nylon news

21st Jan 2021

Reinforcement leader Kordsa has entered into a supplier agreement with British company TRB Lightweight Structures to supply carbon fibre fabrics for mass production of EV battery enclosures. Lightweight composites are key to development of electric vehicles and sustainable transport solutions. Kordsa has been working with industry for sustainable...

21st Jan 2021

Arris, a California-based manufacturing tech pioneer enabling the use of high-performance composites in mass-market products, has been selected winner of the BIG Innovation Award for its innovative approach to manufacturing. The BIG Innovation Annual Award recognises organisations, products and people that are bringing new ideas to life in innovative...

20th Jan 2021

Berry has unveiled pretreated towels for cleaning and sanitising where dispensing systems are inconvenient. Each towel is pretreated with chemistry that creates a proper strength sanitising or cleaning solution when added to water. The towels are ready to use. One only needs to have one gallon of water into a bucket, add one towel, and squeeze to...

20th Jan 2021

Domtar Corporation, a leading provider of fibre-based products, is selling its Personal Care business to American Industrial Partners (AIP) for $920 million. The two have signed a definitive agreement in this connection. Domtar now plans to focus on building an industry-leading paper, pulp and packaging company to deliver long-term shareholder value.

20th Jan 2021

RadiciGroup, which has been at the forefront in fighting Covid-19, is installing a new production line for meltblown nonwoven, the material used for producing protective face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Meltblown nonwoven is not readily available in the Italian market, but is indispensable in the manufacture of surgical masks.

20th Jan 2021

Turkey's Ebruzen Textile will set up a US firm to market its anti-viral fabrics and masks produced using those. The fabric and the masks were analysed at the centres authorised by the health ministry for virus analysis and were granted the global EN18184 certificate of anti-viral effectiveness. These have been sold in the domestic market as well as...

19th Jan 2021

Skydio, a US drone manufacturer and leader in autonomous flight technology, and Arris, a leader in advanced manufacturing of high-performance products, have collaborated to design lighter, longer-range, and more robust aircraft structures – starting with the new Skydio X2 drone - using additive molding, Arris's carbon fibre manufacturing technology.

19th Jan 2021

Scott Bader is collaborating with Pultex for distribution of Crestabond and Crestomer structural adhesives for composite applications in Germany. Established in 1991, Pultex has built long-term partnerships with customers in the German composite market. Therefore, it is strategically placed to distribute Scott Bader's structural adhesives across...

19th Jan 2021

Electroimpact, a provider of factory automation and tooling solutions, has increased laydown speeds of thermoplastic uni-directional tape (TP UDT) to 4000 inches per minute (IMP), working with Victrex, a leader in high-performance polymer solutions. The company used its enhanced Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) processing technology for the purpose.