technology textiles

4th Oct 2021

Wing of Tomorrow, a major Airbus research and technology programme, has reached a key milestone with the assembly of its first full-size wing prototype. UK’s Airbus designs, manufactures, and delivers commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites, and launch vehicles, and provides data services, for customers on a global scale.

4th Oct 2021

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first Fixed Trailing Edge (FTE) for Airbus’ ‘Wing of tomorrow’ research programme from its global technology centre (GTC) in Bristol. This builds upon the successful production earlier this year of the single piece composite wing spar, one of the challenging wing components produced. GKN Aerospace is an aerospace...

1st Oct 2021

Ontex has announced that manufacturing at its plant in Mayen, Germany will be phased out by mid-2022. Mayen will become an excellence centre for global process engineering, global product technology and market adaptation baby care, and will bring innovations faster to the consumers. The Global Excellence Centre will be operational as of January 2022.

1st Oct 2021

Scientists at Washington University in St Louis have used microbes to make synthetic muscles. They used a synthetic chemistry approach to polymerise proteins inside engineered microbes. This enabled the microbes to produce the high molecular weight muscle protein, titin - one of the three major proteins of muscle tissue - which was then spun into...

1st Oct 2021

Andritz has successfully started up key production equipment for the first of two environmentally friendly hardwood pulp production lines supplied for Bracell’s STAR project in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo. The second line is expected to be started up by the end of September. The Austria-based firm is a supplier of equipment for pulp and paper industry.

30th Sep 2021

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is set to host the Hygienix 2021 live, in-person conference from November 15-18, 2021, in Scottsdale, Arizona for the global absorbent hygiene and personal care markets. The conference will focus on post-pandemic opportunities, sustainability, new technologies, and award-winning products.

30th Sep 2021

Sabic has introduced Noryl GTX 9500 resin, a new addition to a range of unfilled Noryl GTX resin grades, which delivers excellent dimensional stability under hot and humid conditions, addressing the challenge for highly demanding automotive applications. Ranked among the leading petrochemicals manufacturers, Sabic is a company based in Riyadh, Saudi...

29th Sep 2021

Encompass, a leading developer of reusable textiles, professional apparel, and disposable medical products, has been awarded a contract with US-based Vizient to supply healthcare apparel uniforms. Vizient members will have access to a full line of safe and comfortable Encompass Healthcare Apparel including, Jockey and Fundamentals scrubs and Meta Lab...

29th Sep 2021

SVP Global Ventures Ltd, India's largest compact cotton yarn manufacturer, is foraying into technical textiles. The company is investing around ₹100 crore in setting up a 4,375 MT per annum green-field facility for technical textiles at Jhalawar, Rajasthan. Commercial production is expected to commence in the new unit within 12 to 15 months.