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3rd Mar 2017

Pegas Nonwovens has announced its intention to invest in a production plant in South Africa. The planned investment would amount to approximately €30-35 million in the first phase of the project. The production line is likely to have an annual production capacity of 10,000 tonnes and it is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018.

3rd Mar 2017

Recycled carbon fibres have found use in rail vehicles. In a new project in the UK, a consortium of companies is working on multi-material designs using recycled carbon fibres with an aim to reduce costs and track wear and improve performance. The two-year project is expected to get completed in the end of 2018 with a grant of £1.25 million.

3rd Mar 2017

The 6th edition of Technotex 2017, an international exhibition and conference on technical textiles, will take place in Mumbai from April 12-14. The theme of this year's conference is 'Advantage India: Emerging Global Manufacturing Hub for Technical Textiles' and it will chalk out a roadmap to make India a global manufacturing hub for technical...

2nd Mar 2017

Mitsui Hygiene Materials (Thailand), a manufacturer and distributor of nonwovens and breathable films for use in premium diapers, has successfully expanded capacity of breathable films by 4,200 tons per annum. The capacity expansion has been undertaken looking at the growing demand for breathable films, throughout East and Southeast Asia.

2nd Mar 2017

A single-handed Olympic class Laser dinghy, which raced at the Rio 2016 Olympics, is all set to enthrall visitors at JEC World 2017, an international composites event in Paris. The dinghy is part of the display being put up by Scott Bader. The event covers the whole composites value chain from raw material to processors and final products.

2nd Mar 2017

Research on TissueGen's new biodegradable fibre is all set to get a boost with joining of the company by a renowned bioscientist Lisa A Fortier. A professor of surgery at Cornell University, Fortier has specifically focused on translational research including prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. She has joined the company's scientific advisory...

1st Mar 2017

Exechon, LLC, a joint-venture comprising Abu Dhabi-based Injaz National, US global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, and Sweden-based Tecgrant AB, introduced its XMini robotic system at the recently held IDEX 2017, the international defence conference in Abu Dhabi, at the Lockheed Martin stand, in booth 01-A11, from February 19 to 23,...

1st Mar 2017

Nonwovens technology manufacturer Andritz has started up the Nexline wetlace production line for Turkey based Akinal Sentetik Tekstil. The Andritz wetlace technology combines wet forming and hydroentanglement, and is especially suited for the manufacture of flushable wipes that are dispersible and 100 per cent biodegradable, without any chemical...

1st Mar 2017

Germany’s leading carbon company, SGL Group, has announced that the company has renewed its commitment to endowing the Chair of Carbon Composites (LCC) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which began eight years ago. The agreement for a six-year extension was signed by TUM president Wolfgang A. Herrmann and the SGL Group’s CEO, Jurgen Kohler.