nylon news

2nd Sep 2019

Hexcel advanced composites have been helping reduce the weight of aerospace structures while maintaining their strength. The aerospace industry has also experience added benefits such as corrosion resistance, lower required maintenance, advanced sound attenuation (noise reduction), greater design freedom and longer life spans with the use of thee...

2nd Sep 2019

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, one of the leading international distributors of specialty chemical products and solutions worldwide, has taken over Norwegian distributor Lindberg & Lund, a company which imports and distributes construction adhesives, lubricants, solvents, composite material, casting and potting resins and a wide variety of specialty...

31st Aug 2019

Kaman, a designer and manufacturer of critical components, structures, and systems for commercial, military and industrial customers through its aerospace business, has sold its distribution segment to affiliates of Littlejohn & Co for cash consideration of $700 million, excluding certain working capital adjustments. Kaman operates 14 facilities world...

31st Aug 2019

Scientists in Brown University have shown that graphene sheets may be useful in preventing mosquito bites. They showed that graphene can block the signals mosquitoes use to identify a blood meal, potentially enabling a new chemical-free approach to mosquito bite prevention. Graphene also acts as a barrier that mosquitoes are unable to bite through.

31st Aug 2019

GAIL (India) Ltd, the government-owned natural gas transportation and distribution utility, is planning to spend ₹751 crore to add a new 60 kilo tonne per annum polypropylene unit at its Pata petrochemical complex in Uttar Pradesh. Polypropylene is a thermoplastic used in manufacturing consumer products and plastic parts for automobile industry and...

31st Aug 2019

India is in the process of finalising 40 new harmonised system of nomenclature (HSN) codes for technical textiles in a few months, textiles secretary Ravi Capoor recently said. Speaking at a technical textile meet in Mumbai, he said HSN codes for 207 items have been established and mandatory use of technical textiles in over 90 areas is under...

30th Aug 2019

GreenLight, a project funded by the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, has successfully developed a process for production of carbon fibres from a lignin-based precursor at the pilot scale. There were nine partners from four European countries in the GreenLight project.

30th Aug 2019

Industry experts in filtration science and technology will chair seven critical sessions for INDA's inaugural FiltXPO, North American’s expo and technical conference for filtration and separation. The event will be held from February 26-28, 2020, at Navy Pier, Chicago. Technical conference sessions will run in conjunction with the show floor exhibition.

30th Aug 2019

Gurit, developer of composite materials, has announced supply contracts for core materials which have been secured with two world leading Wind OEMs for its composite materials business unit. The three- respectively four-year contracts are a continuation of existing supply agreements, for PET, and are in line with communicated group sales targets for...