nylon news

18th Jan 2019

Techtextil has announced that it has opened the entries for Techtextil Innovation Award, honouring outstanding ideas in the field of technical textiles including, for the first time, ideas focussing on sustainability. Techtextil, the international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, will be held from May 14-17, 2019, in Germany.

17th Jan 2019

Indorama Ventures Limited (IVL) will exhibit its CoolVisions brand of dyeable polypropylene filament and staple at the upcoming OR Winter Market/Snow Show in Denver this month. In addition, visitors to the CoolVisions/Indorama booth 55034-UL will discover new fabrics featuring IVL's IP intelligent performance range of specialty polyesters like Ecorama...

17th Jan 2019

Strongwell, the world’s leading pultruder of fibre reinforced polymer composites, has signed an agreement with Pipespain Sl for the distribution of Strongwell’s Extren fiberglass structural shapes and Plate, Safrail fiberglass handrail systems, and Duradek and Duragrid Phenolic pultruded fiberglass gratings in the countries of Spain and Portugal.

16th Jan 2019

In a first individual project which is currently in preparation, SGL Carbon will supply fabrics for structural components in Airbus helicopters. The two companies have defined the framework conditions for the cooperation in a joint agreement that regulates the basic provision and further development of innovative carbon and fibreglass materials.

16th Jan 2019

WR Grace & Co, the leading supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its Unipol PP process technology to Hanwha Total Petrochemical for a new PP production facility in Daesan, South Korea. With a capacity of 400 kilotons per year, the PP line is expected to begin operations in 2021.

16th Jan 2019

Michelman has extended its distribution agreement with Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, to Central Europe, Poland and Turkey. Capitalising on the success that Safic-Alcan has had in France and UK, it will now manage Michelman’s distribution throughout its subsidiaries located in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia and...

15th Jan 2019

Myant, a leader in the production of smart textiles, has launched the world's first cuffless blood pressure monitoring technology inside its Skiin Textile Computing Platform, at the recent CES 2019. The Skiin Smart Shirt eliminates the hassle of regular blood pressure monitoring and adds automatic data tracking to share data and trends with clinicians.

11th Jan 2019

Lear Corporation, a global automotive technology leader, has launched Lear Innovation Ventures (LIV) Possibilities, led by its chief technology officer, John Absmeier. LIV Possibilities is the framework underlying Lear’s focus on product, process, and business model innovation and aligns with Lear’s corporate mantra of ‘Where Passion Drives...

11th Jan 2019

AnalySwift, a provider of efficient high-fidelity modeling software for composites and other advanced materials, has launched its Academic Partner Program, through which it offers universities no-cost licenses for academic research. Its solutions offer advantage through drastic reductions in engineering time and handling of more complex composite...