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13th Jun 2017

The Indian Road Congress (IRC) has recognised jute as a geo-textile that can be used in building roads. Its recognition by IRC will help boost the jute industry of West Bengal, which employs over lakhs of people. The industry has been trying for the last 7 years to persuade various states to consider jute as a potential geo-textile for constructing...

13th Jun 2017

JEC Group, the leading composites organisation in the world, is set to launch the event “The Future of Composites in Construction”, at McCormick Place, from June 20 to 22, 2017, in Chicago. The event is dedicated to the current and future developments of composites materials in building & construction, showing new innovations for architects or...

12th Jun 2017

3A Composites, a global organisational unit within 3A Composites, part of Schweiter Technologies, has announced that its AirexBaltekBanova brand, that provides sustainable, and high-quality core materials for the automotive sector, has been awarded a four-year contract extension as IBBI (Independent Boat Builders, Inc.) preferred core materials...

12th Jun 2017

Uljanik has produced a new car carrier Siem Cicero in collaboration with Diab, to be used for transportation of cars and heavy vehicles for the London-based company "Siem car carriers", serving mainly Volkswagen cars. Founded in 1856, Uljanik is a shipbuilding company and shipyard located in Pula, Croatia. It is among the oldest shipyards in the world.

12th Jun 2017

Scientists have developed a way to adhere a lightweight coating onto fabrics that is capable of neutralising a subclass of toxins used in chemical weapons - those delivered through the skin. The life-saving technique could eventually be used to protect soldiers and emergency responders. The study is reported in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials.

12th Jun 2017

Market leader in spread tow reinforcements, Oxeon, has set a new standard for visual spread tow carbon fibre fabrics, PDESP21. The new standard makes TeXtreme’s signature square pattern more perfect to meet the most challenging visual demands. Using proprietary spreading and weaving technologies, splits, gaps and distortion are controlled.

11th Jun 2017

The SCA Group, a leading global hygiene and forest products company and one of the leading companies in personal care products, based in Sweden, has decided to close the tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the US, to further improve efficiency and strengthen the competitiveness for the professional hygiene business in North America, SCA.

10th Jun 2017

Ashland Global Holdings Inc., a global specialty chemicals company serving consumer and industrial markets, including adhesives, architectural coatings, automotive, construction, and energy, has announced the acquisition of a composites resin manufacturing facility in Etain, France, and its associated business, from Reichhold Holdings International B.V.

9th Jun 2017

EDANA (European Disposables And Nonwovens Association), the international association for nonwovens and related industries, and CNITA, the China Industrial Textiles Industry Association, co-organised the first EurAsian Geotextiles Symposium (EAGS), in Beijing, China, on June 7 and 8, 2017, attracting over 200 participants from 14 countries.