fashion accessories news

24th Jun 2017

The month of June will be the 8th consecutive record month of sales for Australian based Alexium Group as the shipments of Alexicool chemistry are tracking to exceed 90,000 kg. This represents an eight-fold increase over its monthly shipments just five months ago in January. The speciality chemicals company has recorded sharp growth in mattress sales.

24th Jun 2017

Chomarat, a leading composites firm, and AltusGroup, a collaboration of precast concrete companies, presented CarbonCast, their flagship line of reinforced-concrete prefabricated wall panels, reinforced with Chomarat’s C-GRID carbon-fibre grids, at the “Future of Composites in Construction” trade show, in Chicago, on stand C 10, from June 20 to 22,...

23rd Jun 2017

Ballyclare Limited, a British designer, manufacturer, and distributor of high quality, functional workwear, protective clothing, and specialist PPE, has underlined its position as an established rail workwear provider by confirming it can supply customers with garments that are fully compliant with the amended industry standard that was introduced...

23rd Jun 2017

AmeriPride Services, a textile rental services and supply company providing linen and towels, uniforms, and cleaning products, has announced the election of Jeff Wright to the Board of Directors at its quarterly meeting held on June 14, 2017. Wright was appointed to the board’s corporate governance and nominating committee and compensation committee.

22nd Jun 2017

With the aerospace and defence sectors projected to grow by three per cent in 2017, reducing weight is significant since it makes aircraft faster, allowing military pilots to reach their destination/target fast. Substituting heavier, conventional materials for lighter high-performance textiles will also be crucial for space programmes, believes Arville.

22nd Jun 2017

Procter & Gamble’s Always brand, the maker of the leading, most chosen and innovative pad in the world, has introduced a new sizing system called Always My Fit. The new Always My Fit range of pads is designed to help the 60 per cent of girls and women who wear the wrong size pad, which causes leaks every month. Now, all women can get better protection.

22nd Jun 2017

New Flyer Industries Inc., the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, has acquired Carlson Engineered Composites Inc. and the assets of its US affiliated companies, a privately-owned composites company from Manitoba, for US$13 million, subject to certain normal and customary purchase price adjustments.

20th Jun 2017

EU-28 technical textiles represent 15 per cent of the total textile employment, said Euratex in its 2016 annual report.The technical textile sector has registered positive economic and employment trends in EU. The size of technical textile companies is nearly twice that of the textile ones in terms of employment and 2.5 times the size in terms of...

19th Jun 2017

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is set to host the 26th Filtration International Conference & Exposition at Chicago’s Navy Pier, US, from October 10 to 12, 2017, showing innovation, and quality of the air and liquid filtration segment of the nonwovens industry with newest breakthroughs and challenges for the participants.