leathers news

6th Nov 2019

JEC Group and China Composites Group Corporation are collaborating in China to promote composite solutions in application industries and help sharing best practices and identify opportunities for development. The two, with more than 15 years of partnership organising the CCE– JEC Innovation Awards, have signed a partnership agreement in this connection.

6th Nov 2019

With a view to increase UK's competitiveness in composites, the National Physical Laboratory has recommended a ten-year roadmap which focuses on 11 key areas aimed at translating existing technologies into widely acceptable and usable documentation in the form of guides, specifications and standards, and developing new technologies where these do not...

6th Nov 2019

Eurojersey, a technical jersey fabrics leader with its line of Sensitive Fabrics and Estethia GB Conte, a company into wool fabrics, have combined technical and high performing characteristics to create a functional and contemporary look. In the new project called Travel Wooling, Sensitive Fabrics are bonded with Wool+ to create outfits for urban...

5th Nov 2019

Dymag, the company behind performance wheels used on some of the top performance vehicles in the world, is embarking on a development journey from its HQ in Wiltshire, UK. The company is ready to scale up production to offer its technology to automotive businesses, thus delivering some of the functional advantages already enjoyed by high performance...

5th Nov 2019

Kaman Composites -Wichita (KCW), a division of Kaman Aerosystems, is widening its customer base in composite repair. It will now provide composite repair services to the commercial and business aftermarket. The aviation industry is using composite structures due to their being light weight and durable. This has increased demand for composite MRO...

5th Nov 2019

Rein4ced has set up its bicycle frame production facility in Leuven, Belgium. The facility brings back carbon bicycle frame production to Europe. Despite being the heart of cycling, bicycles used in the Tour de France are made in Asia. Rein4ced will supply unbreakable carbon frames, made up of special composite material, to cycling brands starting late ...

5th Nov 2019

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings is taking over select assets of Bombardier aerostructures and aftermarket services businesses in Belfast, Northern Ireland (known as Short Brothers); Casablanca, Morocco; and Dallas, United States, for cash consideration of $500 million. This gives an opportunity Spirit to expand its operations into Northern Ireland and...

5th Nov 2019

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed temperature-responsive textile that can be used to make self-fitting garments powered by body heat. The textiles resemble typical knits, but are created using special active materials, shape memory alloys (SMAs), which change shape when heated. These could also be used to create compression...

5th Nov 2019

Domtar Corporation has reported net earnings of $20 million ($0.32 per share) for the third quarter ending September 30, 2019, compared to net earnings of $18 million ($0.28 per share) for the second quarter of 2019 and net earnings of $99 million ($1.57 per share) for the third quarter of 2018. Sales for the third quarter of 2019 were $1.3 billion.