leathers news

29th Apr 2019

Scientists from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) has developed an innovative diaper design which visually signals it is time for diaper change even in darkness. For every new parent, it can be a challenge to know exactly when to a change baby's diaper. Changing too often seems unnecessary but if not prompt enough, a diaper rash may...

29th Apr 2019

HAECO Group is opening a new facility within HAECO Americas, in Greensboro, North Carolina, which will include full composite shop capabilities. HAECO Americas has been offering composite repair services since 1998. Due to growing demand and past success, the new composite shop will be a standalone Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station.

26th Apr 2019

Teijin, a technology-driven group, has announced that it has begun producing an expanded line-up of fan-cooled jackets that the company developed with Makita, a leading Japanese manufacturer of electric power tools. The jackets, which were introduced in 2018, use pressure-controlled fan cooling to circulate air inside their outer shells and inner...

26th Apr 2019

Stoll, a leader in flat-knitting machine technology, will be participating in Techtextil and Texprocess expos, in hall 3.0, booth F39 and hall 4.1, booth D45 respectively. Techtextil, the expo for technical textiles and nonwovens, and Texprocess, an expo for processing textile and flexible materials, will be held from May 14-17, 2019, in Frankfurt,...

26th Apr 2019

South Korea recently obtained rights to sell polyethylene and polypropylene produced at the Kiyanly Gas Chemical Plant, the first large gas chemical plant in Turkmenistan. The annual sales are estimated at $700 million. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow met on April 17 in Ashgabat to discuss...

26th Apr 2019

Chem-Trend, a global leader in development, manufacturing and marketing of high-performance release agents, purging compounds, and other ancillary moulding products, will showcase another new line of die lubricant polymer technologies, specifically developed to help die casters improve operational efficiency, at the GIFA in Düsseldorf, from June 25-29, ...

26th Apr 2019

Sunseeker, the renowned British luxury motor yacht manufacturer and a long-standing customer of Hexcel, has implemented Hexcel’s Himax Dot Pattern Adhesive (DPA) technology for the resin infusion of Predator 50, its new performance cruiser. The Predator 50 is the first of Sunseeker yachts to be built with Hexcel’s novel composite technology.

25th Apr 2019

While India has classified 207 products as technical textiles for import and export, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the ministry of commerce and industry is ready to expand the list if industrialists give a list of such products according to their importance or export/import potential, textiles secretary Raghvendra Singh said recently.

25th Apr 2019

The fourth edition of Filtrex India, recently organised by Edana and BCH, ended successfully, with 150 participants from across the filtration supply chain coming together for the event. There was a keen awareness from players at both a local and global level of their role in addressing the societal challenges of air pollution and indoor air quality.