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17th Jun 2019

Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and Chinese partners, has become the sole composite structure supplier of some A350XWB parts—rudder, elevator, belly fairing and S19 maintenance door work package. Operational A350XWB airplanes are assembled with these composite parts which are manufactured in...

17th Jun 2019

The second international conference on Functional Textiles & Clothing (FTC) is being organised by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) from February 7-9, 2020, in New Delhi. FTC will be held in partnership with World University of Design, Haryana—a budding design university of India, and PSG Tech. Coimbatore—a leading textile college in South...

17th Jun 2019

PrimaLoft, a leader in advanced material technology, has named Jim Frazier as new senior vice president, global marketing. Frazier is a seasoned veteran of outdoor apparel, soft goods, and hard goods space. Most recently, he served as vice president of product for United Sports Brands, a collection of several brands including Nathan Sports, Shock...

15th Jun 2019

Polygenta Technology Ltd in Maharashtra will help Adidas eliminate the use of virgin plastics in its products by 2024 by producing polyester filament yarn from discarded polyethylene terephthalate bottles at its Nashik factory. The firm, with a capacity to process 30 tonnes of bottles daily, plans to scale up to 100 tonnes a day in two years to meet...

15th Jun 2019

Edana's 2019 International Nonwovens Symposium (INS), which was held on June 12-13, 2019, at Vienna, Austria, has ended on a successful note. The leading European event demonstrated the technical and strategic building blocks that will ensure the industry's sustainable growth, with top level speakers and professionals from the nonwovens sector.

15th Jun 2019

Rudolf Group, a leading partner for global textile industry with experience in research and development, has come up with a new generation of ecological PU coatings with water vapour permeability. Known as ‘Eco-Vent’, the water-based coating solution opens up new perspectives for numerous coated fabrics which are permeable to water vapour and thus...

15th Jun 2019

Porcher Sport is to unveil a new, extra-light paragliding fabric at the Red Bull X-Alps, the world’s toughest adventure race held across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, this weekend. Weighing just 21 grams per square metre (gsm), the new fabric weight is significantly lower than Porcher’s Skytex 27gsm material already used in many lightweight...

14th Jun 2019

Thermoset customers in France, Italy, UK and Ireland will have improved access to products from Nouryon through an expanded partnership with distributor Gazechim Group. Under the agreement, Gazechim will distribute Nouryon’s complete portfolio of organic peroxides and auxiliaries for thermoset business. The partnership will take effect from September...

14th Jun 2019

Milliken & Company (Milliken), a global diversified manufacturer of textile, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Polartec, a global brand known for its innovative performance textiles for outdoor and military apparel, from Versa Capital Management. The acquisition is expected to close in June. Financial terms of the transaction were not...