nylon news

3rd Feb 2018

Recovery Force, a medical device company focused on enhancing circulation and accelerating recovery from surgery or injury through its patented active compressions technology platform, has joined hands with Mayo Clinic. The Recovery Force platform embeds shape changing fibres into garments and footwear to create lightweight wearable active compressions.

2nd Feb 2018

Toray Advanced Textile Mexico (TAMX), Toray Industries’ automobile airbag nylon fibre and fabric manufacturing and distribution subsidiary, is opening its new plant in Mexico. The new plant is the Toray Group’s first integrated production facility spanning automobile airbag yarn to fabric, and will be the production base primarily for Americas.

1st Feb 2018

Techtextil 2019, the global trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens, and Texprocess 2019, the international trade fair for the international garment-manufacturing and textile processing industry, have announced that companies can now register to exhibit at both events, which will be held from May 14 to 17, 2019, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

31st Jan 2018

EDANA, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, will host the fourth edition of OUTLOOK Asia in Singapore, which will be held on March 14 and 15, 2018. The conference is one of the ideal platforms for key nonwoven professionals around the globe to network, do business, and catch-up on developments in Asia Pacific.

31st Jan 2018

JEC Group, the largest composites organisation in the world, is presenting a new format for its prestigious JEC Innovation Awards competition, announcing the 30 finalists divided into 10 categories. A renowned jury of experts will select one winner per category. The 10 winners will be announced on March 7, 2018, at JEC World 2018, to be held in Paris.

31st Jan 2018

Ashland Global, a premier global specialty chemicals company serving customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, will increase the price of its portfolio of UPR and gelcoat products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by €100 per metric tonnes and its portfolio of epoxy vinyl ester products by €150 per metric tonnes.

30th Jan 2018

Directa Plus, a producer and supplier of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, has been awarded patent for its ‘flame retardant composition comprising graphene nanoplatelets’ by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent covers the product and the application of G+ nanoplatelets as a non-toxic, flame retardant additive.

30th Jan 2018

Kineco Kaman Composites India, a Joint Venture between Goa based Kineco and Kaman Aerospace Group, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation of USA, is expanding its manufacturing facility at Pilerne Industrial Estate with an investment of Rs18 crores. The facility has been approved by Goa Investment Promotion Board and is likely to be functional this year...

30th Jan 2018

IMI Europe, a leading firm from UK that facilitates collaboration and learning within the community of inkjet technology developers and users for digital printing and deposition applications, has announced new inkjet collaboration conference and learning events for 2018. IMI Europe organises high quality conferences and courses in Europe and Asia.