nylon news

19th Feb 2018

Scotland-based carpet tile manufacturer Sanquhar Tile Services (STS) is now part of Shaw Industries, the largest carpet tile manufacturer in North America which supplies carpet, resilient, hardwood, tile, stone and laminate flooring products and synthetic turf to residential and commercial markets. STS’ acquisition expands Shaw’s carpet tile footprint.

19th Feb 2018

Suominen, a nonwovens company, has decided to initiate a new growth investment project worth of approximately €6 million in its production plant in Green Bay, United States. The investment involves installation of new carding machinery representing the latest technology on an existing spunlace production line. It will improve the capabilities of the...

17th Feb 2018

Xerium Technologies, a leading provider of industrial consumable products and services, has achieved an important milestone by accomplishing the sale of the 1,000th TransForm forming fabric. The TransForm portfolio of high-performance forming fabrics has been successful on some of the most demanding paperboard and packaging production lines in the...

17th Feb 2018

Teijin Frontier, the Teijin Group's fibres and products converting company, has developed Solotex Nanofibre, a polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) nanofibre with a diameter of 700 nanometre that combines excellent gripping power, cooling and wiping properties with stretchable comfort, highly suitable for high-performance gloves, sportswear and...

17th Feb 2018

Bostik, the specialty industrial adhesives line of Arkema, shared how to get most of adhesives with the attendees of the recent Middle East and North Africa Nonwovens symposium. The event focused on the promotion of use of materials in the production of baby diapers through the correct selection and use of adhesives and adhesive suppliers.

16th Feb 2018

UMass Lowell scientists are collaborating with a research and development company to create new, cost-effective sensor-laden textiles - fabrics integrated with optical fibres and sensors - to monitor the structural health and integrity of vital infrastructures such as buildings and skyscrapers, roadways, bridges, tunnels, railway tracks, dams and...

16th Feb 2018

Airtech Advanced Materials Group, the world leading manufacturer and supplier of vacuum bagging and composite tooling materials, has developed performance fabrics for Toolfusion Tooling. TMGC-TX fabrics are Triaxial Carbon fabrics developed for the manufacturing of composite molds with Airtech Toolfusion resins. The fabrics are engineered for easy...

16th Feb 2018

RadiciGroup, a producer of a wide range of chemical intermediates, polyamide polymers, engineering plastics, synthetic fibres, and nonwovens, has announced that about fifty employees from the Group’s Radici Chimica Deutschland site in Troglitz is attending the Atalanta-Borussia Dortmund match to root for the Nerazzurri players, on February 15, 2018.

16th Feb 2018

Marmot, one of world’s most highly respected technical apparel and equipment companies, has implemented Green Theme International’s (GTI) Aquavent waterless treatment for breathable water protection in its new flagship rain jacket, EVODry. The Hohenstein Group recently verified an innovative DWR finish from GTI in line with ECO PASSPORT certification.