leathers news

29th Jun 2018

With increasing customer demand, Ahlstrom-Munksjö is expanding its Filtration business. In the Filtration and Performance business area, the company will invest about EUR 28 million to increase manufacturing capacity as well as product capabilities. The project will start in 2018 and is expected to be completed during the first half of 2020.

28th Jun 2018

TFP will display its nonwoven solutions for transport applications at the forthcoming JEC Conference on 'The Future of Composites in Transportation' during June 27-28 in Chicago. TFP nonwovens have proven results in transportations sector such as in surface finishing, imparting EMI shielding or fire protection, and acting as an effective friction...

27th Jun 2018

TRB Lightweight Structures has unveiled a new biocomposite resin based carbon fibre reinforced (CFRP) sandwich panel door leaf with a 100 per cent recycled foam core. The new biocomposite door leaf product has been specifically designed and fire rated for both overground and underground rail use. The system easily qualifies in BS 6853 and BS 476...

26th Jun 2018

Diab has announced that the company has appointed Tobias Hahn as the new CEO. Tobias has ten years of operative and international experience from the Atlas Copco Group. Diab has been at the leading edge of composite core material development, supplying a wide range of markets including marine, wind energy, transport, aerospace, and other industries.

26th Jun 2018

Ontex Mexico, formerly Grupo P I Mabe, has completed 40 years of its existence. It celebrated its 40-year anniversary in its hometown of Puebla and in Tijuana, Mexico. Over the past four decades, Ontex Mexico has become one of the most important personal hygiene producers in the Latin-American market. Grupo P I Mabe was acquired by the Ontex Group in...

26th Jun 2018

The University of Manchester in collaboration with British brand inov-8 has unveiled the world’s first-ever sports shoes to utilise graphene – the strongest material on the planet. The two have developed rubber outsoles for running and fitness shoes that in testing have outlasted 1,000 miles and are scientifically proven to be 50 per cent harder...

25th Jun 2018

Glatfelter, supplier of specialty papers and engineered materials, is taking over Georgia-Pacific’s European nonwovens business for $185 million. It has signed a definitive agreement in this connection. The deal is subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The proposed transaction includes Georgia-Pacific’s operations located in Steinfurt,...

25th Jun 2018

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, leading developer of spider silk based fibres, has produced its first roll of pure dragon silk fabric using its proprietary recombinant spider silk fibres. It will now use the dragon silk material to make finalised ballistic shoot packs, per the US Army specifications. This material will undergo ballistic performance...

25th Jun 2018

Protective apparel innovator Kappler has unveiled DuraChem 500, the only economically priced terrorism response suit certified to the NFPA 1994 Class 1 Chem-Bio standard. The garment addresses a critical need for military and law enforcement agencies, balancing responder protection with tight budgets. It provides maximum protection at an affordable...