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29th Dec 2017

Patanjali Ayurveda has decided to enter the diaper and sanitary napkin market by launching both kids and adult diapers and affordable sanitary napkins in the first quarter of the next financial year, according to company spokesperson SK Gupta Tijarawala, who said the combined market for these products will be a Rs 16,000-crore category by 2018-19.

29th Dec 2017

Coir geo-textile will be used to fortify a 60-km stretch of the Kuttiyadi canal in Kerala under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Forty three village local self-governing bodies or panchayats, three municipalities and the Kozhikode city corporation will support the eco-friendly conservation initiative.

28th Dec 2017

The Bell V-280 has taken off the ground for the first time at Bell Helicopter’s Amarillo, Texas, facility on December 18. Spirit AeroSystems has designed and built the complete fuselage for the V-280, in just 22 months at the company's Rapid Prototype facility in Wichita, Kansas. The fuselage comprises aluminum sub-structure with composite skins.

27th Dec 2017

Exel Composites’ carbon fibre components have successfully completed nine years in a high precision application at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator in Geneva. The components which are key part of the particle tracker support structures for the LHC's Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector needed to satisfy strict dimensional...

26th Dec 2017

Teton Composites has set up its Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Service Business. The business specialises in helping clients design and analyse complex composite structures, providing fundamental baseline designs while also reducing expensive iterations between design and testing. Use of composite structural components has been growing in several...

25th Dec 2017

Kelheim Fibres has developed viscose fibre speciality Danufil QR, making disinfectant wipes overcome a problem. Use of viscose fibres in antiseptic wipes comes with a problem despite their excellent fluid handling properties. The fibres bind certain disinfectants which interfere with the wipe’s function. The viscose speciality Danufil QR reduces this...

23rd Dec 2017

Exel Composites has joined hands with UK company Eze Shoring to develop lightweight solution for construction industry. Exel Composites' pultrusion expertise and manufacturing capabilities have enabled Eze Shoring to realise its new lightweight, easy to use trench shoring concept. Shoring is the process of bracing the trench walls to prevent collapse.

23rd Dec 2017

Spirit AeroSystems’ Advanced Technology Centre in Prestwick, Scotland, has come out with an improved method for making composite parts. Spirit AeroSystems uses some of the world’s largest autoclaves to support its composite fuselage business. The new heated tool technology cures composite parts 40 per cent faster and at half the cost with no autoclave.

22nd Dec 2017

Autoneum has signed a license agreement with Iranian automotive supplier Ayegh Khodro Toos (AKT) for producing and distributing its multifunctional components for acoustic and thermal management in Iran. AKT will produce carpet systems and inner dashes for IKAP, a joint venture between Iranian car manufacturer Iran Khodro and French automotive group...