nylon news

11th Mar 2019

SGL Carbon will showcase smart solutions for the automotive industry at the JEC World, the largest trade fair for composites to be held during March 12-14, 2019, in Paris. The company will display a wide range of tailored components and high-performance materials along the entire value chain under the motto "The Weight and Performance Optimisers."

9th Mar 2019

Teijin’s automotive composites specialty groups have developed a multi-material composite automotive door concept that maintains required crash specifications while reducing overall weight by 35 per cent when compared to a conventional steel door. A prototype of this approach will be on display at JEC World 2019 taking place from March 12-14 in Paris.

8th Mar 2019

Michelman has unveiled its new family of Unyte surface modifiers formulated specifically for manufacturers of technical textiles and pre-preg fabrics. These water-based emulsions, to be introduced at JEC World 2019, have been designed to help technical textiles and pre-preg fabrics achieve advanced form and function in both woven and nonwoven...

8th Mar 2019

Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a process to produce scalable graphene-based yarn. The process by the team based at the National Graphene Institute has the potential to produce tonnes of conductive graphene-based yarn, using existing textile machineries and without adding to production costs. The research is published in ACS...

8th Mar 2019

Beaulieu Fibres International (BFI), leading European polyolefin fibre supplier, will present itself as ‘all solution provider’ for polyolefin carded nonwovens in personal care and hygiene, geotextiles, automotive, floorcoverings and filtration applications at this year’s Idea19 Miami. BFI will launch its PET-core-BICO fibres for hygiene applications.

8th Mar 2019

Andritz, supplier of plants, equipment, and services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metal working and steel industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial segments, will showcase its innovative nonwovens production and converting solutions at IDEA 2019 to be held in Miami from March 26 to 28.

8th Mar 2019

Henkel will showcase Loctite EA 9378 AERO, an innovative next-generation liquid shim material under development at JEC World 2019 in Paris to be held from March 12 to 14. Loctite EA 9378 AERO has been designed for structural gap filling and tolerance bridging with uniform stress distribution throughout assemblies. It offers high mechanical strength.

7th Mar 2019

Kordsa, a global reinforcement leader, will exhibit innovative products and technologies for its recently acquired companies Fabric Development, Textile Products and Advanced Honeycomb Technologies at the upcoming JEC World in Paris. It will introduce new light weighting technology in heavy duty vehicle chassis system developed in co-operation with...

7th Mar 2019

Textechno, the German manufacturer of testing systems for fibres, yarns, rovings and fabrics as well as global leader in the field of man-made fibre testing, will be exhibiting branded new innovative machines at JEC 2019 in Paris, from March 14-18. These machines, not available in the market so far, will now be provided by Textechno on commercial...