leathers news

25th Oct 2018

The 4th conference on Nonwovens for High‐performance Applications (NHPA2018) was held in Cannes, France, on October 11 and 12, 2018.The forum gave the participants the opportunity to discuss emerging high‐performance areas of the nonwovens industry. The symposium also addressed the issues of entering and expanding in the nonwovens market.

24th Oct 2018

Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced that the Outlook 2018 conference for the nonwovens hygiene and personal care industry, ended on a successful note. With 510 delegates from across the nonwovens and related industries in attendance, the event was held on October 17 and 18, 2018, in Croatia.

23rd Oct 2018

Volt Smart Yarns, an emerging leader in smart apparel and fabric which is a new division of Supreme Corporation, has unveiled a new Wearable Tech division that enables businesses to revolutionise their products into smartwear. Using its proprietary highly conductive smart yarn, Volt Wearable Tech has the ability to make any clothing a smart fabric.

22nd Oct 2018

National Nonwovens has bagged ISO 9001: 2015 certification for applying a quality system for the design, application development, manufacturing and sale of technical nonwovens with core competence in needlepunch technologies, chemical enhancements, and dyeing capabilities servicing the medical, aerospace, technical, industrial, art and education...

22nd Oct 2018

To increase productivity and enhance worker performance, Kimberly-Clark Professional has unified its core categories of personal protective equipment (PPE) - apparel, gloves and eyewear - under a revitalised KleenGuard brand. The revitalisation effort seeks to shift the PPE focus towards insight-driven, human-centric solutions that maximise...

19th Oct 2018

Figs has unveiled the first ever medical apparel pop-up shop in the luxury fashion district of Los Angeles. Ranked 21 among Inc Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the US, Figs is disrupting the $60 billion industry by creating fashionable and highly technical scrubs. A focal point at the shop is an art installation, the FigsS Medicine Cabinet.

19th Oct 2018

Avgol, a global leader in the manufacture of high-performance nonwoven fabric solutions, will present its range of beneFIT technologies at Hygienix 2018, the premier event for absorbent hygiene and personal care markets that is to be held during November 5-8 in Orlando, Florida. BeneFIT Control has also been nominated for Hygienix 2018 Innovation Award.

19th Oct 2018

European Spinning Group (ESG) has partnered with Thai Acrylic Fibre to develop a new generation of solution dyed acrylic yarns for outdoor applications. This yarn range is marketed under brand name 'ESG RA Outdoor' powered by Durashine fibre suitable for various outdoor applications including awnings, outdoor-furniture, carpets and marine exterior etc.

17th Oct 2018

Seemann Composites (SCI), the developer of the SCRIMP process and a supplier of composite solutions for the Defence Industry, has taken over Materials Sciences Corporation (MSC), a composites engineering and manufacturing company based in Horsham, PA. MSC, founded in 1970, leads in the design, analysis and development of composite material solutions.