fashion accessories news

20th Sep 2018

WL Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore), a global materials science company, is displaying next-generation fabrics at the ongoing Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) 2018 event in UK . Gore is exhibiting best-in-class Gore Military Fabrics for UK land forces, including durable, lightweight, comfortable military garments made with Gore Pyrad Fabric Technology.

20th Sep 2018

Ashland has set up a composites research and development technical service centre in the Jinling Valley Sci-Tech Industrial Park, Shanghai. The new centre will leverage global talents and facilities to strengthen the company’s innovation and commercialisation efforts and serve as the Asia Pacific technical centre of its composites segment.

19th Sep 2018

Edana and INDA, the association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, will host the third edition of Outlook Plus Latin America (OPLA) forum in Brazil from May 7-9, 2019. It will examine the economic outlook, market statistics, and latest products and trends for the hygiene, personal care, and medical markets. Edana & INDA are global nonwovens associations.

19th Sep 2018

Autoneum is coming up with two new plants in addition to the eight existing ones in China. The ninth facility has opened in Pinghu (Zhejiang Province). Another plant in the northeastern city of Shenyang Tiexi (Liaoning Province) is already in the ramp-up phase. The plants will produce lightweight multifunctional components for noise and heat protection.

18th Sep 2018

Hexagon Composites has named Jon Smith as president Mobile Pipelines. In his new position, Smith will head the global Mobile Pipelines unit, the industry leader in distribution systems of compressed energy gases beyond the pipeline. Previous to this, Smith was vice president and general manager, Smart Energy Americas for Honeywell International.

18th Sep 2018

Core Industrial Partners (Core), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has taken over Midwest Composite Technologies (MCT), a leading additive manufacturer of prototype and low-volume production components founded in 1984, establishing an industry technology 4.0 platform that it plans to build upon. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

17th Sep 2018

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP as a partner for customer-specific OLED (Organic light-emitting diodes) development and production has come up with OLED elements that can be integrated into textiles. These will be presented at the Electronics System Integration Technology Conference ESTC 2018.

17th Sep 2018

INDA is to launch a search in the nation’s top college campuses to promote in-demand STEM jobs in the burgeoning nonwovens/engineered materials industry as part of its Academic Outreach Initiative. The programme was launched in 2017 with creation of a new position of assistant director of Career Services. After its success, INDA is building on the...

15th Sep 2018

Greene Tweed has unveiled WR 650, the new thermoplastic composite in its wear-resistant (WR) portfolio. WR 650 is reinforced with three-dimensional carbon-fibre architecture, offering enhanced performance over the leading PFA-based material, while maximising equipment reliability. WR 650 offers superior dry run capability and excellent chemical...