leathers news

31st Jan 2019

Technical textiles weaver Arville is boosting its specialist fabric engineering capabilities with a suite of new machinery worth over £1.2 million. The six rapier weaving looms and a high-grade warping machine will significantly expand the company’s production capacity at its Wetherby site and is expected to be commissioned and running by early this...

30th Jan 2019

Indian textiles minister Smriti Irani on January 29 released 207 Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) codes for technical textiles in Mumbai. The codes would help achieve a sectoral market size of up to ₹2 lakh crore by 2020-21, she said. HSN code is an international commodity description and coding system developed by the World Customs Organisation.

30th Jan 2019

The members of the VDMA (German engineering federation) Working Group on Hybrid Lightweight Technologies have elected their new executive board for the period 2019-2021 at the recently held General Assembly at Trumpf Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH. The committee discussed topics on conceptual and sustainable lightweight construction for tomorrow’s...

30th Jan 2019

Safe Reflections, Inc (SRI) will debut its three latest innovations in reflective solutions from February 3-6, 2019, at ISPO Munich, the world’s largest trade fair for sports equipment and fashion. The new innovations have been designed to meet the needs of the consumer activewear market and provide an improved aesthetic over traditional silver...

29th Jan 2019

Lear Corporation, one of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive seating and electrical systems, has appointed Mei-Wei Cheng to Lear’s board of directors. Cheng currently serves as the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of HCP Packaging and is a member of the board of directors of both Interplex Holdings Pte Ltd and NIU Technologies.

29th Jan 2019

Flylow Gear, the independent and mountain-raised creators of outerwear and apparel, will debut a new generation in performance apparel at the 2019 Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show (ORSS), from January 30 to February 1, 2019, at Denver. It will show the stormproof/breathable OmniBloq on four of their legendary best-selling winter designs in booth 49073-UL.

29th Jan 2019

Edana, the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, and Business Co-ordination House India (BCH) have announced the nominees for the Outlook India Innovation Award. The award competition is organised within the framework of Outlook India conference, which will be held on February 12 –13, 2019 in New Delhi, India.

28th Jan 2019

Shawcor is taking over ZCL Composites, manufacturer of environment-friendly fibreglass reinforced plastic underground storage tanks. The two have signed a definitive agreement under which Shawcor will acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of ZCL through a court-approved plan for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, payable entirely in...

28th Jan 2019

Cannon Composite Technologies will showcase its products at the upcoming JEC World 2019 Composites exhibition in Paris, Hall 5 Stand N56, from March 12-14, 2019. The solutions for manufacture of carbon and glass-reinforced composites for their applications include manufacturing lines for mass production of thermosetting or thermoplastic composite parts.