nylon news

22nd Sep 2017

Natural spider silk has excellent mechanical properties. Researchers from the Graphene Flagship have increased the strength of spider’s silk using graphene-based materials. The spider silk incorporating graphene and carbon nanotubes had enhanced mechanical properties of up to three times the strength and ten times the toughness of the unmodified silks.

21st Sep 2017

Saertex is modernising its Saerbeck production site. A new, state-of-the-art production building has already been built this spring while investments are also being made in new machine technology for the carbon production sector. Both are part of the Saertex global production strategy with digitally networked locations in nine countries on five...

21st Sep 2017

More than 450 exhibitors from around 22 countries and regions will showcase their new technology and products at the Shanghai International Nonwovens Conference and Exhibition (SINCE) 2017. The display at the international trade event scheduled to begin from November 8, will lead the future trends of the global nonwovens industry and applications.

19th Sep 2017

Edana, the global association of the nonwovens and related industries, has confirmed the 15 students selected for the 2017 Edana Nonwovens R&D Student Grant. The grants cover all participation costs for students to attend the Nonwovens Innovation Academy (NIA) to be hosted by the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI) in Germany, on October 25 and 26, ...

19th Sep 2017

Kordsa, the global player of tire, composite and construction reinforcement technologies market, has launched its “We Reinforce Life” campaign. The campaign underlines how products and technologies developed by Kordsa make our lives safer, easier, more efficient and convenient. Kordsa carries out production through a vast area from US to Asia Pacific.

18th Sep 2017

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has unveiled the preview of the product introductions that will be shown at the Filtration 2017 international conference & exposition to be held on October 11 and 12, 2017, in Chicago, US. The “Product Preview” feature on the Filtration 2017 site includes new products of the 140-plus exhibitors.

18th Sep 2017

Guyana’s National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) in Mon Repos recently signed an agreement with Georgetown-based Samaroo Investment to install geotextile tubes to form groynes — barriers built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting — along the foreshore at Reliance on the Essequibo coast to boost sea defence.

18th Sep 2017

India’s technical textile market is expected to grow at 12 per cent per annum to reach $23 billion by 2020 from $18.16 billion at present, the country’s textile commissioner Kavita Gupta told media persons at the 7th edition of three-day Techtextil India 2017 symposium in Mumbai recently. India contributes 4 per cent of the global technical textiles...

18th Sep 2017

Carbon fibre recycling company ELG Carbon Fibre has successfully extended the certification of its quality management system (QMS), in the process transitioning to the latest BS:EN9100 2016 (AS9100 Revision D) standard. As part of this conversion, the scope of the QMS certification was extended to incorporate design and development activities.