6th Feb 2020
The North Face has unveiled the Summit Series Advanced Mountain Kit to help athletes explore alpine region in the harsh alpine environment. The Advanced Mountain Kit is a breathable, packable, warm and lightweight layering system that gives athletes the freedom to move quickly and efficiently in extreme alpine conditions without compromising protection.
6th Feb 2020
International technology Group Andritz has installed a new neXline eXcelle spunlace line at Novita, based in Zielona Gora, Poland. The line is meant to produce spunlace fabrics from 30 to 100 gsm and even down to 25 gsm for ultralight products. Novita now enters the hygiene and medical markets with a total installed capacity of nearly 3,000 kg/h.
6th Feb 2020
The National Technical Textiles Mission announced in the recent budget will create a domestic base for raw material production, push for manufacture of high end technical textile products, boost investments and increase per capita consumption, according to the Indian Technical Textiles Association, which wants to see how this mission will be...
5th Feb 2020
Spirit AeroSystems, an aerospace manufacturer, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Boeing, a manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense and space, related to 737 Max production rate. Under the agreement, Spirit will restart production slowly, ramping up deliveries to reach a total of 216 Max shipsets delivered to Boeing in 2020.
5th Feb 2020
Hennessey has constructed an all carbon fibre chassis for Venom F5. Built entirely of carbon fibre, the all-new ground-up design has been engineered and built to propel the Venom F5 to a top speed of over 500 kilometres per hour. The new F5 chassis is both strong and light weight, and made after an extensive two-year long engineering and development...
5th Feb 2020
Composites Evolution will unveil a new 50°C, 12 hour cure tooling prepreg - allowing moulders to create tools with exceptional surface finish and high dimensional stability - at JEC World 2020 to be held in Paris in March. The specially developed prepreg has an extended out-life, which means large or complex tools can be manufactured with minimal waste.
5th Feb 2020
International technology group, Andritz, will show its innovative nonwovens production and textile solutions at Index 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 31- April 3, 2020 in booth 2114. Index is the meeting place for the nonwovens market. The event is a unique opportunity to explore latest innovations and connect with like-minded professionals.
5th Feb 2020
Hexcel is collaborating with NaCa Systems, a tier I supplier of natural fibre composite automotive interior parts, on development of a lightweight carbon fibre prepreg and wood fibre composite sportscar seat back using a rapid press moulding process. The innovation validates a short cycle time production process for CFRP and wood fibre composite parts.
4th Feb 2020
Sicomin has partnered with Greenboats on the supply of GreenPoxy InfuGreen 810 bio-based resins for the FLAX 27, the most complete natural fibre composite project realised by Greenboats to date. Sicomin’s hand lamination and infusion production processes have been optimised for natural fibre composites, providing an uncompromising performance.