fashion accessories news

29th Mar 2017

SSM (Scharer Schweiter Mettler AG), an innovative leader in yarn processing and winding and Swiss developer, leader, and holder of patents in electronic yarn guiding systems, presented latest SSM solution for spreading, splitting, and winding of carbon at JEC World 2017, the largest composites show in the world, in Paris, France, from March 14 to 16,...

29th Mar 2017

Scientists in the US have developed a damage sensor which makes viewing the damage at a crucial part of a composite possible. The nanoscale damage-sensing probe known as a mechanophore has been made for the composite made of epoxy and silk. The team is now planning to explore how such probes could be used in other composites for different applications.

29th Mar 2017

Burdens Australia, Australia's leading specialist in supply and installation of Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats, has signed a long term exclusive distributor agreement with Cortex Composites Australia for the Australasian market. The deal strengthens Burdens' product offering in soil stabilisation, ditch lining and petrochemical bund lining...

29th Mar 2017

Technical Fibre Products (TFP Inc), a specialty wet-laid nonwoven manufacturer, has become a member of Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI). TFP has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing technical nonwoven material for advanced composites and membership of IACMI highlights TFP's commitment to grow business in this...

28th Mar 2017

Saurer Group’s Allma and Volkmann, the leaders in the world of twisting and cabling technology, are set to show its latest developments in twisting technology for industrial yarns at Techtextil 2017, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, to be held from May 9 to 12, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany, in stand D02, hall...

27th Mar 2017

German headquartered ContiTech has opened its new Chinese facility for manufacturing coated fabrics for a variety of applications. Based on cutting edge facilities for waste air treatment, the facility stays below Chinese emission limits more than ten times, while its thermal insulation systems helps to save energy at a uniquely high level.

25th Mar 2017

Covestro has developed new polyurethane raw materials for sustainable, water-borne textile coatings for medical applications such as wound dressings that assist in healing, absorbent foams, adhesives and films based on waterborne products, surgical wear and hospital bed linen. These raw materials will be presented at the INDEX17 trade fair for...

25th Mar 2017

A report in the latest issue of Technical Textile Markets informs that the demand for disposable nonwovens is anticipated to increase at a healthy rate in the near future. This will be primarily driven by the growing demand among Asian upper and middle classes, for higher value hygiene products like diapers and feminine hygiene products.

24th Mar 2017

Kordsa, a leading global player in the tire, composite, and construction reinforcement technologies, has supported its existing investment in the US market with a new purchase. Kordsa’s subsidiary in the US, Kordsa Incorporated, has acquired the Chattanooga facility of the Luxembourg-based Invista Corporation Company in the US state of Tennessee.