nylon news

29th Oct 2018

3A Composites Core Materials, a key global supplier to the wind industry, has received the APQP4Wind certification from the Danish Wind Industry Association. The APQP4Wind, a trademark quality management system, is meant to simplify and strengthen the quality assurance demands (APQP) and product release process (PPAP) across the entire wind value chain.

29th Oct 2018

Research centres Trans-Pacific Aerospace Co (TPAC) and ThermoPlastic composites Research Center (TPRC) have developed a new recycling process that targets the production scrap of thermoplastic composites. The objective is to retain the high mechanical properties of the composites and reduce the overall environmental impact at affordable cost.

27th Oct 2018

Total Composites Solutions (TCS), an advanced composite solutions company, has been appointed as Bondloc's partner in UK and Ireland for its premium range of adhesives and sealants. TCS provides customers with market development, technical and engineering support along with optimised products within the advanced resin, adhesives, fibre and prepreg...

26th Oct 2018

Huvis Indorama Advanced Materials, a 50-50 joint venture between Indorama Ventures Public Company Ltd and South Korea-based Huvis Corporation, is launching new manufacturing operations at Auriga Polymers, Inc’s campus in Spartanburg County. The new, state-of-the-art operations will manufacture low melting fibre (LMF) with an annual capacity of 60,000...

26th Oct 2018

Kelheim Fibres GmbH, the world’s leading producer of viscose speciality fibres and the most important supplier of viscose fibres for the tampon industry, has prepared a provisional plan for the restart of production lines at Kelheim in South Germany. Production was stopped after a fire broke out in the main fibre spinning area in mid-October this year.

25th Oct 2018

NASA has awarded a contract to Nanocomp Technologies Inc. for the continued development of high strength carbon nanotube (CNT) material. The firm-fixed-price contract allows for the improvement of manufacturing high-strength CNT yarn/tape used in developing CNT composites with strength properties at least double that of carbon fibre composites in use...

25th Oct 2018

Suominen, a leading nonwovens company, has launched Fibrella Cozy, a new topsheet material for absorbent hygiene products, such as pantyliners, that is superior in softness and excellent in fluid management. Fibrella Cozy is produced with spunlace technology, bonded with water without any binders, making it safe, skin-friendly, and odourless material.

25th Oct 2018

The 4th conference on Nonwovens for High‐performance Applications (NHPA2018) was held in Cannes, France, on October 11 and 12, 2018.The forum gave the participants the opportunity to discuss emerging high‐performance areas of the nonwovens industry. The symposium also addressed the issues of entering and expanding in the nonwovens market.

24th Oct 2018

Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced that the Outlook 2018 conference for the nonwovens hygiene and personal care industry, ended on a successful note. With 510 delegates from across the nonwovens and related industries in attendance, the event was held on October 17 and 18, 2018, in Croatia.