fashion accessories news

19th Apr 2017

Thailand headquartered Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Glanzstoff Group, a European manufacturer of tire cord fabrics and single-end-cords (SEC). Glanzstoff is Europe's largest converter for tire cord fabrics with manufacturing facilities in Luxembourg, Italy and the Czech Republic.

18th Apr 2017

Supplier of geosynthetic solutions, Huesker Group has set up an Australian subsidiary Huesker Australia Pty Ltd following the recent acquisition of NBW Mining (Aust) Pty Ltd and has named Morné Breytenbach as MD. Huesker Australia is expected to enable the group to provide its entire high quality product and solution portfolio to clients in Australasia.

17th Apr 2017

Indian Government is all set to promote use of technical textiles in the country with the textile ministry already having discussions on the subject with ministries of agriculture, urban development, health, and surface transport. The ministry plans to soon have meetings with other crucial ministries such as defence, railways, and heavy industries.

17th Apr 2017

Supplier of advanced composites and related materials to the Asia Pacific aerospace industry, Argosy International inaugurated its 2,000 square metre manufacturing facility in the Taichung Duty Free Zone in Taiwan. The new facility includes a clean room, cutting table, and freezer to process, cut to shape composite kits and will be qualified to AS9100.

15th Apr 2017

Manufacturer of advanced performance textile products and technologies, Vestagen Protective Technologies has closed a planned $10 million financing round. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes and to support increased commercialisation activity for its Vestex Active Barrier fabric scrubs, lab coats and patient garments.

15th Apr 2017

Hexcel has been awarded a contract for the first time by Mubea, a supplier of composites parts to the automotive industry. Hexcel will supply the company with Himax non crimp fabric (NCF) for the manufacture of carbon fibre monocoque chassis, which will be produced by resin transfer moulding (RTM) and use several different textile formats.

14th Apr 2017

Alexium International has launched a partnership with Benwel, a South Carolina based uniform developer, to introduce an FR undergarment for the auto racing industry treated with both Alexiflam and Alexicool technology. Benwel is likely to launch the product in the second half of 2017 to target several racing segments such as NASCAR, Indy Car and Sprint ...

14th Apr 2017

With trends showing increased use of composites produced through automated manufacturing, the third symposium on Automated Composites Manufacturing is being held in Montreal during April 20-21, 2017. The event will bring together academia and industry on advanced composites manufacturing using automated technologies and see presentation on NCC's...

13th Apr 2017

Mayer & Cie. (MCT), a leading international manufacturer of circular knitting machines from Germany, is set to present its latest range of circular knitting machines and spinning technology at Techtextil 2017, international tradefair for nonwovens and technical textiles, to be held from May 9 to 12, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany, in stand A06, hall 3.