leathers news

14th Jun 2018

Trutzschler Nonwovens, manufacturer of textile machines in the world, and Voith, a global technology group, are helping Albaad in developing eco-friendly nonwovens with WLM1, its new nonwovens production line. The two companies are well-established technology leaders in the field of wet-laid nonwovens. Albaad is a leading producer of cosmetic wipes.

14th Jun 2018

Taiwan’s two major garment suppliers, Quang Viet Enterprise Co and Makalot Industrial Co, are investing in smartwear technologies, say top company executives. While the former has developed a smart jacket that integrates temperature control and GPS tracking functions, Makalot showcased at the recent Computex Taipei show its functional wear featuring...

13th Jun 2018

DuPont Safety & Construction, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, plans to invest more than $400 million to increase capacity for the manufacture of Tyvek nonwoven materials at its facility in Luxembourg. The production increase, which will add a new building and third operating line at the site, is scheduled to start up in 2021.

12th Jun 2018

Argosy International and Solvay have entered into a definitive agreement to enable direct service of Solvay’s advanced materials business in the Asia Pacific region. Argosy and Solvay will work closely to ensure a seamless transition for all customers and will be contacting customer to discuss the particulars of this transition over the next two months.

12th Jun 2018

PolyOne, a global provider of specialised polymer materials, services and solutions, is taking over PlastiComp, an advanced engineered materials innovator and producer of specialty composites. PlastiComp's 50 employees and its design and production facility in Winona, Minnesota will join PolyOne as part of the Specialty Engineered Materials segment.

12th Jun 2018

SHD Composite Materials has unveiled PS200, a revolutionary bio-based resin, which has been designed specifically to solve the problem of the fire risk that lithium ion batteries pose. Primarily for the manufacture of electric vehicle battery boxes, PS200 is available on a number of reinforcements and capable of autoclave, oven or press cure.

11th Jun 2018

Boeing is working with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to built a research facility Boeing Sheffield. The facility is the first to be built in Europe for Boeing, which chose Sheffield based on its longstanding partnership with the AMRC, its skilled workforce and investment in research, training and development.

11th Jun 2018

DuPont Personal Protection, a business segment of DuPont Safety & Construction, has launched DuPont Tychem gloves, range of gloves designed for chemical exposure protection. DuPont Tychem gloves help provide the worker protection required in hazardous work environments. Now workers can wear Tychem garments with Tychem gloves for a complete protection...

11th Jun 2018

Loepfe’s WeftMaster Falcon-i yarn control solution is in high demand after its display at the recently held Techtextil show in US. The market for technical textiles in the production of fabrics for airbags, tire cords, filtration materials, architectural fabrics, and sailcloth, is growing steadily. Quality control is an important factor in these fields.