nylon news

5th Sep 2019

Mikrosam has unveiled new automation capabilities for filament winding of compressed hydrogen and compressed natural gas tanks with a contract to deliver one of the largest production lines for the automotive industry. The complete line will include Mikrosam's multi-spindle filament winding (FW) machines integrated with new innovative automation units.

5th Sep 2019

Morten Holum has been appointed executive vice president (EVP) and chief operating officer (COO) of Hexagon effective September 1. He has been strategic advisor to Hexagon's management since February of this year. He has broad industrial experience in different management and executive roles, most recently as chief executive officer of Saferoad.

4th Sep 2019

PRF Composites, a manufacturer of high performance materials for the composites sector, has added the RP542-4, the epoxy prepreg system, to its product range. Designed as an intermediately toughened system, that goes well with the RP542-1 and super-toughened RP549 systems, RP542-4 is producing excellent results on unidirectional and woven carbon...

4th Sep 2019

Motus Integrated Technologies, a tier 1 and tier 2 supplier of automotive interior products, has completed acquisition of Janesville Fiber Solutions, formally a division of Jason Industries. The acquisition cost of approximately $85 million includes up to $5 million of consideration contingent on achievement of certain performance conditions during...

3rd Sep 2019

Kordsa has been listed among best employers in Brazil for fourth time by Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW). The institute named Kordsa 17th best company among 150 companies. The award demonstrates Kordsa's commitment to placing people at centre of its business and proves success of Kordsa's management strategy as a driver of synergy and business...

3rd Sep 2019

Meryl has collaborated with Adidas by Stella McCartney to develop an ecological tennis collection based on sustainable yarns. Athletes like Garbine Muguruza or Kristina Mladenovic have collaborated on this project with the intention of positive change for the world and awareness of sustainability values. Meryl is Nylstar's luxury textile brand.

3rd Sep 2019

Waitrose & Partners has become the first UK supermarket to get 'Fine to Flush' certification for its wet wipes. Waitrose fragrance-free moist toilet tissue refills and Waitrose lightly fragranced moist toilet tissue refills will now be marked as 'Fine to Flush', the standard unveiled in January by Water UK, which represents water companies in the UK.

3rd Sep 2019

Composites UK has launched programme for its first Confidence in Composites event taking place from October 15-16 in Oxford. The event will show latest non-destructive evaluation and testing (NDE/T) technologies, structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques and approaches to repair for composite materials through case study presentations and...

2nd Sep 2019

Kisling, manufacturer of high-quality adhesives, sealants and casting compounds, will display structural adhesives for the high-performance bonding of plastics, fibre composites, elastomers, metals, glass and ceramics at Composites Europe in Stuttgart during September 10-12. Structural adhesives are ideal for vehicle manufacture and lightweight...