nylon news

7th Dec 2020

Hutchinson is helping in reduction of weight of vehicles by use of composites and through control of the product’s design. Attention paid to design enables parts already made in composite material to be optimised even further, the company says. Vehicle weight reduction is essential to comply with new environmental standards which demand low emissions.

7th Dec 2020

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living, has announced a strategic partnership with Team Sunweb. Fresh from winning multiple stages of the Tour de France and dominating the podium of the Giro d’Italia in 2020, the professional road cycling team Sunweb will be known as Team DSM from January 1, 2021.

4th Dec 2020

VDMA, a German engineering industry association, has announced that the next VDMA technology webtalk is scheduled for December 9, 2020. The topic will be “Technologies for Technical Textiles”. Bena Manasieva Cavus from Georg Sahm, Janpeter Horn & Dennis Behnken from Herzog, and Hagen Lotzmann from Karl Mayer will be the presenters for the event.

4th Dec 2020

Sonntag Fins has collaborated with Sicomin to use its GreenPoxy 33 bio-based epoxy resin for making custom carbon windsurf fins.These fins combine speed, fatigue performance and sustainability for some of the fastest sailors. Each Sonntag fin is custom made, tailored specifically to the user based on an understanding of riding style, physical size and...

4th Dec 2020

The Mann+Hummel Group, a filtration expert, plans to close its main manufacturing facility at Hilton Cross Business Park in Wolverhampton, UK, as it reviews its operational footprint. With this, all manufacture will be relocated within the European Mann+Hummel network. The manufacturing operations are likely to be fully closed by the end of 2022.

4th Dec 2020

Composites Evolution, a UK-based developer, manufacturer and supplier of prepregs for the production of lightweight structures from composite materials, announced that the company has passed their 3-year ISO 9001:2015 re-assessment following a thorough auditing process. ISO 9001 is the international standard for a quality management system.

3rd Dec 2020

The Indian ministry of textiles recently issued a notification inviting proposals from registered exporter associations and trade bodies for setting up a dedicated Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Technical Textiles. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in a meeting on February 26, 2020, had approved the constitution of such a dedicated EPC.

3rd Dec 2020

INDA, the association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, has released a North American nonwovens industry outlook, 2019-2024. INDA’s report provides analysis across all of the nonwoven end-use markets, including 133 disposable and 129 durable categories, to provide comprehensive and accurate view available of the total North American nonwovens industry.

3rd Dec 2020

JEC Composites Startup Booster 2020 prizes have gone to Lignum (South Korea) and JUC Surf (Australia). The names of the winners have been announced by JEC Korea Online 2020. It has also selected four companies/institutes for the JEC Composites Innovation Awards. JEC Group rewards the best cutting-edge projects which use composites to their full...