nylon news

4th Jul 2018

Moving towards sustainability, Thermore has introduced a revolutionary and blowable product - Ecodown Fibres. These fibres ensure the same loft as high quality 90/10 feathers and can likewise be blown into a garment. Tests performed on Ecodown Fibres have shown an outstanding fill power of over 600, which is how the product guarantees that “puffy” look.

4th Jul 2018

India’s technical textiles industry is projected to grow at 20 per cent year-on-year as the segment's potential remains untapped, according to textile commissioner Kavita Gupta, who said India only accounts for 3 per cent of global technical textile production. She was addressing TECHNOTEX 2018, a conference on technical textiles in New Delhi recently.

3rd Jul 2018

KBR has got a contract to expand capacity for manufacturing Tyvek nonwoven materials by DuPont Safety & Construction at its facility in Contern, Luxembourg. Under the reimbursable contract, KBR will provide project management, engineering, procurement and construction management services for a third operating line and is scheduled to start in 2021.

3rd Jul 2018

The 27th Filtration 2018 International Conference & Exposition by INDA, is set to display latest, bold innovations in air and fluid filtration across major industry sectors. The international forum, which will be held from October 2 to 4, 2018, at the Pennsylvania convention centre, Philadelphia, is expected to attract more than 1400 participants this...

2nd Jul 2018

Maverik Lacrosse has unveiled its most elite line of protective gear, the Rome line which includes gloves, shoulder pad, speed pad, arm pads for the elite midfielder, arm guards for the elite attackman, and an elbow pad for the elite defenseman. The Rome collection provides outstanding fit, maximum protection and the best materials for protective...

2nd Jul 2018

Two student teams from the School of Architecture have got Honourable Mention for their entries to the Composites Design Challenge competition organised by the American Composite Materials Association (ACMA). The national competition encourages architecture students to find innovative ways to integrate composite constructions into architectural...

30th Jun 2018

Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, is set to exhibit at the Toulouse Space Show, to be held from June 26 to 28, 2018, in France, in booth C18, to promote its new technologies and innovations in composites for space applications. More than 3,000 visitors are expected at this global forum that is dedicated to novel solutions for...

29th Jun 2018

With a focus on clean energy, Hexagon is introducing a new Mobile Pipeline gas transport module, the TITAN53, which employs the largest composite cylinder tanks in the world. After nearly a decade of success with TITAN products, customers want the ability to move greater volumes of compressed gases including natural gas, hydrogen and industrial gases.

29th Jun 2018

With increasing customer demand, Ahlstrom-Munksjö is expanding its Filtration business. In the Filtration and Performance business area, the company will invest about EUR 28 million to increase manufacturing capacity as well as product capabilities. The project will start in 2018 and is expected to be completed during the first half of 2020.