leathers news

8th Nov 2019

Autoneum has unveiled Hybrid-Acoustics PET - innovation for lighter, quieter and more environment-friendly vehicles. Components made of Hybrid-Acoustics PET use only PET, which is largely obtained from recycled fibres, providing environment-friendly mobility option. The innovation is based on a fibre material that acts both as insulator and absorber.

8th Nov 2019

A global player in tyre, construction reinforcement & composites technologies markets, Kordsa has teamed up with University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Kordsa, who has invested in composite technologies in last few years, sees this collaboration as an opportunity to scale up its business journey to composite technologies.

7th Nov 2019

Stelia Aerospace, a tier one partner in the aerostructure, pilot seats and first and business class passenger seats, has set up a new assembly site in Portugal, to strengthen position among the aeronautical leaders. The new site will host assembly aerostructure sub-assembly activities, for sections which will be shipped to the Stelia Aerospace French...

7th Nov 2019

Gearwrench will display its new line of heated apparel, including a jacket, hoodie, fleece, and vest option, at SEMA, in booth #10509. The SEMA show is a global, premier automotive specialty products trade event, which will be held from November 5-8, 2019, at Las Vegas convention centre, US. Gearwrench is a premier hand tool brand from Apex Tool group.

7th Nov 2019

Spyder, a leading ski and performance brand, has collaborated with Eastman Chemical Company to be the first brand to incorporate Avra, a new flat-shaped performance microfibre technology into its performance baselayer and mid-layer products. Avra performance fibres both wick moisture and dry up to 50 per cent faster than conventional polyester fibres.

7th Nov 2019

Basf has unveiled Elastopan polyurethane for Mizuno's new training footwear. The shoes are meant to improve balance and athletic performance. The high-performance material solution enables Mizuno's Centre of Balance (COB) technology that transmits information to the soles of the feet through activation bumps moulded into the surface of the midsole.

7th Nov 2019

Park Aerospace Corp, which develops and manufactures solution and hot-melt advanced composite materials used to produce composite structures for the global aerospace markets, has relocated its New York office to a new address: 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 409N, Westbury, NY 11590-5119. Park's New York office telephone number will remain the same as...

6th Nov 2019

Albany has announced that the company's board of directors has appointed Greg Harwell as group president for Albany Engineered Composites (AEC), effective November 4, 2019. Albany, headquartered in the US, is a developer and manufacturer of engineered components, using advanced materials processing and automation capabilities, with two core businesses.

6th Nov 2019

Carbon ThreeSixty, manufacturer of advanced composites structures, has carried out a trial with the National Composites Centre (NCC) on Tailored-Fibre Placement (TFP) technology. The trial has been successful and the technology will help reduce manufacturing costs and material waste. TFP enables high precision, free-form placement of fibres within a...