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21st Aug 2017

Technical Fibre Products (TFP) will be exhibiting innovative nonwoven solutions for advanced composites at China Composite Expo during September 6-8 alongside their exclusive agents in China, BluDot Asia. The novel multifunctional materials provide solutions for a variety of applications, ranging from aerospace to sporting goods and construction.

21st Aug 2017

Amidst projections of three per cent growth for the aerospace and defence sectors this annum and heightened government budgets due to the increased threat to national security and commercialisation of passenger space travel, manufacturers must develop new and innovative textile products with better performance for these continually evolving industries.

18th Aug 2017

Standard Textile and Vestagen Protective Technologies have announced a strategic partnership to market Vestex Active Barrier garments, designed to minimise the risks to healthcare workers associated with unexpected exposures to body fluids. The co-exclusive sales and marketing agreement covers acute and post-acute healthcare facilities in the US and...

18th Aug 2017

Fibertex Personal Care, a Danish textile company, will add 145 jobs in Asheboro with its first US manufacturing facility. The company, which manufactures nonwoven materials for different applications in the personal care industry, plans to invest $60 million by December 31, 2021 with a project facilitated in part by a Job Development Investment Grant...

18th Aug 2017

Switzerland-based manufacturer of advanced composite materials Gurit has recorded net sales of CHF 175.2 million ($182.12 million) for the first six months of 2017. This represents a currency-adjusted decrease of 0.5 per cent and 3.9 per cent in reported Swiss francs over the previous year. Operating profit amounted to CHF 21 million for the reported...

17th Aug 2017

Solvay, Anzu Partners and Invest Nebraska are together investing a total of $1.9 million in MultiMechanics, whose virtual testing software enables to accelerate innovation in new materials. Solvay Ventures has made the investment as part of Solvay Group’s research and innovation function. Solvay is a world leader in metal replacement materials.

17th Aug 2017

ISPO, organiser of sports and fashion tradeshows, is set to give the latest mountaineering products for professional and amateur mountaineers, who received the ISPO award for new, sporting goods, held in February 2017. This year, the manufacturers will offer climbers, mountaineers and hikers new products focusing on safety, lightweight design, and...

16th Aug 2017

Kordsa, a leading global supplier of textile reinforcing materials for the tire industry, and the tire division of technology company Continental, are making a sustainable adhesion system for bonding textile reinforcing materials to rubber based compounds. Continental develops new technologies for sustainable and networked mobility of people and goods.

16th Aug 2017

Wearable technology becomes more useable with a new development using graphene for printed electronic devices. The University of Manchester has demonstrated flexible battery-like devices printed directly on to textiles using a simple screen-printing technique. Wearable technology is limited due to problem of powering devices without cumbersome battery...