leathers news

16th Nov 2019

Asahi Kasei Advance Corp has established Asahi Kasei Advance Vietnam Corp in Hung Yen province near Hanoi, Vietnam. The new facility is expected to start in March 2020 and will manufacture sewing fabric for airbags. Entry into the airbag fabric sewing business marks an expansion of Asahi Kasei’s airbag-related business for greater earnings.

16th Nov 2019

Shape Machining is machining high quality carbon inserts for motorsport and Formula 1 industry alongside carbon trimming for aerospace and automotive clients with full FAI reporting and Faro inspection. Alongside internal capability to design jigs and fixtures in-house, Shape has continuously developed methods to machine a variety of advanced materials.

15th Nov 2019

National Safety Apparel (NSA) has announced a partnership with HauteWork, an upscale brand of flame resistant clothing (FRC), to design safe, comfortable, and stylish FRC that is flattering for all women. The partnership of HauteWork and NSA further represents NSA's commitment to having a house of FR brands and supporting women in the work force.

15th Nov 2019

Valmet, a developer of services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries, has unveiled Valmet Pressure-fed Bow Screen, a versatile new addition to its stock preparation offering. The solution reinvents the traditional bow screen with a new, user-friendly design and better nozzle arrangement enabling higher capacity and greater runnability than before.

15th Nov 2019

Groz-Beckert Felting, a provider of industrial needles, will be presenting its entire jet strip product range including the new and innovative HyTec P – for all spunlace customers, at Techtextil India 2019 from November 20-22 in hall 4, booth b-55, Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai. In the field of nonwovens, it will be focusing on Gebecon felting...

15th Nov 2019

Based on unaudited results, PFNonwovens, a producer of nonwovens textiles, recorded consolidated revenues of CZK 4,817.4 million in the first nine months of 2019, up by 0.3 per cent year-on-year (yoy). Sales volumes in tonnage terms decreased. On the other hand, the development in the price of polymers had a positive effect on the yoy development of...

14th Nov 2019

Technical textiles specialist Arville has taken over Delta Filter Services, towards its goal to position itself as 'best-in-class' specialist in the design, weaving, finishing, coating and fabrication of technical textiles. Delta's business, equipment, order book and customers have become part of Arville's existing fabrication business unit in...

14th Nov 2019

Hexion has completed construction of its Application Development Centre (ADC) in Shanghai in order to strengthen industry-leading research and development and technical services capabilities. The 4,800 square metres ADC will support new product development and customer collaboration to accelerate growth in waterborne coatings and composite applications.

14th Nov 2019

Bindatex, known for precision cutting of difficult to cut materials, has doubled its capacity by investing in a new composite slitting line. The new line has increased composites slitting capacity to 30 tonnes per year. The line can cut UD, prepreg, and composite materials to widths of just 3.175mm. The investment has also generated five new jobs.