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21st May 2018

Skaps Industries is taking over Matrix Composites (Henderson, KY and Seguin, Texas). It has completed an agreement in this connection. The acquisition includes all Matrix Composites technologies, operations and assets. The acquisition of Matrix provides SKAPS Fibreglass Division a global position and platform to expand in North and South America.

21st May 2018

The Bostik-Nitta Joint Venture - majority-owned by Bostik, an Arkema company - is strengthening its adhesives business in the Japanese market with the proposed acquisition of Nitta-Gelatin's industrial adhesives, and construction of a new adhesives plant in Nara. This will help the JV to support growth of its customers in the Japanese hygiene market.

19th May 2018

Autefa Solutions, a leading textile machinery firm, known for the development of industrial logistics and automation solutions, is set to participate in Techtextil North America, from May 22 to 24, 2018, in booth 2432. The company will show solutions for thermo- and acoustical- insulation nonwovens fabrics, carpet production, and advanced fibre...

18th May 2018

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition, materials, is expanding its production capacity for Dyneema, the world’s strongest fibre. Strong demand for both Dyneema UD (Uni-Directional laminate) and Dyneema fibre is prompting this increase. The global production capacity of Dyneema UD will be increased by more than 20 per...

18th May 2018

The current Indian technical textile sector has to develop a lot and this can be done only by Indian and foreign companies investing in this sector, Anant Kumar Singh, secretary, ministry of textiles, Government of India, has said. Globally, the demand for man-made fibre is on the rise and industries should focus more on man-made goods to reap the...

17th May 2018

The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) has prepared standards for secondary single-use flame-resistant protective clothing. The new American National Standard for Secondary Single-Use Flame-Resistant Protective Clothing for Use over Primary Flame-Resistant Protective Clothing has been approved by American National Standards Institute...

17th May 2018

Techtextil 2019, the international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, which will be held from May 14 to 17, 2019, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has recorded a significant rise in exhibitors and visitors this year. The number of registrations is already quite higher than the figure for a comparable stage in the run-up to the last show.

15th May 2018

The 7th edition of the International Exhibition and Conference on Technical Textiles (Technotex 2018) will focus on making India the manufacturing hub in the area of technical textiles under the 'Make in India' initiative. The event will serve as the right platform for interaction between the Indian and foreign companies from technical textile value...

15th May 2018

UBC scientists are working on de-wrinkling methods for textile composites. They have discovered that de-wrinkling can be improved by pulling the materials in two directions simultaneously during the manufacturing process. Textile composites are known for their strength and durability, but a simple wrinkle in the manufacturing process alters the end...