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12th Jul 2018

Hexagon, a leading composite tank manufacturer, has launched the composite pipeline gas transport module, Titan 53. Hexagon has adapted composite pressure vessel technology for a wide range of applications for compressed natural gas, hydrogen, propane and industrial gases while the Mobile Pipeline provides transportation, storage and distribution...

11th Jul 2018

Boeing and Embraer have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate growth in global aerospace markets. The partnership envisages formation of a joint venture comprising the commercial aircraft and services business of Embraer that would strategically align with Boeing's commercial development, production, marketing and lifecycle services operations.

10th Jul 2018

Owens Corning has signed a Strategic Cooperation and Supply Agreement with Chongqing Polycomp International (CPIC) for joint investment in technology, and construction and operation by CPIC of a new facility for manufacturing high-modulus glass fibre products in China. The facility will be set up in Chongqing and is likely to be operational by mid-2019.

9th Jul 2018

Pentaxia’s new facility in Alfreton Road, Derby - a former Rolls Royce’s composite manufacturing facility unused for four years by its then owners - has become operational. The site was purchased in August 2017 with considerations that existing manufacturing facilities in Derby could no longer meet customers’ needs in the buoyant advanced composite...

9th Jul 2018

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry and Nonwovens Industry, has announced the opening of nominations for the prestigious IDEA19 Achievement Awards. IDEA is the triennial global event for the nonwovens + engineered fabrics conference and exposition, to be held at the Miami Beach Convention Centre, Florida, US, from March 25 to 28,...

7th Jul 2018

W R Grace, the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has awarded a license to expand its existing Unipol PP plant to PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP). The world-scale capacity Unipol PP facility, located in Ciwandan, Indonesia, will be expanded to 590 KTA of polypropylene.

6th Jul 2018

Kordsa, a worldwide leader of the tire reinforcement technologies market, has bagged the Export Champions Award in the textile category by the Turkey Exporters Assembly (TIM). The company was awarded at the TIM 25th Ordinary General Assembly and the 2017 Export Champion Award Ceremony, which was held on June 30, 2018, at the Istanbul Halic Congress...

6th Jul 2018

Directa Plus, a producer and supplier of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, has been awarded a second order from Alfredo Grassi worth an initial €0.70 million to supply high performance technical textiles with Graphene Plus (G+). This follows Grassi winning an additional tender to provide G+ enhanced workwear.

6th Jul 2018

Klopman, a European leader in the production of workwear fabrics, has taken initiative to construct a cogeneration plant for its Frosinone production facility. The objective is to replace the existing thermoelectric plant to supply energy to the entire facility within a year. The new power plant will produce thermal energy and electricity at the same...