15th Jun 2019
Porcher Sport is to unveil a new, extra-light paragliding fabric at the Red Bull X-Alps, the world’s toughest adventure race held across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, this weekend. Weighing just 21 grams per square metre (gsm), the new fabric weight is significantly lower than Porcher’s Skytex 27gsm material already used in many lightweight...
14th Jun 2019
Thermoset customers in France, Italy, UK and Ireland will have improved access to products from Nouryon through an expanded partnership with distributor Gazechim Group. Under the agreement, Gazechim will distribute Nouryon’s complete portfolio of organic peroxides and auxiliaries for thermoset business. The partnership will take effect from September...
13th Jun 2019
At the Paris Airshow at Le Bourget from June 17-23, Hexcel will promote a range of carbon fibres and composite materials used to make weight-saving structures in civil aircraft, engines, helicopters and space applications. Visitors to Hexcel stand will see an Integrated Wing Panel demonstrator and an I-beam, both made with HiTape carbon fibre...
13th Jun 2019
Jean-Baptiste Chandelier will help to introduce the prototype of a new Porcher Sport fabric, Skytex 21, at the ninth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps 2019 adventure race that starts from June 16, 2019. Weighing just 21 grams, the new fabric will ensure that Jean Baptiste and other extreme paragliders can soon enjoy an even greater sense of weightlessness.
13th Jun 2019
Microban International, a global leader in antimicrobial, odour control and surface modification technologies, will be displaying Scentry Revive, an odour control technology to work on synthetic and cotton based socks, at the upcoming 2019 Outdoor Retailer (OR) Summer Market. The technology was first introduced at 2018 OR Summer Market and has evolved...
13th Jun 2019
The supervisory board of Lanxess AG has appointed Anno Borkowsky to the board of management of the specialty chemicals company, effective June 1, 2019. In his new role, Borkowsky, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, will take responsibility for the Specialty Additives segment. Currently, he is heading the Additives business unit at Lanxess.
12th Jun 2019
The technical textiles industry accounts for 30 per cent of global textile production and is expected to expand at an annual growth rate of more than 4 per cent to $198 billion by 2022, said Michael Jaenecke, director for brand management, technical textiles and textile processing, Messe Frankfurt. The leading regions are Asia-Pacific, Europe and the...
12th Jun 2019
Optima 3D Ltd, a Huddersfield, UK-based company, is all set to launch a next generation 3D weaving machine for complex weave solutions in the field of composite engineering at the forthcoming ITMA fair. The Optima 3D revolutionary weaving system would be shown in hall H5, stand A141 at the ITMA exhibition to be held in Barcelona, Spain from June 20-26.
12th Jun 2019
Scapa Healthcare, a partner to companies in advanced wound care, medical device and consumer wellness markets, has inaugurated its new medical device manufacturing facility in Knox County, US. The 152,000-square-foot facility doubles Scapa's Knoxville hub into a single site of operations allowing for greater operational efficiency through proximity and ...