leathers news

22nd Feb 2021

OrganoClick, a public Swedish cleantech company, has signed a 5-year frame work agreement with a leading nonwoven manufacturer for supply of OrganoClick’s bio-based binders. Under the 5-year term of the contract, OrganoClick will supply its bio-binder according to a forecasted yearly volume that will be confirmed in detail in 6-month periods.

22nd Feb 2021

Jinan Shengquan Group Share Holding Co (SQ Group) in partnership with Hong Kong Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI) has developed an antiviral, antibacterial fabric which, it claims, kills 100 per cent of the COVID-19 virus under experimental conditions. The activity is retained even after 30 washes, with fabric killing over 99 per cent of...

19th Feb 2021

Edana has opened the registrations for the 2021 edition of Outlook online, which will be held from April 21-23, 2021. Outlook has earned a reputation as the premier nonwovens personal care, hygiene, and wipes conference. Every year, hundreds of professionals have gathered for three days in premium venues to meet, network, do business and share...

19th Feb 2021

Herculite Products Inc, a US-based leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance laminated and custom fabrics, has announced that the company acquired the laminated fabrics division of Burlan Manufacturing LLC. This acquisition strengthens Herculite’s position as a global leader in high performance reinforced textile composites.

19th Feb 2021

Americhem, a US-based global masterbatch manufacturer that specialises in custom colour and additive masterbatch solutions, has been awarded the Bronze EcoVadis medal. This result places Americhem among the top 50 per cent of companies assessed by EcoVadis. This prestigious award is presented to companies who achieve a high level of global...

19th Feb 2021

Triumph Group is selling its Red Oak, Texas operations to Arlington Capital Partners. The deal includes the Red Oak facility, together with Triumph’s thermoplastic engineering capabilities. Arlington Capital Partners will combine the Red Oak business with the composites facilities it is separately acquiring from Triumph pursuant to an earlier agreement.

18th Feb 2021

Kishigo, a US-based manufacturer of high visibility safety apparel and accessories, is contributing to fight against Covid-19 by supplying high visibility vests, t-shirts and jackets to healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 testing and vaccination in high traffic environments. Covid-19 vaccine centres are being set up in large parking lots in the...

18th Feb 2021

Rock West Composites (RWC), a composite manufacturer has moved to new corporate headquarters at 7625 Panasonic Way in San Diego, California, a facility over three times larger than the previous. With 107,000 sq ft of total space, there is 20,000 sq ft of office space, 80,000 sq ft of manufacturing space, and an additional 7,000 sq ft for general...

18th Feb 2021

TexPro, the one-of-a-kind market intelligence information provider from Fibre2Fashion, is now also available for technical textiles. The global technical textile industry can now avail export-import data, information on tenders, latest patents, raw material price trends and other critical data insights, analysis, and information specific to the...