leathers news

12th Mar 2019

Protective Industrial Products Inc (PIP), a portfolio company of Audax, has acquired West Chester Protective Gear (West Chester), a leader in providing personal protective equipment to industrial and retail channels. Investment banking advisors, Lincoln International, acted as the exclusive financial advisor to West Chester throughout the sale process.

12th Mar 2019

Autoliv, the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has appointed Magnus Jarlegren as executive vice president operations and member of its executive management team. In his new role, Jarlegren will have global responsibility for continued development and implementation of strategies to drive operational excellence across Autoliv’s production...

11th Mar 2019

IPC, the industrial technical centre with expertise in plastic and composite innovation, is presenting two prototypes: an intelligent motorcycle helmet and a multifunctional wind-turbine blade, at JEC World 2019 from March 12-14 in Paris. The helmet is made in partnership with creative paper manufacturer Arjowiggins and the wind turbine blade with CEA.

11th Mar 2019

Oxford Advanced Surfaces (OAS) will be exhibiting at JEC World 2019, the largest composites show in the world, which will run from March 12-14 at Paris. The company will be joining other innovators from UK composites sector in the ‘UK Pavilion’ that is supported by department for industrial trade. OAS will exhibit at the show for the fourth successive...

11th Mar 2019

The Teijin Group will display a wide variety of high-performance composite products at JEC World 2019, the annual exhibition that will take place this year from March 12 to 14 in Paris. The composite solutions to be displayed include Sereebo which is the world’s first mass-production technology for carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP).

11th Mar 2019

SGL Carbon will showcase smart solutions for the automotive industry at the JEC World, the largest trade fair for composites to be held during March 12-14, 2019, in Paris. The company will display a wide range of tailored components and high-performance materials along the entire value chain under the motto "The Weight and Performance Optimisers."

9th Mar 2019

Teijin’s automotive composites specialty groups have developed a multi-material composite automotive door concept that maintains required crash specifications while reducing overall weight by 35 per cent when compared to a conventional steel door. A prototype of this approach will be on display at JEC World 2019 taking place from March 12-14 in Paris.

9th Mar 2019

Dieffenbacher, a producer of high-quality composites for the automotive, transportation, aerospace, etc industries, will exhibit its portfolio of complete production systems at the global composites industry meet at JEC World, Paris, in Hall 5, Stand L41, from March 12-14. Motto of this year’s industry meet is ‘Your plant from one source’.

8th Mar 2019

Michelman has unveiled its new family of Unyte surface modifiers formulated specifically for manufacturers of technical textiles and pre-preg fabrics. These water-based emulsions, to be introduced at JEC World 2019, have been designed to help technical textiles and pre-preg fabrics achieve advanced form and function in both woven and nonwoven...