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9th Apr 2020

The Network Rail has announced that its R&D team has asked UKFT to help it understand the capability of the market for alternative designs and manufacturing techniques for face masks and face visors, should the requirement arise to provide its workforce with this equipment. The Network Rail owns, operates, and develops Britain’s railway infrastructure.

8th Apr 2020

Solvay and Boeing have produced a new generation of composites, Cycom EP2750, to accelerate the path towards lighter, less polluting aircraft. Composite materials come with a certain price, and making parts with them is a slow process. The new composites are fast and easy to work with. Use of composites currently results in fuel savings of 10 to 15 per ...

8th Apr 2020

Everett-based OceanGate has selected Toray Composite Materials America as a provider for the carbon fibre material that will be used in the company’s next-generation submersibles. OceanGate used carbon composite in the pressure vessel for its Titan submersible, which was designed to dive 4,000 metres for surveys of the 108-year-old wreck of the Titanic.

8th Apr 2020

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is remembering Klaus Maitre, a veteran of the nonwovens and textile industry for five decades. Maitre passed away surrounded by his family in Gastonia, North Carolina on March 25, 2020, at the age of 81. INDA serves member companies in the nonwovens/engineered fabrics industry in global commerce.

7th Apr 2020

Huntsman Corporation is taking over CVC Thermoset Specialties, a North American specialty chemical manufacturer for the industrial composites, adhesives and coatings markets. The two have signed an agreement in this connection. CVC Thermoset Specialties is part of Emerald Performance Materials which is majority owned by affiliates of American...

7th Apr 2020

Web Industries, a precision converter and contract manufacturing organisation (CMO), is supporting developers of COVID-19 lateral flow immunoassay (LFI) diagnostic tests by awarding production capacity at its Holliston, Mass, plant. LFI tests are under research as health experts seek solutions to efficiently test large numbers of people for COVID-19.

7th Apr 2020

Mitsui Chemicals has increased production facilities for meltblown nonwovens at its wholly owned subsidiary Sunrex Industry. The operations at the new facilities began in January. The expansion comes in response to growing demand for industrial-use meltblown nonwovens, and will increase the group’s production capacity for these materials by 50 per cent.

7th Apr 2020

UKFT is working to support the government by increasing the availability of PPE. However, it is estimated that global demand for PPE has grown by 1,000 per cent in the past few weeks. The UKFT bring together designers, manufacturers, suppliers, agents, and retailers to promote their businesses and our industry, both in the UK and throughout the world.

7th Apr 2020

Eurojersey has chosen Framis Italia as their partner for heat-welded taping technology. Sensitive Fabrics by Eurojersey innovatively combine technology and performance, making them perfect for training, muscle toning, and dynamic sports. Framis Italia is one of the market leader in heat-bonding applications and solutions for the clothing industry.