leathers news

3rd Mar 2021

Valley Guard Supply is setting up a personal protective equipment manufacturing facility in the City of Harrisonburg with an investment of $1 million. A service-disabled, veteran-owned company, Valley Guard produces three-ply disposable masks that are totally made in the US and intends to produce other types of safety and security gear in the future.

3rd Mar 2021

Autefa Solutions, manufacturer of nonwoven machines and automation solutions, has come up with a fully automated production line for protective/ face masks. The HiPerMask produces masks in accordance with the EU FFP2 and FFP3 standards as well as the US N95 and N98 standards. The first machines have already been put into operation in Germany and...

2nd Mar 2021

The Navy Exchange Service Command’s Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility (NCTRF), co-located at the Natick Soldier Systems Centre in Natick, Massachusetts, has developed face coverings using 3D knitting technology. The technology reduces the amount of time and labour required in typical traditional cut and sew manufacturing techniques.

2nd Mar 2021

The next edition of JEC World 2021, the composite industry trade fair, which was scheduled from March 8-10, 2022, has been postponed. The continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the JEC World team to postpone the show. The expo provides an overview of the value chain, from raw-material producers to processors, from processors to users.

2nd Mar 2021

Krayden, a Denver, CO-based leading distributor of specialty chemicals to the aerospace, electronics, transportation and industrial sectors, has taken over Northern Composites of Hampton, NH. Northern Composites is a distributor of premium quality composite materials and a manufacturer of Northern Composites branded vacuum bagging materials and...

2nd Mar 2021

Technical Absorbents has unveiled the next generation of its online sample shop. Designed to flow seamlessly from the company’s main website, the online shop helps visitors search for samples by product type and market sector. The company first introduced an ecommerce facility in 2015 to give prospective customers a clear overview of its product...

1st Mar 2021

Dow, Kashi, and Berry Global have won the 2020 SEAL Environmental Initiative Award, for their collaboration to create the first fully recyclable flexible barrier pouch available nationally for Kashi's Bear Naked Granola brand. Dow is a chemical company whose portfolio of businesses consists of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings, and silicones.

1st Mar 2021

Butler Technologies, a leader in printed electronics, has launched its Heatwave Developer Kits, which provide innovators the tools to create with the Butler Technologies’ flexible printed heaters. This gives developers a chance to come up with new designs on their own. The company’s printed heaters are ideal for materials designed to be close to users’ ...

1st Mar 2021

University of Central Florida is working with NASA to develop thin-ply composites to be used in Spacecraft and NASA Missions. Thin-ply composite, made from woven fibres, are as thin as carpenter's measuring tape but strong enough to support satellite payloads, such as solar sails for solar-powered space travel, or serve as supports for large spacecraft.