leathers news

8th Mar 2019

Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a process to produce scalable graphene-based yarn. The process by the team based at the National Graphene Institute has the potential to produce tonnes of conductive graphene-based yarn, using existing textile machineries and without adding to production costs. The research is published in ACS...

8th Mar 2019

Beaulieu Fibres International (BFI), leading European polyolefin fibre supplier, will present itself as ‘all solution provider’ for polyolefin carded nonwovens in personal care and hygiene, geotextiles, automotive, floorcoverings and filtration applications at this year’s Idea19 Miami. BFI will launch its PET-core-BICO fibres for hygiene applications.

8th Mar 2019

Henkel will showcase Loctite EA 9378 AERO, an innovative next-generation liquid shim material under development at JEC World 2019 in Paris to be held from March 12 to 14. Loctite EA 9378 AERO has been designed for structural gap filling and tolerance bridging with uniform stress distribution throughout assemblies. It offers high mechanical strength.

7th Mar 2019

Kordsa, a global reinforcement leader, will exhibit innovative products and technologies for its recently acquired companies Fabric Development, Textile Products and Advanced Honeycomb Technologies at the upcoming JEC World in Paris. It will introduce new light weighting technology in heavy duty vehicle chassis system developed in co-operation with...

7th Mar 2019

Textechno, the German manufacturer of testing systems for fibres, yarns, rovings and fabrics as well as global leader in the field of man-made fibre testing, will be exhibiting branded new innovative machines at JEC 2019 in Paris, from March 14-18. These machines, not available in the market so far, will now be provided by Textechno on commercial...

7th Mar 2019

Hexcel Composite will promote a wide range of composite innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, etc markets at this year’s JEC World taking place in Paris from March 12-14. With its carbon prepreg patch technology, Hexcel has made it to the final list of the JEC Innovation Awards 2019’s automotive applications category.

7th Mar 2019

Hexagon Composites has raised approximately NOK 493 million (approx $57.22 million) in gross proceeds through a private placement of 16,662,780 new shares, at a price per share of NOK 29.60 ($3.44). The private placement took place through an accelerated bookbuilding process managed by DNB Markets and Carnegie AS after close of markets on February 27,...

6th Mar 2019

Researchers at Shanghai’s Donghua University have found a way to achieve the continuous and scalable manufacture of amphibious energy yarns and textiles that are composed of elastic polymers (rubber) and spiral metal fibres, the two of which produce an electro-transfer reaction during any deformation before generating power.This could lead to smart...

6th Mar 2019

PrimaLoft has announced that 30 new brand partners have adopted PrimaLoft Cross Core technology and debuted three iterations. The Cross Core platform fuses existing PrimaLoft fibres with next-generation materials like aerogel, a highly porous, low-density structure, used by NASA scientists, that forms a temperature barrier locking out cold and heat.