nylon news

6th May 2020

IDI Composites International has scaled up the capacity of its resin materials tank farm to meet industry demand for its composite materials. The tank farm expansion and process improvements will help IDI to deliver the industry’s highest standards for quality control and quality assurance for manufacturing molding compounds and composite materials.

6th May 2020

ACAMP, an Alberta non-profit organisation helping companies develop high-tech products, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Alberta, has designed a reusable respirator to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The respirator’s filters can be washed and are reusable. Their effectiveness has been tested against N95-rated respirators.

6th May 2020

Composites Europe has become ‘Composites for Europe’. From November 10-12, the business summit for composite materials will take off in a new format and fresh ideas. In future, the event in Stuttgart will focus especially on small and medium-sized companies, innovative start-ups and strong composites market in D-A-CH region...

5th May 2020

Crystal group has announced that the company’s factories in Vietnam, China, Cambodia, and Hong Kong, has donated more than 180,000 masks to support employees’ families and the communities, in addition to the masks provided to the employees. The company, which is headquartered in Hong Kong, is a global leader in the apparel manufacturing industry.

5th May 2020

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc, a leader in surgical disposable products, announced the acquisition of Precept Medical Products. Precept designs, manufactures, and markets nonwoven, single-use disposable protective medical apparel that addresses infection control challenges faced by healthcare professionals, with a strong emphasis on the US market.

5th May 2020

Scientists at India’s Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) have found a low-cost way to disinfect garments carrying microbes. They have found a nanomaterial which kills microbes using visible light. The team will now explore its effectiveness as anti-viral agent, which may help fight Covid 19. The aim is to incorporate it in fabrics.

4th May 2020

Mitsui Chemicals is supplying nonwovens as raw materials for isolation gowns in an effort to support health care providers on front lines in cutting-edge medical facilities. This effort comes as increasing spread of coronavirus has made isolation gowns – for which Japan has been reliant on foreign imports – difficult to obtain amid the global pandemic.

4th May 2020

Biax-Fiberfilm Corporation of Greenville, WI, is scaling up its melt-blown fabric production for N95 masks and other medical applications. It has purchased a former Kimberly-Clark facility in Neenah which allows it additional space for the purpose. The plant that is being set up will be a mix between old and new technology developed by Biax-Fiberfilm.

4th May 2020

Burlington is collaborating with Ralph Lauren in to make isolation gowns for healthcare and other community workers in New York, New Jersey and North Carolina on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis. Burlington is providing its advanced barrier Maxima fabrics and technical expertise to Ralph Lauren to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE).