leathers news

1st Dec 2018

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a roll-to-roll process to coat electrically conductive carbon fibres with semiconducting silicon carbide nanoparticles. The nanomaterial-embedded composite is stronger than fibre-reinforced composites and has a new feature – capability to monitor its own structural...

30th Nov 2018

Technical Fibre Products Ltd (TFP), a successful knowledge based manufacturing company specialising in developing advanced nonwovens for highly technical and challenging applications, has planned to increase its capacity by 50 per cent by 2020. The financial investment will meet the rapidly increasing demand for its advanced nonwovens across all...

30th Nov 2018

Gilmour Space Technologies, Australia’s leading rocket company, has signed a long-term collaboration and supply agreement with global launch industry supplier, Ruag Space (division of international technology Group Ruag). The deal explores the use of Ruag Space’s new range of FlexLine carbon composite products in Gilmour Space’s proprietary hybrid...

29th Nov 2018

ISi Automotive has opted for next-generation airbag solution, FocusQuantum FT6K, from Lectra, the technological partner for companies using fabrics and leather. Southeast Asia has grown into an airbag textile manufacturing hub. With iSi Automotive's acquisition of a FocusQuantum FT6K, the Thailand facility is now equipped to stay apace of demand.

29th Nov 2018

Assystem Technologies, Arkema, Cobratex, Specific Polymers, Cirimat, Compositadour, Lisa Aeronautics and Mécano ID have joined hands to design new biosourced technical composites based on long bamboo fibres. The innovation, BAMCO (Bamboo long fibre reinforced biobased Matrix Composite), will reduce the environmental footprint of an aircraft.

29th Nov 2018

Porcher Industries celebrated the opening of its new Chinese manufacturing site on November 22, 2018. The inauguration of ‘Zhejiang Porcher Industries New Material’ marks the opening of a brand new Porcher Industries site in China and is a demonstration of the company’s commitment towards its Chinese partners and the next chapter of growth for the firm.

28th Nov 2018

US flame resistant (FR) textiles brand Westex by Milliken and global aramid fibre producer Teijin Aramid have joined hands for Southeast Asia and Australasia. The partnership has already created a performance-driven aramid fabric with guaranteed FR protection. Westex Synergy Pro features superior softness and better moisture-wicking capabilities.

28th Nov 2018

HeiQ and Odlo, Swiss developers of functional clothing, are co-launching HeiQ Pure SPQR, a triple-action sustainable odour control technology, another breakthrough in the HeiQ Fresh Tech product family, at the Performance Days expo, in booth 05, workshop room P07. The functional fabrics expo will be held on November 28 and 29, 2018, in Munich, Germany.

28th Nov 2018

Diamond Wipes International Inc, the largest American wet wipe manufacturer west of the Rockies, has acquired Ode to Clean, the world’s first cleaning wipes made with 100 per cent plant-based ingredients. Ode to Clean, powered by bioperoxide, is the world’s safest and most effective cleaning wipes that uses solar-powered and wind-powered manufacturing