leathers news

30th May 2018

Safety Supply Corporation, leading manufacturer of high quality personal protective equipment (PPE) and parent of Radians, has taken over Neese Industries, a leader in FR clothing and protective rainwear for almost 60 years. Radians and Neese combined will have manufacturing capabilities in Mexico which will improve lead times on several product lines.

29th May 2018

CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida (UCF), has produced the first-ever, active user-controlled colour-changing fabric which allows the user/wearer to change the colour or pattern of the fabric through smartphone. The colour change differs from previous “colour-changing” fabrics, which contain LEDs to emit...

28th May 2018

Expanding its European production capacities, Autoneum has opened a plant for manufacturing lightweight components for acoustic and thermal management in Komárom, Hungary. The plant, Autoneum’s sixth Eastern European production site, will start producing multifunctional carpet systems for a German premium car manufacturer within a few weeks.

28th May 2018

JEC Group, which promotes composite materials, is showcasing the latest technologies that enable the automotive industry to innovate in product design, emission reductions and production using composites at several international shows. Composites are alternative to steel and aluminum with specific features which go far beyond their lightweight...

25th May 2018

Austrian firm Starlinger is taking over Oerlikon’s German business unit of tape and monofilament technologies, under the brand name ‘Barmag Spinnzwirn’. The final closing of the purchase contract is planned for the end of the third quarter of this year. Starlinger is a leading engineering company and a supplier of textile machinery and complete lines.

25th May 2018

The Teijin Group is set to exhibit advanced materials and solutions at the Tokyo International Fire and Safety Exhibition 2018, one of the largest exhibitions for the fire and safety industries, in booth 7-47. The Fire-Safety Tokyo, which is held every five years, will take place at the Tokyo international exhibition centre, from May 31 to June 3, 2018.

25th May 2018

Edana’s 2018 International Nonwovens Symposium (INS), was an eye opener for the future of sustainability in nonwovens. The leading European event, which was held on May 23 and 24, 2018, in Rome, Italy, confirmed the industry’s confidence in the opportunities and strengths of the nonwovens industry. Key stakeholders participated in the symposium.

25th May 2018

The RadiciGroup has presented a new 100 per cent nylon gilet, made with the collaboration of the companies in its 100 per cent European production chain, to the coaches of its ski club. The gilet will be worn by all RadiciGroup ski club athletes. RadiciGroup is a producer of chemical intermediates, engineering plastics, synthetic fibres, and nonwovens.

24th May 2018

Solvay has developed FusePly, a breakthrough composite bonding technology to build reliable, bonded composite parts using conventional manufacturing processes. The technology creates covalently bonded structures, potentially removing the need for abundant rivets and fasteners. It addresses the manufacturing challenges faced by aircraft builders.