leathers news

22nd Jun 2019

Michelman is currently showing its portfolio of fibre sizing solutions that help industry exploit benefits of composites: design freedom, consolidation of parts, functionality integration while meeting lightweighting goals at the JEC Forum Chicago conference. The fibre sizings are available for variety of application types and improve fibre-polymer...

21st Jun 2019

Switzerland's Pilatus Aircraft company has developed the new Pilatus PC-24 business jet with state-of-the-art Zund digital cutting system. Zund is a business engaged in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of multifunctional digital cutters for graphics, packaging, textile and leather industries, as well as in technical textiles and...

21st Jun 2019

Beijing Institute of Technology is using AnalySwift's SwiftComp simulation software for working on new composite materials as part of the company's Academic Partner Programme. The university's projects will use the software in the simulation of 2D woven fibre-reinforced polymer-based, ceramic-based, and sandwich structure composites at elevated...

21st Jun 2019

IACMI - the Composites Institute took part in the US Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the third in the Innovation XLab series, which features the assets and innovations of the national laboratories across the US. The institute presented its ability to support connections between ORNL and...

21st Jun 2019

Dutch company IME Medical Electrospinning has developed revolutionary MediSpin XL platform for large-scale industrial production of reproducible and scalable fibre-based scaffolds for Class I, II and III medical devices. The platform ensures control of the crucial parameters of the electrospinning process, leading to identical and consistent...

21st Jun 2019

GKN Aerospace has announced commissioning of a second additive manufacturing cell (Cell 2) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Cell 2 is world’s largest pilot production cell of its kind and is the next stage in GKN’s additive manufacturing research and development targeting large scale structural aircraft...

21st Jun 2019

Dassault Systèmes participated as lead investor in a €65 million Series B financing for BioSerenity, a startup developing a comprehensive health solution involving textiles equipped with sensors and online telehealth services to diagnose and monitor pathologies. Three of BioSerenity’s existing investors, BPI, Idinvest and LBO, also participated in the...

20th Jun 2019

Transportation and energy company Tesla is reportedly working on a new type of soft and durable fabric to make seating in its electric vehicles last longer. The development, termed ‘load-bearing fabric architecture' that can withstand varying loads, was revealed in a new patent application filed by Tesla last year that recently became public.

20th Jun 2019

SIBUR and BASF are collaborating to develop innovative polymer solutions at SIBUR’s PolyLab Research and Development Center located in Moscow, Russia. The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation took place on May 30, 2019 at SIBUR’s newly inaugurated PolyLab at the Skolkovo Innovation Center to seal the strong commitment from SIBUR and BASF.