16th Apr 2020
LIFT and IACMI, the two Detroit-based manufacturing innovation institutes, have donated their supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) to nearby Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) centre to fight against coronavirus.Together, the institutes donated: 300 safety glasses; 300 safety glasses; 1,400 nitrile gloves; and 60 tyvek lab coats.
16th Apr 2020
The National Composites Centre, a UK-based research centre, has donated thousands of pieces of PPE to local hospitals and medical facilities to help them during the coronavirus pandemic. 32,000 gloves, 1,350 coveralls, over 100 pairs of safety glasses, over 60 masks and three powered respirator hoods have been sent to help protect medical staff.
15th Apr 2020
Amidst shortage of protective masks world over, Cummins and DuPont have joined hands to supply critical material for N95 respirator masks, essential to filter airborne Covid-19 viruses.Cummins' NanoNet and NanoForce Media technology, which uses DuPont’s Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT),can be used in N95 respirator masks, worn by healthcare...
15th Apr 2020
Hexagon Composites ASA, a leading supplier of clean energy technology, has appointed Karen Romer as senior vice president communications. Romer will lead Hexagon’s communications activities globally and will be the principal contact for the company’s communication activities. Romer assumed her position earlier this month and reports to CEO, Jon Erik...
15th Apr 2020
BASF, a German chemical company, has announced that as part of its “Helping Hands” campaign to fight corona pandemic, BASF is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany. BASF is also donating 1 million masks to the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. The first delivery of masks is expected at Frankfurt Airport by next week.
15th Apr 2020
The Nonwovens Institute (NWI) at North Carolina State University is proactively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the full support of NC State, NWI is dedicating its melt-blown and spun-bond nonwoven making facilities and expertise to produce specially designed fabrics that can be delivered to US manufacturers to assemble face masks.
15th Apr 2020
Andritz has announced to take over all shares of Schuler Aktiengesellschaft and for this purpose, company intends to implement a process at Schuler Aktiengesellschaft for transfer of the shares of minority shareholders. Andritz BTG IV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Andritz AG, currently holds 96.62 per cent of the share capital of Schuler...
14th Apr 2020
New Balance (NB) has developed and is currently scaling production of general-use face mask as demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) continues to intensify across the country amid COVID-19. Developed in consultation with local medical and R&D institutions, the sports footwear and sports apparel firm recently produced its first face mask...
14th Apr 2020
Plataine, a provider of Industrial IoT (IIoT) and AI-based software for advanced manufacturing optimisation, has become a member of the National Composites Centre (NCC). This will help in digital transformation of advanced manufacturing processes. NCC brings together composite experts and leading manufacturers. Plataine now gets access to NCC’s...