nylon news

24th Mar 2018

Adient, the global leader in automotive seating for all vehicle classes and all major OEMs, and Arvind Limited, one of the leading textile to retail and brands conglomerate based in India, have announced the formation of Adient Arvind Automotive Fabrics, a joint venture that will develop, manufacture, and sell automotive fabrics in Ahmedabad, India.

23rd Mar 2018

Ballyclare Limited, a British designer, manufacturer, and distributor of high quality, functional workwear, protective clothing, and specialist PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), has been awarded a new order for protective workwear by Network Rail that covers the supply of hi‐vis polycotton workwear, following a detailed and rigorous tendering...

21st Mar 2018

Voith showed its new carbon fibre manufacturing line at JEC World 2018, a leading global trade show for composites, which was being held from March 6 to 8, 2018, in Paris. The company, leading in the energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive markets, displayed the digital production line for Audi A8 carbon fibre rear wall panel.

20th Mar 2018

The fourth edition of the Outlook Asia in Singapore, which was held on March 14 and 15, 2018, closed on a successful note as the ideal platform for key nonwoven professionals to network, do business, and catch-up on the exciting potential of the Asian region. It was organised by Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens industries.

19th Mar 2018

Germany’s leading manufacturer of innovative technical textiles, Freudenberg Performance Materials, and Japan Vilene Company, Business Groups of Freudenberg Group, will be presenting solutions for the energy, medical, and automotive markets at the Asia Nonwoven Exhibition (ANEX), which will be held from June 6 to 8, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, in stand 406.

19th Mar 2018

Sabic, a leader in the chemical industry, showed the results of a recent lifecycle assessment of passenger car side doors using hybrid material solutions including laminates made with its continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite (CFRTC), the UDMAX GPP 45-70 tape, at the JEC World 2018, from March 6 to 8, 2018, in Paris, in stand L84, hall 5.

19th Mar 2018

Autoneum has developed a "Carpet Cleanability Analyser" measurement system to analyse and compare the cleanability of different carpet surfaces. Three carpet samples soiled with strongly adhering particles like grains of sand or wool fibres are cleaned by a robot-guided suction arm. Cleanability and dirt resistance of each carpet is then calculated.

19th Mar 2018

Berry Global Group, Inc., has announced that Paula A. Sneed has been elected by the company’s shareowners to its Board of Directors. Berry Global Group, Inc., headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative nonwoven, flexible, and rigid products used every day within consumer and industrial end markets.

17th Mar 2018

Magna, a leading technology company and an automotive supplier headquartered in Canada, has announced that the firm has opened a new composites centre of excellence in Esslingen, Germany, that aims to help European automakers meet increasingly stringent emissions requirements with lightweight structures and exterior components made of advanced...