18th Jul 2019
NUS scientists have devised a new method for interconnecting wearable devices. They have incorporated conductive textiles into clothing to dynamically connect several wearable devices at once. This 'wireless body sensor network' allows devices to transmit data with 1,000 times stronger signal than conventional technologies, improving the battery life.
17th Jul 2019
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation is setting up its European carbon fibre sheet moulding compound (SMC) production facility in Italy. The facility, to start operations in September 2020, will be located on a site adjoining CPC SRL, in which MCC holds a 44 per cent equity. SMC can be processed into components in about two to five minutes by press moulding.
17th Jul 2019
Saurer’s partnership with apparel branding innovator Lion Brothers has lasted seven decades. It was first to supply NASA with embroidered mission patches starting with Apollo 1. Using Saurer’s 2S-55, the most advanced embroidery machine of the time, Lion Brothers produced shoulder patch for Apollo 11, the mission that resulted in 2 astronauts reaching...
17th Jul 2019
Poney Garments Sdn Bhd (Poney), a leading retailer and brand marketer specialising in creating and delivering apparel for children, has ventured into nanotechnology and technical textile by partnering with Nanotextile Sdn Bhd (Nanotextile). This all Malaysian partnership is a step ahead in commercialisation of nanotechnology in Malaysia’s textile...
16th Jul 2019
Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has launched its new Lurapret N5396 & N5392 liq, a water-based ultra-low VOC polyurethane (PU) polymer coating technology at the recent ITMA exhibition. The innovation was developed in compliance with ‘The Archroma Way: safe, efficient, enhanced, it’s our nature’.
15th Jul 2019
For its 12th edition, JEC Asia 2019 will gather companies from entire composites value chain in Asia Pacific to present their latest capabilities & innovations to the composites community and strategic end-user’s market including mobility, aeronautics, building & construction at Seoul, South Korea from November 12-14. This will be JEC’s third visit to...
15th Jul 2019
Hexcel, Arkema and their partners have joined hands in a project called HAICoPAS which has received approval from Bpifrance and got grant of 6 million euro from France's Investissements d'Avenir programme. The project aims at optimising UD tape design and its manufacturing in view of its use in highly productive, cost competitive, composite part...
15th Jul 2019
The Lenzing Group, market leader for specialty fibres, has been providing both financial support and textiles made of its fibres to Debra Austria, the patient organisation for ‘butterfly children’. The Tencel branded lyocell and modal fibres are soft, smooth and very skin-friendly. In turn, they help to improve quality of life for ‘butterfly children’.
15th Jul 2019
ITT, manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customised technology solutions for energy, transportation and industrial markets, has taken over Matrix Composites, a specialty aerospace component manufacturer with experience in making precision composite components for next generation, high growth aircraft and aircraft engine platforms. ...