leathers news

10th Aug 2018

Hexcel Corporation has announced that its Board of Directors has named Jeffrey C. Campbell to serve as its independent lead director. Campbell succeeds Hexcel’s current independent lead director, W. Kim Foster, who is retiring from the Board. Hexcel Corporation is a composites company that develops light-weight, high-performance structural materials.

10th Aug 2018

Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd (GWRL), India’s leading technical textiles company, has changed corporate brand name and identity to Garware Technical Fibres Ltd (GTFL). The rebranding is a part of the company’s focused vision to double its profit over the next 5-7 years and be amongst the top 2 players globally in each of its major operating verticals.

9th Aug 2018

Solvay and Safran have signed an agreement to supply advanced structural composites for the LEAP engine, which is manufactured by CFM International and used on Airbus, Boeing, and Comac single-aisle programmes. Solvay is an advanced materials and specialty chemicals firm. Safran is an aircraft engine, rocket engine, aerospace-component, and defence...

9th Aug 2018

Encore Textile Services, a portfolio company of Los Angeles-based private investment firm Highland Avenue Capital Partners, has taken over Emerald Textiles, a San Diego-based healthcare linen service provider. This brings together two largest independent healthcare laundry providers in California - the combined entity having five locations on the West...

8th Aug 2018

Palarum PUP smart patient sock technology was at the centre during visit of Bruno Le Maire, France's minister of Economy and Finance, to Texisense, the French company that made fabric pressure sensors and leads for the sock. It has patented technologies woven into conductive fabric, enabling real-time monitoring to prevent falls and enhance physical...

8th Aug 2018

Exel Composites company Diversified Structural Composites (DSC) has manufactured fibre optic-embedded carbon composite rod for Norwegian company Ziebel’s innovative well intervention system. The rod with fibre optic core functions as a sensor, gathering valuable real-time insight on well behaviour, a function unattainable using conventional methods.

7th Aug 2018

The North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles, a hub for textile research, education, innovation, and development, has been named as the first ever official academic partner for 2019 edition of Techtextil North America. The show for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held from February 26 to 28, 2019, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

7th Aug 2018

Albany International has recorded net sales of $256.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, an increase of 18.9 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year. Excluding the impact of the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606) and currency translation effects, the company's net sales increased 17.0 per cent.

7th Aug 2018

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a Teijin Group company, is setting up a sheet molding compound (SMC) line at its facility in Pouancé, France, to support the need for its industry-leading composite formulations in Europe. CSP will invest approximately €5.1 million to establish the SMC line which will produce SMCs made with both glass and carbon...