leathers news

19th Jul 2019

ORCA has announced the set-up of its third branch dedicated to carbon fabrics and high-tech composite materials, with Angeloni, ITT, Dynanotex, and Impregnatex as partners, in a single and integrated entity. The company is an innovator in the composites industry and known as a manufacturer of engineered fabrics and coated fabrics for niche markets.

19th Jul 2019

Teijin has signed a joint development agreement with an Australian venture, AEV Robotics (AEV). In the first two years, the companies will develop elemental technologies for the envisioned vehicle. The agreement is to create lightweight components and solutions for next generation transportation to realise new forms for transportations in aging society.

18th Jul 2019

Ascent Aerospace has announced its recent investment of a Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) machine from Thermwood Corporation, a technology leader and manufacturer of CNC and 3D printing equipment based in Dale. Ascent Aerospace is a single-source provider of production and automated assembly systems for the aerospace and defence industry.

18th Jul 2019

Composites UK, the leading, accredited trade association for the UK composites industry, has added an award for start-up business of the year to be presented at the Industry Awards Dinner on October 30, 2019, at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. The award will celebrate new businesses in the composites supply chain born from innovation.

18th Jul 2019

NUS scientists have devised a new method for interconnecting wearable devices. They have incorporated conductive textiles into clothing to dynamically connect several wearable devices at once. This 'wireless body sensor network' allows devices to transmit data with 1,000 times stronger signal than conventional technologies, improving the battery life.

17th Jul 2019

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation is setting up its European carbon fibre sheet moulding compound (SMC) production facility in Italy. The facility, to start operations in September 2020, will be located on a site adjoining CPC SRL, in which MCC holds a 44 per cent equity. SMC can be processed into components in about two to five minutes by press moulding.

17th Jul 2019

Web Industries, a precision formatter of advanced composites materials for aerospace, space and medical applications, is expanding its Denton, Texas, manufacturing facility. This will increase the plant's productive capacity, smooth the flow of manufacturing activities and support larger customer programmes. The expansion is to take place in two phases.

17th Jul 2019

Saurer’s partnership with apparel branding innovator Lion Brothers has lasted seven decades. It was first to supply NASA with embroidered mission patches starting with Apollo 1. Using Saurer’s 2S-55, the most advanced embroidery machine of the time, Lion Brothers produced shoulder patch for Apollo 11, the mission that resulted in 2 astronauts reaching...

17th Jul 2019

Poney Garments Sdn Bhd (Poney), a leading retailer and brand marketer specialising in creating and delivering apparel for children, has ventured into nanotechnology and technical textile by partnering with Nanotextile Sdn Bhd (Nanotextile). This all Malaysian partnership is a step ahead in commercialisation of nanotechnology in Malaysia’s textile...