leathers news

8th Oct 2018

Hexcel has set up a new plant at the Les Roches-Roussillon Chemicals Industry Platform in Isère, France. The new 37-acre plant is the company's first combined precursor and carbon fibre plant outside the US. Four years after the project launch, the site has become operational and is contributing to enhancing Hexcel’s global carbon fibre production...

8th Oct 2018

Northrop Grumman Corporation has officially opened a new operational area of its Beavercreek facility in Ohio and has reaffirmed its intent to add manufacturing jobs at the site. Recent upgrades at the facility have enabled new work on strategic aerospace programmes to come to the site, diversifying the portfolio of work and bringing new jobs to the...

5th Oct 2018

The US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) had awarded a contract to Vertical Protective Apparel based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, to produce lighter-weight body armour, known as Plate Carrier Generation IIIs, according to the US department of defence (DoD) . The armour will help Marines increase their mobility and safety in training and deployments.

5th Oct 2018

Lanxess’ Urethane Systems business unit (URE) is extending partnership with the Centre for UMass/Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. URE will now participate in Research Cluster M on Mechanics and Advanced Manufacturing of Polymers and Composites. This has additive manufacturing innovation as one research...

5th Oct 2018

The first product of IRG CosiMo - a 1000 t press with tool handling system complemented by different equipment for thermoplastic processing – is out. IRG CosiMo is the first private consortium for development of thermoplastic materials and process technologies in aerospace and automotive by Faurecia Clean Mobility, Premium Aerotec, Solvay and Engel.

4th Oct 2018

BigRep and Bosch Rexroth are collaborating. Now 3D printers by BigRep will have state-of-art CNC control systems and drives by Bosch Rexroth, establishing Additive Manufacturing as key industry 4.0 application in industrial production technology while also making 3D printing a truly IoT-ready “made in Germany” machine with full connectivity and data.

4th Oct 2018

JEC Group will showcase the latest composite materials and processes for automotive sector and mobility at Mondial.Tech - a new international B to B event dedicated to technological innovations for automobiles and tomorrow’s mobility, developing links between the automotive industry’s value chain and its existing and future technologies suppliers...

4th Oct 2018

HeiQ has joined hands with Sloggi, an innerwear brand by Triumph International. Sloggi has introduced a new range of athleisure bodywear, sloggi mOve, with enhanced thermoregulation and friction reduction technologies by HeiQ. HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation making some of the most effective, durable, and high-performance textile effects.

3rd Oct 2018

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has established its inaugural project centre at the Opole University of Technology in Poland. The centre, Fraunhofer Project Centre for Advanced Lightweight Technologies (ALighT), is the result of partnership between the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU and the Opole University of Technology.