nylon news

17th Nov 2017

Edana, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has opened submissions for the Outlook Asia Innovation Award. The award competition is organised within the framework of Outlook Asia conference, Asia’s premier nonwoven personal care and hygiene products event, to be held on March 14 and 15, 2018, in Singapore.

17th Nov 2017

Freudenberg Performance Materials, a global developer of innovative technical textiles for apparel, automotive, building materials, hygiene, medical, shoe and leathergoods, and specialties, has unveiled the new high-performance ADL fabric for diapers. High-performance nonwoven fabrics guide the wetness to the suction core, thus ensuring dry skin for...

16th Nov 2017

Velox GmbH, a leading pan-European distributor of raw material specialities and solution provider for the plastics, composites, rubber, paints, and coatings industries, has announced a distribution agreement with Low & Bonar, a leading company in performance materials. Velox will be distributing Low & Bonar’s Enka-Channel and Enka-Fusion throughout...

16th Nov 2017

H.B. Fuller has got LEED Gold certification at its new manufacturing facility in Surabaya, Indonesia, a development which marks its sustainability and innovation credentials. The facility is designed to disposable hygiene product industry standards and is among the only three in the country to get the distinction. Its score is highest score among the...

16th Nov 2017

Pampers has created a special flat diaper for preemies whose skin is too delicate to wear a traditional diaper or require an alternative diapering solution while in the NICU. Pampers is also joining hands with the March of Dimes during the Prematurity Awareness Month and will donate a box of the new Pampers NICU Flat Diapers to all NICUs in the country.

15th Nov 2017

Faurecia has launched a new tech centre in the Silicon Valley in order to strengthen its position and relationship with automakers, innovative start-ups, leading universities and new actors in the mobility sector. It is all set to accelerate its start-up scouting activities in the region and will host one of the artificial intelligence teams of...

15th Nov 2017

Michelman, manufacturer of advanced materials including fibre sizing and resin modifiers used in the production of reinforced plastic composites, will display new Hydrosize fibre sizing solutions at CAMX 2017 during December 12-14, 2017 in Orlando. At display will be its Hydrosize PA874, a polyamide dispersion suitable for use with long fibre.

15th Nov 2017

SGL Technologies Composites Holding, a fully owned subsidiary of SGL Carbon SE, has acquired the 50-per cent share of BENTELER Carbon Composites Beteiligungs in the joint venture BENTELER-SGL, Paderborn. SGL Carbon SE is now the sole owner of the company. The two shareholders have signed an agreement on the sale, to be completed by the end of 2017.

15th Nov 2017

Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 at Albany International, a global advanced textiles and materials processing company, has been recorded at $222.1 million, an increase of 16.1 per cent. The net income attributable to the company was $15.3 million ($0.47 per share), compared to $13.1 million ($0.41 per share) in the third quarter of fiscal ...