leathers news

11th Jun 2019

Henkel’s adhesive technologies business unit has inaugurated its new production facility for aerospace applications at Henkel site in Montornès, Spain. With investment of about €35 million, it aims to serve growing demand for high-performance solutions supporting key trends in global aerospace industry such as light weighting, fuel efficiency and...

11th Jun 2019

Covestro, a global supplier of polymer materials, has delivered its first commercial order of polyurethane (PU) raw materials for wind blades to China. The blades produced by Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology (TMT) were then delivered to Envision, a wind turbine technology company. They are scheduled to be installed in a wind farm in East China in...

10th Jun 2019

Jenax, inventor of the first ultra-thin, ultra-flexible, lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, is coming up with the second in a series of Lunch & Lab events. The event which is slated for July 8, 2019 will provide a forum for Chicago’s product designers, engineering leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss how battery advances can spur next-generation...

10th Jun 2019

Nouryon has completed a €20 million project at Sundsvall, Sweden that raises production capacity for its Expancel expandable microspheres which are used as lightweight filler and blowing agent to make end products lighter, create attractive textures, protect against damage or shield against elements. It also reduces costs as less raw material is used.

10th Jun 2019

Freudenberg Performance Materials presented a number of innovative solutions at the European Wound Management Association Conference (EWMA) held recently in Gothenburg, Sweden. These included foams with an innovative direct coating of silicone adhesives, multilayer foam-fleece components with superabsorbent nonwovens and more efficient polyurethane...

10th Jun 2019

Daher, the aircraft manufacturer and industrial equipment and services provider, is pressing ahead with implementation of its Succeed Together Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 structured around three priorities: greater added value, accelerated growth in North America, and establishing itself as the innovation and digital benchmark in all its business...

7th Jun 2019

Safety Supply Corporation, manufacturer of high quality personal protective equipment (PPE) and parent company of Radians, has taken over Neese Industries, leader in FR clothing and protective rainwear for almost 60 years. Radians and Neese combined will have manufacturing capabilities in Mexico which will improve lead times on several product lines.

7th Jun 2019

ReStore Exo-Suit by ReWalk Robotics, a manufacturer of robotic medical devices for lower limb disabilities, has received CE marking. This is the first clearance of a soft exo-suit, a next generation medical device which can serve a larger and more diverse patient population facing mobility challenges. ReStore Exo-Suit is used for stroke rehabilitation.

6th Jun 2019

The e-textiles industry, which are limited by cost and ability to scale, does not grow in the fashion field but in personal protective equipment (PPE), consumer products and functional wear, according to Madison Maxey, founder of San Francisco-based Loomia, which designs and manufactures soft circuit systems that can be produced at scale.