leathers news

16th Jul 2019

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has launched its new Lurapret N5396 & N5392 liq, a water-based ultra-low VOC polyurethane (PU) polymer coating technology at the recent ITMA exhibition. The innovation was developed in compliance with ‘The Archroma Way: safe, efficient, enhanced, it’s our nature’.

15th Jul 2019

For its 12th edition, JEC Asia 2019 will gather companies from entire composites value chain in Asia Pacific to present their latest capabilities & innovations to the composites community and strategic end-user’s market including mobility, aeronautics, building & construction at Seoul, South Korea from November 12-14. This will be JEC’s third visit to...

15th Jul 2019

The Lenzing Group, market leader for specialty fibres, has been providing both financial support and textiles made of its fibres to Debra Austria, the patient organisation for ‘butterfly children’. The Tencel branded lyocell and modal fibres are soft, smooth and very skin-friendly. In turn, they help to improve quality of life for ‘butterfly children’.

15th Jul 2019

ITT, manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customised technology solutions for energy, transportation and industrial markets, has taken over Matrix Composites, a specialty aerospace component manufacturer with experience in making precision composite components for next generation, high growth aircraft and aircraft engine platforms. ...

12th Jul 2019

Body Armor Direct, the number one online direct-to-consumer retailer of government certified body armour has announced a new initiative to replace over 100,000 non-government certified ballistic vests currently in use across US by law enforcement, security personnel and others. Body Armor Direct's armours are certified by National Institute of Justice.

11th Jul 2019

The Tepex continuous-fibre-reinforced composites from Lanxess are becoming established in large-scale production of various structural components for lightweight automotive design. It is currently used in the Audi A8 car. Lanxess is a leading specialty chemicals company from Germany, with sales of €7.2 billion in 2018 and present in 33 countries.

11th Jul 2019

Covestro, the Institute of Textile Technology at RWTH Aachen University and various textile manufacturers, are developing a production process on an industrial scale for making a new breed of elastic textile fibres market ready. The fibres based on CO2, can be used for stockings and medical textiles and might replace elastic fibres based on crude oil.

10th Jul 2019

University of Strathclyde has opened an £8.9 million centre for companies to benefit from lightweight manufacturing technology. The Lightweight Manufacturing Centre will make lighter, more efficient, components for high-value industries, including automotive and aerospace. It will also benefit enterprises looking to change traditional manufacturing...

10th Jul 2019

DuPont de Nemours, Inc, which provides value-added specialised solutions to transform industries, recently announced its debut as an independent firm after its agriculture division separated through the spin-off of Corteva, Inc. The company was formerly known as DowDuPont Inc. DuPont common stock began regular trading recently on the New York Stock...