nylon news

17th Apr 2020

Solvay, the international multispecialty chemical group, signed a long-term exclusive agreement through 2027 with Honda Aircraft for supply of innovative composites and adhesives to be used across Honda aircraft business jet HA-420 and Elite programmes. Solvay will supply Cycom 5276-1 prepreg and Surfacemaster 905 lightning strike protection surfacing...

17th Apr 2020

PHP Fibers GmbH, a supplier of high performance yarns, has announced that it has contributed much-needed necessities during the Covid-19 crisis. The company reported that due to the great shortages of equipment in senior citizens' and nursing homes in the area, PHP Fibres has donated 1,500 respirators to the district administrator of Miltenberg.

16th Apr 2020

Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) is manufacturing narrow woven structural tapes and elastics for use in a range of medical items required for COVID-19 emergency. The items are used by manufacturers of facemasks, face shields, gowns, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical patient soft goods, as well as patient slings, wheelchair harnesses, braces, etc.

16th Apr 2020

Covestro, a supplier of high-tech polymer materials, has adjusted FY 2020 financial guidance due to effects of the Coronavirus pandemic after reaching its EBITDA target in Q1 2020. The board of management has reported that core volume growth is expected to be negative for 2020 compared to 2019. Preliminary core volume growth in Q1 2020 was -4.1 per...

16th Apr 2020

Techtex, a member of Romanian Furniture manufacturer Taparo Group, recently launched two more automated technological lines for manufacturing surgical masks. Taparo announced it would invest €20 million in Techtex to transform it into the first medical textile factory with full Romanian capital. The production of personal protective gear began two...

16th Apr 2020

Textile technology innovator Alchemie Technology has unveiled Novara, a new high-throughput digital precision coating technology for technical textiles. The company is making efforts to address shortage of personal protective equipment amidst Covid-19 pandemic by applying Novara technology to safety-critical products, including anti-viral facemasks.

16th Apr 2020

LIFT and IACMI, the two Detroit-based manufacturing innovation institutes, have donated their supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) to nearby Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) centre to fight against coronavirus.Together, the institutes donated: 300 safety glasses; 300 safety glasses; 1,400 nitrile gloves; and 60 tyvek lab coats.

16th Apr 2020

The National Composites Centre, a UK-based research centre, has donated thousands of pieces of PPE to local hospitals and medical facilities to help them during the coronavirus pandemic. 32,000 gloves, 1,350 coveralls, over 100 pairs of safety glasses, over 60 masks and three powered respirator hoods have been sent to help protect medical staff.

15th Apr 2020

Verus International has taken over a controlling 51 per cent interest in ZC Top Apparel Manufacturing, a Philippines-based maker of reusable N95 fabric masks and biohazard suits. The premium masks produced by ZC Top are N95 compliant and made up of a washable shell and a multi-layer filter than provides protection for three days before replacement.