leathers news

18th May 2018

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition, materials, is expanding its production capacity for Dyneema, the world’s strongest fibre. Strong demand for both Dyneema UD (Uni-Directional laminate) and Dyneema fibre is prompting this increase. The global production capacity of Dyneema UD will be increased by more than 20 per...

18th May 2018

The current Indian technical textile sector has to develop a lot and this can be done only by Indian and foreign companies investing in this sector, Anant Kumar Singh, secretary, ministry of textiles, Government of India, has said. Globally, the demand for man-made fibre is on the rise and industries should focus more on man-made goods to reap the...

17th May 2018

Techtextil 2019, the international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, which will be held from May 14 to 17, 2019, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has recorded a significant rise in exhibitors and visitors this year. The number of registrations is already quite higher than the figure for a comparable stage in the run-up to the last show.

15th May 2018

The 7th edition of the International Exhibition and Conference on Technical Textiles (Technotex 2018) will focus on making India the manufacturing hub in the area of technical textiles under the 'Make in India' initiative. The event will serve as the right platform for interaction between the Indian and foreign companies from technical textile value...

15th May 2018

UBC scientists are working on de-wrinkling methods for textile composites. They have discovered that de-wrinkling can be improved by pulling the materials in two directions simultaneously during the manufacturing process. Textile composites are known for their strength and durability, but a simple wrinkle in the manufacturing process alters the end...

15th May 2018

Michael Hauschild has bagged the 2018 Edana LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) Life Time Achievement award. The award was presented at the 28th annual conference of SETAC, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, which is being held from May 13 to 17, 2018, in Rome, Italy. Edana is a global association serving the nonwovens and related...

14th May 2018

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 65.72 per cent stake in Avgol Industries 1953 Ltd., for a sum of US$ 1.62 per share. Avgol is one of the largest manufacturer of nonwovens for hygiene applications in the world, based in Israel.

14th May 2018

Leading computerised knitting machine developer, Shima Seiki, of Wakayama, Japan, with its US subsidiary, Shima Seiki USA Inc., is set to participate in the Techtextil North America exhibition in Atlanta, US, in booth 2323. The fifteenth edition of North America’s only dedicated show for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held from May 22 to 24,...

14th May 2018

The Composite Centre at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has come up with a unique high-pressure RTM and composite press facility to host collaborative research and development projects with manufacturers from the composites industry. The facility is being used for research into novel composite technologies.