technology textiles

23rd Aug 2021

Gravitilab is collaborating with National Composites Centre (NCC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, on development of new composite flight structures for its fleet of suborbital launch vehicles. Composite materials are known for low mass and high strength, the features which make them the ideal solution to optimise Gravitilab’s vehicle...

20th Aug 2021

German machinery producer Thies will showcase its machinery for chemical dispensing, energy savings, and the colouration of materials ranging from fibres to fabrics to 3D-printed parts at the Techtextil exhibition slated to take place in Raleigh, NC, US from Aug 23-25. Thies’ innovations ensure quality, reduce manual labour and conserve natural...

20th Aug 2021

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, is establishing an office in Sheffield, providing local forging and forming houses with access to support from the research centre near Glasgow Airport in the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland in Renfrewshire.

20th Aug 2021

UK specialist technical textile solutions manufacturer DRM Industrial Fabrics is among 60 digital leaders with the vision and the skills to pursue smarter manufacturing through Made Smarter’s Innovative Leadership Programme. Made Smarter is the UK national industrial digitalisation movement to drive productivity and growth of manufacturing industries.

19th Aug 2021

National Composites Centre has unveiled its new Core Research Programme 2021/22, which has been designed to solve industry's biggest challenges in the use of advanced materials, with particular focus on sustainability and the hydrogen economy. More than half of the projects this year relate to enabling the use of hydrogen as a zero emissions fuel.

19th Aug 2021

Mechanix Wear, a manufacturer of high-performance work gloves, has announced that it has acquired Chicago Protective Apparel (CPA), a 108-year-old, family-owned manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE). Mechanix Wear is a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm Gryphon Investors. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

18th Aug 2021

Gravitilab, headquartered in the UK, is working with the National Composites Centre (NCC), part of the high value manufacturing catapult, on the analysis and design of new composite flight structures for Gravitilab’s fleet of suborbital launch vehicles. The NCC supports UK businesses of any size to accelerate their use of advanced composite materials.

18th Aug 2021

PRF Composite Materials has announced the opening of its fourth manufacturing facility in August 2021, completing an investment and expansion programme of approaching £6 million, and increasing manufacturing and R&D capacity and capability. The UK-based company is a leading manufacturer of high-performance materials for the advanced composites industry.

17th Aug 2021

Scientists from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by human perspiration. A research-intensive public university, it has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the engineering, business, science, humanities, arts, & social sciences, and graduate...