leathers news

2nd Jul 2021

Loop Energy, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell-based solutions, is to provide its proprietary fuel cell modules to Slovakia-based Mobility & Innovation (M&I) for its lightweight and zero-emission city bus platform. Loop can deliver power and enable a smaller fuel storage system without compromising the weight or range of the bus.

1st Jul 2021

Solvay, a science company with technologies impacting daily life, has unveiled AeroPaste 1006, 1009 and 1100 adhesive pastes and BR 179 non-chromate primer. These aerospace adhesive and surfacing technology innovations increase part assembly efficiency and also enable unmatched processing flexibility, making them ideal for ever-increasing production...

1st Jul 2021

From summer semester of 2021, Andritz's automation specialists will contribute to Graz University of Technology's master's degree programme “Process Engineering, Specialisation: Biobased Materials and Fibre Technology” by giving series of lectures on current opportunities and challenges in electrical engineering and digitalisation in industrial...

1st Jul 2021

Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced that it has elected five new governors and confirmed the team of officers for 2021-2022. The Belgium-based association not only represents all types of nonwovens, but also materials often used with nonwovens, such as films and superabsorbent polymers.

1st Jul 2021

Freudenberg Performance Materials has developed Battery Pack Liquid Absorbers - absorbent nonwoven pads which take up liquid fast and have high retention capacity – to make batteries safer. Battery packs are the core elements of mobile and stationary lithium-ion energy storage systems. Moisture and liquids inside the packs can considerably damage them.

30th Jun 2021

FlexiLab at Purdue University is trying to make the Internet of Things more practical for everyday use by addressing the limitations which have prevented it from growing in home environments. The aim is to develop seamless communication between humans, machines and household items. For example, FlexiLab is printing electronics the way newspapers are...

30th Jun 2021

Quebec-based Medicom Group, a leading manufacturer of surgical and respiratory masks, is establishing a new manufacturing subsidiary - Meltech Innovation Canada - to produce and innovate the inner filter material used in production of surgical, pediatric and N95-type respiratory masks. Canadian government will invest up to $28.99 million on the new...

29th Jun 2021

NLR has built the largest known single thermoplastic piece for bottom half of the fuselage structure for The Clean Sky 2 Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD), part of the EU’s Clean Sky 2 initiative. Through the Clean Sky 2 initiative, the aerospace industry is looking to transition from aluminium to next-gen carbon-fibre reinforced composites.

29th Jun 2021

Ontex, a Belgium-based international personal hygiene group, has developed a smart continence management service - Orizon - for care homes and hospitals. Orizon, alerts caregivers via an app when a resident’s smart incontinence protection gets close to saturation. The service increases comfort for residents and staff, and increases the dignity of...