nylon news

7th Mar 2019

Hexcel Composite will promote a wide range of composite innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, etc markets at this year’s JEC World taking place in Paris from March 12-14. With its carbon prepreg patch technology, Hexcel has made it to the final list of the JEC Innovation Awards 2019’s automotive applications category.

7th Mar 2019

Hexagon Composites has raised approximately NOK 493 million (approx $57.22 million) in gross proceeds through a private placement of 16,662,780 new shares, at a price per share of NOK 29.60 ($3.44). The private placement took place through an accelerated bookbuilding process managed by DNB Markets and Carnegie AS after close of markets on February 27,...

6th Mar 2019

PrimaLoft has announced that 30 new brand partners have adopted PrimaLoft Cross Core technology and debuted three iterations. The Cross Core platform fuses existing PrimaLoft fibres with next-generation materials like aerogel, a highly porous, low-density structure, used by NASA scientists, that forms a temperature barrier locking out cold and heat.

6th Mar 2019

Continental and Kordsa, a leader in the tire reinforcement technologies market, have developed a sustainable adhesive technology standard for bonding textile reinforcing materials with rubber compounds. Reinforcing materials of this kind are used in the tire industry, as well as in the production of mechanical rubber goods like hoses and conveyor belts.

6th Mar 2019

Albany International Corp, a global advanced textiles and materials processing company, has appointed director William Higgins as chairman of its board of directors succeeding director Erkie Kailbourne, who had served as chairman since 2008. Higgins joined the Albany board in 2016 and currently serves as chairman of the compensation committee.

6th Mar 2019

3A Composites Core Materials has reformulated Airex T92. While Airex T92 is based on virgin PET, the reformulated T92 now contains post-consumer bottle PET, making the product even more sustainable. The reformulated product, result of extensive research and development and testing, keeps its outstanding performance despite the raw material change.

5th Mar 2019

Hexcel Composite will promote a wide range of composite innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, etc markets at this year’s JEC World taking place in Paris from March 12-14. Hexcel develops and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials including carbon fibers, specialty reinforcements etc for use in commercial...

5th Mar 2019

Over 7,000 nonwovens and engineered fabrics professionals are expected at the biggest nonwovens and engineered fabrics event - IDEA 2019. The four-day triennial event in Miami Beach will showcase more than 500 exhibitors from 70-plus countries and present regional forecasts for nonwoven industries in China, South America, Asia, North America, and...

5th Mar 2019

Dornier will present its machines and system solutions from its composite systems business unit for efficient manufacturing at JEC World beginning March 12 in Paris. With core skills in textile and plastic processing collected in its Composite Systems business unit, Dornier is a reliable equipment provider partner for the burgeoning composite industry.