fashion accessories news

8th Dec 2017

Michelman, a global developer and manufacturer of eco-friendly advanced materials, has announced partnership with Engineered Fibers Technology (EFT), a leading source of precision short cut fibres, fibrillated and nanofibrillated fibers, specialty fibre based items, to develop innovative solutions for specialty fibres and high performance composites.

7th Dec 2017

Kordsa, a Sabancı Holding subsidiary and a leader in tire, composite, and construction reinforcement technologies market, has announced that in view of its efforts to strengthen its global leadership in reinforcement technologies, it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire two advanced composite technology firms in the United States.

5th Dec 2017

Scott Bader has made a capital investment of over €1.2million to enhance its additional mixing capacity in order to enhance the production capacity for adhesives, gel coats and formulated products. The additional mixing capacity has increased the production capacity by around 50 per cent which is necessary in order to cope with the constant growth of...

5th Dec 2017

Chemique Adhesives has developed Aerotak, adhesives meant specifically for the aircraft interiors industry. These are sprayable, solvent-based and water-based adhesives for making aircraft seat covers. The adhesives are best for bonding combinations of fabric, leather, foam, e-leather and scrim materials into style pads utilising a hot press stamping...

4th Dec 2017

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is seeking presentations for the fourth edition of Hygienix, the premier event for absorbent hygiene and personal care markets, to be held from November 5 to 8, 2018, in US. The event will show three days of programme content devoted to the latest technologies and market trends in the hygiene...

4th Dec 2017

Teijin Limited has announced that it will integrate its subsidiary Toho Tenax Co., Ltd., the core company of Teijin’s carbon fibres business, on April 1, 2018. Teijin is a technology-driven group producing high-performance fibres like aramid, carbon fibres & composites, healthcare, films, resin & plastic processing, polyester fibres, and products...

4th Dec 2017

The global surgical and non-woven disposable market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.79 per cent in the next four years. Cost effectiveness of nonwoven medical textiles and the rise of single-use spinal products will drive this market though rise in volume of harmful disposable waste will be a major challenge, a new report...

2nd Dec 2017

ELG Carbon Fibre (ELG) and Land Rover BAR (Ben Ainslie Racing) have joined hands to ensure that the carbon fibre process waste and end-of-use components from the team are recycled. Under the deal, ELG becomes a technical supplier and processes all carbon fibre manufacturing waste and end-of use parts to recover the high performance carbon fibres.

2nd Dec 2017

Shape Corp is among the three shortlisted companies for the ‘Infinite Possibility for Market Growth Award’ in the ACE ‘Market Growth’ category, for its ‘Curved Pultrusion Process for Highly Engineered Hollow Profiles’. The CAMX 2017 entrants for Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) have been announced by the American Composites Manufacturers...