nylon news

26th Feb 2021

Shawmut Corporation has established a new Health and Safety business unit that will use its trademark advanced materials, textile manufacturing and process innovation techniques to produce high-quality, US-made, health and safety products, including its Protex line of PPE. Shawmut broadened its medical focus last year to include PPE for COVID-19...

26th Feb 2021

A new show for composites industry - the International Composites Summit – is all set to take off on September 8. The two-day event is being co-organised by Composites UK and Fluency Marketing in London. The summit will focus on reinventing the global supply chain for composites, and will bring together companies and experts from world over.

25th Feb 2021

Bindatex Advanced Materials Cutting, which specialises in precision cutting of 'difficult to cut' materials, is enhancing capacity for slitting nonwovens as it continues to deliver fast turnaround times. The expansion follows the successful completion of projects for several UK PPE manufacturers and other companies in the medical technology sector.

25th Feb 2021

Ontex, an international personal hygiene group, has come out with an innovation to improve incontinence care. It has developed a top-quality diaper with a printed sensor, a transmitter clipped onto the diaper as well as an application for mobile devices. This determines the saturation level of the diaper and the risk of leakage, alerting caregivers.

25th Feb 2021

The Indian state of Gujarat recently approved 5 big investment proposals by 4 firms, which will invest close to ₹6,000 crore in diverse sectors. The companies will set up manufacturing facilities in Dholera and Halol. This includes baby diaper manufacturing brand Avgol’s proposal for setting up a ₹1,000 crore new technical textile plant at Halol.

24th Feb 2021

Stratasys has unveiled a new ABS-based carbon fibre material for its F123 Series 3D printers, the first composite material for the platform. Carbon fibre materials have been popular on Stratasys’ industrial-scale FDM 3D printers for end-use applications such as jigs, fixtures, and tooling. The properties of new material make it an alternative to metal...

24th Feb 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Livinguard’s patented self-disinfecting textile. The new textile is effective against Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria to the tune of 100,000 times in 10 minutes. Livinguard's self-disinfecting technology remains effective after 30 industrial washes, making it useful across many...

24th Feb 2021

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance to surgical masks produced by Freudenberg Performance Materials. The masks are meant for healthcare personnel as part of infection control measures to reduce exposure to blood and body fluids. The aim is to protect both patients and healthcare personnel from transfer of microorganisms.

24th Feb 2021

The replacement of the Grist Mill Bridge, which now has composite beams supplied by AIT Bridges, a division of Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT), a designer and supplier of composite bridge systems and structural components, has opened to traffic. The bridge, located on Route 1A, in Hampden Maine, has been opened after required load testing.