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2nd Mar 2023

Zund will be attending JEC World 2023 in Paris from April 25–27, 2023, to present its latest developments in the field of modular, digital cutting solutions at the world’s leading tradeshow for the composites industry. Visitors to Booth T41 in Hall 5 will be able to discover a variety of solutions for efficient digital cutting and kitting automation.

28th Feb 2023

Optima Group, a leading manufacturer of packaging and filling machines, has announced that effective March 1, 2023, Dr Stefan Koenig, the managing director of Optima packaging group GmbH, will take over responsibility for the Optima Nonwovens business unit. Koenig will take over this responsibility from Hans Buehler, CEO of the Optima Group.

27th Feb 2023

Researchers at Aalto University and Cambridge University have collaborated to create new textiles that can alter their shape based on the temperature. Such responsive smart fabrics not only offer adjustable aesthetics but also assist in tracking people’s health, enhance thermal insulation, and provide new tools for controlling room acoustics and design.

27th Feb 2023

This is time for the Indian textile industry to focus on scale, quality, speed and higher volume and capture world markets, according to Indian minister for textiles Piyush Goyal, who recently told a conference session in Mumbai that many international companies tell him they are unable to find high-quality high-volume suppliers in the country.

24th Feb 2023

Babycare has entered into strategic partnerships with specialty materials maker Eastman and pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes producer Avery Dennison, with the aim of creating safer maternity and parenting lifestyles. The signing of the new agreements with Eastman and Avery Dennison increases Babycare’s number of strategic partners worldwide to eight.

23rd Feb 2023

Sweden’s hygiene and health company, Essity, has unveiled that Jessica Alm will join the executive management team in the role of chief communication officer. Alm will join from the industrial company, Sandvik, where she has served in various roles, the past ten of which as head of group communications and as a member of group executive management.

23rd Feb 2023

About 90 Italian exhibitors including over 40 machinery manufacturers will be present at the latest edition of INDEX trade fair which is set to take place from April 18–21, 2023 in Geneva. Once again, the ITA in cooperation with the ACIMIT has organised an exhibition space reserved for companies manufacturing machinery for the textile sector.

23rd Feb 2023

UWE Bristol researchers at the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) have successfully developed a prototype of a simple piece of fabric, which when placed around a wrist can monitor heart rate and can be worn and washed at least 10 times without compromising its monitoring ability. The research team is being led by senior research fellow Dr Shaila Afroj.

23rd Feb 2023

Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, has reported net sales of $1.49 billion in FY22, representing an increase of 37 per cent compared to the previous year. The increase in net sales was driven by airlaid materials and composite fibres segments, which reported net sales of $601.5 million and $523.9 million,...