nylon news

19th Dec 2019

TRB Lightweight Structures is setting up a composite manufacturing centre in Richmond, Kentucky, as a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho America. The 40,000 square foot facility will have state-of-the-art robotics for high volume production of carbon fibre components using TRB’s press-forming process. It will initially focus on the automotive sector.

19th Dec 2019

BriskHeat, a provider of flexible heating, insulating, and temperature controlling solutions, has unveiled its new line of wet-area cloth heating jackets. Designed for use outdoors, indoors or in washdown locations, the heating jackets feature water-resistant designs and built-in insulation to maximise efficiency. All versions of the jackets are...

18th Dec 2019

Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), a premier printing trade organisation and Napco Media has appointed Andy Cvitanov as chief operating officer. In this new position, Cvitanov will oversee all operations within the newly formed company, including association infrastructure, strategy, audience development, finance, IT, human resources and...

18th Dec 2019

Schoeller's electrostatic-spun membrane technology aerobrane has been used in its brand partner Outlier's Experiment 200 - Ecstasy in the Rain jacket. Schoeller's aerobrane membrane offers optimum protection against wind and weather, along with exceptional breathability. It is made up of an ultra-fine, hydrophilic polyurethane fibre composite.

18th Dec 2019

Solvay's partnership with Penso, a British manufacturing and engineering services company specialised in production of automotive parts made of composite materials for high-end vehicles, or "supercars", has led to industrialisation of the production of composite material parts for vehicles, making for quicker and easier manufacturing, and...

18th Dec 2019

Arville, which introduced Arville 4WS (four-way-stretch) and Arville ComfortShell fabrics, specifically aimed at key personnel within Australasia's firefighting, police, military and first-responder sectors, at the AFAC19 fire and emergency management conference in Melbourne, is now getting enquiries from the interested parties regarding the new...

18th Dec 2019

Global player of tire, construction reinforcement & composites technologies Kordsa was honoured as company of the year in Brazil by prestigious magazine Você S/A. After surveying all employees, Você S/A named Kordsa as ‘best company to work for’, ‘best company in textile to work for’ & ‘best small company with employees lower than 500 to work for’ in...

17th Dec 2019

Filling and Packing Material Mfg Co (FIPCO’s) subsidiary FPC Industries Co has obtained a certificate of accreditation from the Pilgrims Housing Project for various kinds of FPC products of industrial fire-resistant fabrics to be used in building tents, shades and all other purposes related to pilgrims housing projects in Mina, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

17th Dec 2019

India's coir businesses are preparing to take advantage of the price-competitiveness of coir geotextiles by switching to the use of brown fibre and stepping up automation. The industry will soon sport a diversified basket of products, including needle punched fabric, mulching sheet, coir composite, binder-less board and coir acoustic material.