leathers news

3rd Mar 2018

Valmet and Hengan have joined forces to start a Valmet Advantage DCT 200 tissue line at Hengan's mill in Weifang, China. PM21 is the third of four Advantage DCT 200 lines recently ordered by Hengan. When the startup of PM22 happens at the mill in Weifang later this year, Hengan will have a total of eight Valmet supplied tissue production lines in...

1st Mar 2018

Global pultruder Exel Composites will display composite innovations designed to enable the next generation of smart, sustainable construction solutions at JEC World 2018 in Paris during March 6-8. There will be composite laminates aimed at next generation, 5G-enabled city infrastructure. Future cities will need to be smarter with high capacity networks.

28th Feb 2018

The Teijin Group, a technology driven group, has announced that it will showcase a wide range of high-performance composite products and material solutions at the JEC World 2018, an international platform where users can find a full spectrum of processes, new materials, and composite solutions, to be held from March 6 to 8, 2018, in hall 6, booth G28.

28th Feb 2018

Edana, the global association of the nonwovens and related industries, has announced that it has bagged two awards in two different categories at the 2018 European Association Awards, which identifies excellence and exceptional quality by associations across Europe, which was held at the Steigenberger hotel in Brussels, Belgium, on February 23, 2018.

27th Feb 2018

Dowty Propellers has re-established its composite blade production for its civil and military propeller systems, marking the company’s recovery from a fire that destroyed its original production site in England. Dowty Propellers supplies propeller systems for applications in regional aircraft, military airlifters, amphibious aircraft, and marine...

27th Feb 2018

RadiciGroup, a producer of chemical intermediates, polyamide polymers, engineering plastics, synthetic fibres, and nonwovens, along with the university Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), conducted an UV protection and innovation cap design workshop, creating a mini capsule collection of caps for both professional and amateur yachters and regatta sailors.

26th Feb 2018

Germany’s Patch Placement specialist, Cevotec, has made the highly scalable SAMBA series systems ready for processing thermoset prepreg material, along with the benefits of Fibre Patch Placement technology. With SAMBA series, Cevotec offers tailored, automated fibre layup systems for challenging 3D geometries and laminates with complex fibre...

24th Feb 2018

Altair will showcase technology and expertise for design, optimisation, and simulation of composite structures and materials at JEC World, the largest international composites show, during March 6-8 in Paris. One of its products, the "Sella Chair" made of a high-performance wood-carbon composite material, is one of the most highlighted one of this year.

24th Feb 2018

Porcher Industries will exhibit market specific technical textile and thermoplastic composite solutions, like Dry Fibre which is a versatile range of carbon fibre functionalised with a binder interface, at JEC World 2018 during March 6-8. The company’s talented team of textile, composite and chemical engineering experts will present the latest...