technology textiles

18th Jan 2022

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) Super Absorbent Polymer technology (SAP) demonstration plant of 200 tonne per annum at the Kochi Refinery was inaugurated recently. Commencement of SAP production at the refinery could result in setting up of ancillary industries in the vicinity including at the KINFRA’s new Ambalamugal Petrochemical Park.

18th Jan 2022

The German Institutes of Textile and Fibre Research Denkendorf (DITF) have signed an agreement with Saint-Gobain Ceramics on cooperation and joint development in the field of metal oxide ceramic fibres. Saint-Gobain is a French that designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions for the construction and other industrial application...

18th Jan 2022

US’ Triumph has announced the appointment of Craig Cooper to vice president, integrated supply chain and operations. In this role, as a member of the senior leadership team, he will have oversight of the company's operations, quality, engineering, and supply chain functions as well as oversee the Triumph Operating System (TOS) deployment efforts.

18th Jan 2022

The Indian textiles ministry has cleared 20 strategic research projects worth ₹30 crore in speciality fibres and geotextiles under the National Technical Textiles Mission. Sixteen speciality fibre projects are five in healthcare, four in industrial and protective categories, three in energy storage, three in textile waste recycling and one in...

17th Jan 2022

Finland’s Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a leader in fibre-based materials, has unveiled EcoJet Transfer S Series for digital-transfer printing applications. The new product series consist of high-quality transfer papers that offer excellent printing and transfer resolution, fast ink drying, and high ink acceptance, especially suitable for hard surface image...

17th Jan 2022

Bast Fibre has entered into an agreement to acquire Lumberton Cellulose (LC), a natural fibre processing facility located in Lumberton, North Carolina from Georgia-Pacific Cellulose. Bast Fibre is a triple-bottom line cleantech fibre engineering firm manufacturing specialty natural fibre for applications throughout the nonwovens and textile industries.

17th Jan 2022

Frontier.cool, the world’s largest cloud solution, has revealed the world’s first FPGA-based MPSoC (multiprocessor system on a chip) for the textile industry, based on FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) hardware acceleration, at the recently held CES 2022, in Las Vegas in the US. Frontier facilitates the rapid, scalable digitisation of textile...

17th Jan 2022

US’ Sun Chemical has acquired SAPICI, a leading company in high-performance polyurethanes for coatings, flexible packaging, industrial adhesives and more. Sun Chemical is a producer of packaging and graphic solutions, colour, and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries.

14th Jan 2022

Industrial Asset Recovery Group (IARG) has announced the liquidation of chemical plants formerly operated by Emerald Performance Materials in Henry, Illinois. The plant officially ceased operations in 2021. Emerald Performance Materials was a producer of specialty chemical products for flavours, fragrances, food, beverage, personal, household care.