leathers news

27th May 2019

Global hygiene and health company Essity is investing around SEK 400 million ($41.5 million) in an integrated facility for the production of pulp based on alternative fibre from plant-based agricultural by-products. The investment is taking place at Essity’s tissue plant in Mannheim, Germany. Production is expected to commence in the second half of...

27th May 2019

Karl Mayer, a leading textile machinery firm from Germany, was exhibiting as an innovative driving force and business partner with a wide range of products at the recently held Techtextil exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. The company's stand quickly became a real magnet for the public. Around 140 conversations worthy of being recorded were held.

25th May 2019

Essity is divesting its 50 per cent stake in the partly owned company SCA Yildiz in Turkey to the other part owner Yildiz. Essity will retain a presence in Turkey through its wholly owned Professional Hygiene, Incontinence Products and Medical Solutions operations. The transaction is expected to be finalised in the second quarter of 2019.

25th May 2019

McDermott International, a fully integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to energy industry, has been awarded a contract by MOL Petrochemicals for basic engineering, technology license, catalyst and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for an Olefins Conversion Technology (OCT) unit at its petrochemicals complex in...

25th May 2019

INDA along with The Nonwovens Institute (NWI) will co-organise the ninth edition of RISE, the conference on research, innovation and science for engineered fabrics, at the North Carolina State University, US from Sept 24-25. Innovations in material science, sustainability, and the factors driving nonwovens market trends will be presented at the fair.

24th May 2019

Stratasys established an authorised materials partner programme to expand the range of high-performance polymers available to manufacturers, leveraging its fused deposition modelling process using FDM Technology in 3D printing applications. As an initial step, Solvay helped launch the programme at RAPID+TCT 2019 fair held at Michigan, US, recently.

24th May 2019

BeBop Sensors, the leader in smart fabric sensor technology, has won Red Herring’s Top 100 North America 2019 Award. BeBop uses smart fabrics to create sensor solutions for OEMs. Its sensors comprehend force, location, size, weight, bend, twist and presence across any size, resolution, geometry; find applications in industrial, medical, virtual...

24th May 2019

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), along with its parent company Teijin Limited, was honoured by General Motors with the automakers Innovation Award at its 27th Annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held in Warren, Michigan. CarbonPro, the industry’s first pickup box made with carbon fibre, has earned CSP the GM Innovation Award.

23rd May 2019

German textile machinery firm, Stoll, displayed latest knitting and other textile machines at Techtextil & Texprocess expos, which were held from May 14-17, 2019, in Frankfurt, Germany. Techtextil is the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens. Texprocess is the global trade fair for processing textile and flexible...