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16th Jun 2020

Freudenberg Performance Materials, a supplier of innovative technical textiles, has been awarded its first Silver level Material Health Certificate from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute for its comfortemp air HO 80x product series. The comfortemp air HO 80x fiberball paddings are made from polyamide 6 and are 100 per cent recyclable.

15th Jun 2020

Arevo, the Silicon Valley company transforming composites production through digitalisation and automation, is constructing one of the world's largest high-speed continuous carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite additive manufacturing facilities. The plant will operate on a rapid-turnaround manufacturing-as-a-service (MaaS) model.

15th Jun 2020

Epic Aircraft, a privately held, design-driven aviation company, has delivered its first two E1000 all composite, single-engine turboprop aircraft, after the successful conclusion of its FAA Type Certification programme last year. Epic has advance E1000 deposits from customers in the US, Canada, Mexico, Central/South America, Europe, Russia and South...

13th Jun 2020

Basf, leading chemical company, and HP, the leader in industrial 3D printing solutions, are strengthening their strategic alliance to advance digital manufacturing. The two companies are working together to open up new market opportunities, develop new best-in-class applications, and achieve high quality, breakthrough economics, and sustainable...

13th Jun 2020

Solvay and Leonardo have entered into a five-year material supply deal for programmes across aerostructures, aircraft, helicopters and electronics divisions. Under the agreement, Solvay will provide a broad range of materials including thermoset composites, thermoplastic composites and adhesives. The two will also collaborate in research and...

12th Jun 2020

Mumbai-based home textile manufacturer Welspun India recently forayed into the health and hygiene segment by launching Welspun Health, which will offer hygiene products for medical professionals and institutional use as well as personal care products like masks, medical gowns, disposable linen, coveralls, hand sanitising wipes and surface disinfectant...

11th Jun 2020

Switzerland-based Gurit, which specialises in the development and manufacture of advanced composite materials, composite tooling equipment and core kitting service, has advanced the closure of its Zullwil plant into 2020, several months earlier than originally planned, due to drop in demand in the global aerospace market because of the COVID-19...

11th Jun 2020

Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin at the Institute for Animal and Environmental Hygiene and the RWTH Aachen University have joined hands to make new PPE. The testing was conducted in the context of the EIT Health Project ViruShield, supported by the European Union, to discover alternative filter materials for face masks that inactivate...

11th Jun 2020

In the current situation in the wake of worldwide corona pandemic, German company Mahlo GmbH + Co KG is providing manufacturers of nonwovens with means to measure production processes. By controlling basis weight and material thickness, its new Gravimat DFI sensor helps to ensure quality of respiratory masks and medical protective clothing.