 2019
Durashine, the solution dyed acrylic fibre from Thai Acrylic Fibre (TAF) - debuted in the recently concluded Spoga Gafa show in Germany. Durashine's Select partners - Bulliontex and ESG also participated in the show. The three companies displayed a wide range design of fabrics and yarns for outdoor applications like awnings, umbrellas and outdoor...
11th Sep 2019
Diab has announced a five-year core material supply contract with Vestas, one of world's leading OEMs for wind turbines. The contract will utilise capacity of several existing and new PET production lines as well as existing IPN/PVC core material production lines, and is expected to deliver net sales of €200-250 million over the contract period.
10th Sep 2019
Germany's Dieffenbacher Group, which produces composites for the automotive, transportation and aerospace sector, follows the motto of 'Reduce to the max'-combining multiple advantages in one system, according to Sachin Pendharkar, managing director of Dieffenbacher India. Its products offer compact design with more efficient processing at lower costs.
10th Sep 2019
INDA has announced the three finalists who will present innovative material science solutions as they compete for the prestigious RISE (Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics) Innovation Award. The award will be given away during the ninth edition of the RISE conference, on September 24-25, 2019 at North Carolina State University, US.
10th Sep 2019
Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, has been approved by Boeing to produce Hexpekk-100 aerospace structures for major commercial aircraft platforms. These Hexpekk components will be manufactured-to-print for commercial aerospace applications where complexity, weight reduction, and strong mechanical performance are critical.
9th Sep 2019
Hexcel will display its full range of composite technologies, developed to benefit design engineers in automotive, marine, sport, and wind energy sectors, at Composites Europe trade show, being organised in Stuttgart during September 10-12. Innovations on display include Hexcel's surfacing prepregs and semi-pregs for wind turbine blades and boat...
9th Sep 2019
Eisai has unveiled Etak antimicrobial wet pipes which contains long-acting antimicrobial agent Etak, countrywide. Etak, developed at Hiroshima University, has an adhesive component which chemically binds the antimicrobial component to the area wiped with Etak antimicrobial wet wipes. This gives the area wiped an antimicrobial effect that lasts for one...
9th Sep 2019
Teijin, a group which offers advanced solutions in areas as environmental value, and safety, security and disaster mitigation, has taken over Benet Automotive, a leading automotive composite and component supplier in the Czech Republic, from Jet Investment. Teijin will benefit from Benet's automotive composite technologies and its well-proven supply...
9th Sep 2019
German textile machinery firm, DiloGroup, will present latest technical textile machines at Techtextil India, in booth C50. Techtextil India is a trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens offering complete solutions from Agrotech to Sporttech which addresses all visitor target groups, which will be held from November 20-22, 2019, at Mumbai, India.