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30th Jun 2020

Scott Bader Australia Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of adhesives, resins, gelcoats and speciality polymers, has acquired the assets of Summit Composites Pty Ltd, which has been distributing Scott Bader's products to the Australian market for over 10 years. Members of the existing Summit Composites team have accepted new jobs in Scott Bader Australia Pty Ltd.

30th Jun 2020

South Asia Textiles, a Sri Lankan textile manufacturer specialised in producing weft knitted fabric for leading brands, and HeiQ Materials, a Swiss-based textile innovator which has created some of the most effective, durable and high-performance textile technologies, have joined hands to produce a specially treated fabric for masks to be exported to...

29th Jun 2020

IFabric has issued details of its testing results about the efficacy of Protx2 treated fabrics for inactivating an additional Human Coronavirus, type 229E. The company has informed that testing, done by an internationally recognised, independent laboratory in the US, established its efficacy in inactivating the virus both at 10 minutes and one hour.

27th Jun 2020

German Bionic, leader in the development of robotic exoskeletons, has unveiled the latest generation of its smart power suit. Made of ultra-light carbon fibre, the fourth generation Cray X supports workers when lifting heavy loads of up to 28 kilograms by actively amplifying their movements and thus protecting the lower back from excessive strain.

27th Jun 2020

DH Sutherland and Toray Composite Materials America (TCMA), composite materials division of Toray Industries, have signed a global distribution deal to support Boeing aftermarket aircraft, including materials qualified to Boeing's BMS8-276. The aim is to rapidly supply less than MOQ quantities of TCMA materials to commercial airlines and MRO customers.

26th Jun 2020

Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, has completed the construction of its newest, world-class polypropylene (PP) production facility located in La Porte, Texas. It is the first new PP facility built in North America since 2003 and has global export capacity to serve clients...

26th Jun 2020

Indian textile brand Siyaram's yesterday launched its anti-corona range of fabric tested by laboratories approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The fabric offers protection from the virus and is developed in association with global non-invasive healthcare company HeatlhGuard.

25th Jun 2020

Strata Manufacturing's Strata Solvay Advanced Materials (SSAM) high-tech facility in Al Ain is ready. The facility is a joint venture with Solvay. This marks beginning of Strata's diversification, with the company now becoming the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)'s first supplier of aerospace-grade pre-impregnated carbon fibres and the fourth...

25th Jun 2020

Cipher Skin, a data technology startup, earned a $1.5 million contract by the US Department of Defence, as part of the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme. The programme will help in the development and commercialisation of Cipher Skin’s BioSleeve in partnership with the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).