nylon news

23rd Feb 2018

Dr. Frank Heislitz, currently the chief technology officer (CTO) of Freudenberg Performance Materials, will take over the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of Freudenberg Performance Materials with effect from April 1, 2018. Freudenberg is a global manufacturer of innovative technical textiles for a broad range of markets and applications.

22nd Feb 2018

LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, will take over A Schulman for a total consideration of $2.25 billion. The acquisition builds upon LyondellBasell's existing platform to create a premier Advanced Polymer Solutions business with broad geographic reach, leading technologies and a diverse product portfolio.

22nd Feb 2018

Carrington Textiles, one of Europe’s largest workwear suppliers, will display ground-breaking flame retardant products at the upcoming SICUR trade show during February 20-23 in Madrid, Spain. The show showcases products, equipment and services across three core segments - security and defence, fire prevention and emergency services, and safety at work.

21st Feb 2018

Berry Global is set to invest in a state-of-the-art, proprietary Spinlace asset to increase its annual production capacity. This investment will provide an incremental 17,000 metric tonnes of annual capacity serving the North American markets. The company is also conducting a search to determine the best location for the investment in North America.

21st Feb 2018

‘High-Tex from Germany’ exhibition is set to display innovations from around 66 companies from the German textile, textile-machinery, and garment-technology industries, within the framework of Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas, the global tradefairs for technical textiles and nonwovens, to be held from May 22 to 24, 2018, in Atlanta, US.

21st Feb 2018

Monadnock Non-Wovens LLC (MNW), a leading manufacturer of fine fibre melt blown and composites for the air and liquid filtration, medical and insulation markets, has announced that it has been certified to the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Standard by SGS Certification Services. MNW underwent an 18-month evaluation process to receive the certification.

20th Feb 2018

Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibres and composites business, has produced a new high-tensile, highly shock-resistant prepreg that incorporates carbon fibre developed by Toho Tenax for aerospace applications and specialised carbon nanotubes (CNT). A prepreg is a carbon fibre sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin.

20th Feb 2018

Scientists at the University of Bayreuth, Donghua University in Shanghai, and Nanjing Forestry University have made nonwoven materials that are electrically conductive as well as flexible and breathable. This means comfortable high-tech clothes such as those converting sunlight to warmth or supplying wearable electronic devices with electricity are...

20th Feb 2018

Following several years of close technical collaboration, carbon fibre recycling company ELG Carbon Fibre and Sanko Engineering and Tooling (SET) and Sanko Gosei UK have formalised their commercial partnership. A key element of this strategic alliance will be the further development of cost effective, lightweight solutions for the automotive market.