leathers news

28th Feb 2019

PPSS Group, an international firm designing, developing and manufacturing high performance body armour and protective clothing, has recently seen record sales for its Slashpro slash resistant clothing brand, offering certified and reliable levels of cut resistance. PPSS’s goal is to protect police, prison and security officers from knife related...

28th Feb 2019

Ontex Group’s iD Comfy Junior pants, an absorbent solution for night and day time wetting among children, has got the Voted Product of the Year 2019 award by Belgian consumers. The label marks innovation in consumer packaged goods. The products are first rated online by consumers on three criteria of attractiveness, perceived innovation and intention...

27th Feb 2019

Notus Composites (UAE), an innovative prepreg solutions provider in the UAE, has been chosen to provide the fire retardant prepregs for the 3D façade panels of the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The Museum of the Future is one of the most complex composite projects, adding a unique new silhouette to the Dubai Downtown skyline. It is due to open in 2019.

27th Feb 2019

INDA and EDANA, global trade associations representing wipes manufacturers, have announced the support from additional European Union countries for the industry’s standard for assessing the flushability of wet wipes. INDA, the association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, serves companies in the nonwovens/engineered fabrics industry in global commerce.

26th Feb 2019

Embedding digital features into nonwovens, Suominen Corporation introduced the Intelligent Nonwovens concept to the market in 2018. The first of its kind in the world of nonwovens, the concept makes it possible to set in digital features into all its products. All these features are machine-readable with a smartphone or any such similar devices.

26th Feb 2019

Porcher Industries and Meggitt, a leading international company specialising in high performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence, and energy markets, are set to display a new SATCOM radome at JEC World, from March 12-14, 2019, in hall 6, M28. Porcher is a leader in technical textiles and thermoplastic composite solutions.

26th Feb 2019

Optima Nonwovens, one of the world’s technological leaders among packaging machine manufacturers in the nonwovens sector, will showcase a comprehensive portfolio for baby and adult diapers at CIDPEX 2019 to be held from April 17-19 at Wuhan International Expo Center, Hubei, China. The machines have been specially designed for the Asian market.

25th Feb 2019

Covestro, which is among the largest polymer companies, will exhibit its innovative and sustainable developments at JEC World 2019 to be held during March 12-14 in Paris. It will showcase continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) which can be reinforced with carbon or glass fibres and lend parts made thereof low weight yet high...

25th Feb 2019

Suominen, a Finland-based company that manufactures nonwovens, will showcase its unique, naturally intelligent nonwovens portfolio at IDEA 19 to be held from March 25-28 at Miami Beach, Florida, US. The new concept, which makes it possible to embed digital features into Suominen nonwovens, was introduced by the company in September last year.