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.
9th Jun 2017
JEC Group, a leading composite organisation in the world, promoting composite markets by providing global and local networking and information services, has announced the launch of the first ever book on the growing use of composites in architecture named “The Future of Building: The Growing Use of Composites in Construction and Architecture”.
8th Jun 2017
The third edition of the Defence-Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) joint exhibition cum seminar focused on innovations in protective clothing and uniforms along with medical, building, geo textiles, tentage and load carrying fabrics. Over 250 delegates from both the Indian Army and technical textiles and footwear industry attended the event.
8th Jun 2017
The recently held Techtextil, a leading technical textiles and nonwovens fair, and the Texprocess, international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials, proved to be a huge success, with a record number of over 33,670 visitors from 104 countries. A new record was also set on the exhibitor side with 1,477 companies from 55 countries.
7th Jun 2017
DuPont Protection Solutions has launched DuPont Tychem 2000 SFR, a new chemical and secondary flame protection garment. The new addition to the DuPont Tyvek and Tychem protective apparel solutions is meant for use in refineries, petrochemical plants, laboratories and hazardous maintenance operations where dual protection against chemical and fire is...
7th Jun 2017
Xerium Technologies, a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, has been presented with an award for participating partner during the open house for the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The award was presented by N C State chancellor Randy Woodson to Xerium’s John Schauer,
6th Jun 2017
Gurit, a worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of advanced composite materials, components and technologies, has won a major wind turbine OEM as new customer for its Tooling business. The new customer placed a first set of orders for wind blade mould systems at a total contract value of some CHF 11 million to be produced and supplied in 2017.
6th Jun 2017
EDANA, the European Disposables And Nonwovens Association based in Brussels, Belgium, has announced the release of its comprehensive report on nonwoven statistics for 2016. Available exclusively to members, the ‘EDANA Statistics Report on Nonwovens Production & Delivery in Europe, 2016’ provides detailed production statistics and market analysis.
5th Jun 2017
Germany’s leading carbon company, SGL Group, is set to lead a consortium of eight UK companies in an 18 month research and development project to produce lightweight carbon fibre composite components for the automotive industry. The project is titled “Thermoplastic Overmoulding of Structural Composites for Automotive Applications” (TOSCAA).