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25th Sep 2019

Bond-Laminates, a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals company Lanxess, has commissioned two new production lines for Tepex continuous-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites at its site in Brilon, Germany. Tepex is becoming increasingly popular in the automotive industry for the large-scale production of lightweight structural components.

25th Sep 2019

Shape Machining has produced a carbon fibre suspension link for a high-end automotive manufacturer (OEM). The links has undergone all tests successfully. The design uses ShapeTex and epoxy thermoset resins technologies to make a part that can be pressed in very short cycle times. The technique leads to 45 per cent weight saving over a formed aluminium...

25th Sep 2019

Karl Mayer will participle with business units Warp Knitting, Warp Preparation and Technical Textiles in Techtextil India fair at Bombay Exhibition Centre from November 20-22. It will have a 20 square metre stand in German Pavilion. The Technical Textiles unit will be present at this year's new additional area for composite materials (World of...

24th Sep 2019

Stratasys, a provider of 3D printing technology and services, has signed a deal with Xaar to buy shares of Xaar 3D to increase Stratasys’s stake in Xaar 3D from 15 to 45 per cent. Xaar, through its fully owned subsidiary Xaar 3D Holdings, retains the remaining 55 per cent. The deal also gives an option to Stratasys to acquire the remaining shares of...

24th Sep 2019

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed physiological-sensing textiles that can be woven or stitched into sleep garments which they call “phyjamas.” Electronically active garments containing unobtrusive, portable devices for monitoring heart rate and respiratory rhythm during sleep may become useful in health care in the...

24th Sep 2019

Solvay, an advanced materials and specialty chemicals company, is expanding its thermoplastic composites capacity with a new production line at its US facility in Anaheim, California, underscoring its commitment to meeting strong demand growth from aerospace customers for this high-performance material and Solvay’s proprietary and unique technology.

24th Sep 2019

A dozen companies signed agreements with China's Jinshan district on 15 projects in the carbon fibre composite industry at an industrial summit recently. The planned investment in these projects totals 7 billion yuan ($1 billion). The district is expecting to generate over 10 billion yuan from this sector by 2025, and 50 billion yuan by 2035.

24th Sep 2019

Convenience, choice, value, sustainability, innovation and experience are the buyer ideals that have fundamentally changed the pattern of consumer behaviour and ultimately, the retail landscape, as well as the supply chain that serves it, according to research conducted by Israel-based Avgol, which offers high-performance non-woven fabric solutions.

24th Sep 2019

SRF Industries (Thailand) Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mumbai-based SRF Ltd, which manufactures technical textiles, engineering plastics, chemicals and packaging films, recently decided to shut operations of its technical textile business based in Rayong and sell the asset as production at the site has become unviable, the company said in a...