technology textiles

16th Jul 2021

Charlotte-based Pinnacle Converting Equipment and Services has been granted a provisional patent for a process of ultrasonically tabbing rolls of wipes. The process ensures roll closure to stop unravelling during canister wipes production. It is officially listed as “Patent Pending” and will transition into a full utility patent within the next 12...

15th Jul 2021

National Composites Centre (NCC) has designed a prototype propeller blade using a process that has never been used before in this application, as part of a £20 million research and development programme led by Dowty Propellers. The four-year Digital Propulsion (DigiProp) programme was meant to develop blades which reduce costs but improve performance.

15th Jul 2021

Autoneum, an automotive supplier, has announced that its carpets have become more environmental friendly by replacing the latex commonly used in standard backcoatings with thermoplastic material, which also improved the recyclability of carpets. In addition, the innovative manufacturing process greatly reduces water and energy consumption, and CO2...

15th Jul 2021

Composited developed by University of Bristol scientists and engineers with support from the National Composites Centre are all set for a space mission. The composites will be blasted 250 miles from the Earth’s surface and affixed to the International Space Station (ISS). The novel composites will spend six months attached to the SESAME module of the...

15th Jul 2021

Nèos International has taken over Absolute Composite Solutions (ACS). Based in Derby, ACS is a team of highly skilled and experienced composite specialists, producing component parts and assemblies to multiple motor sport, F1 and automotive customers, amongst many other high value industries. ACS is also engaged in developing new and sustainable...

14th Jul 2021

Teijin Carbon Vietnam Co (TCV) has started operating commercially in Ha Nam to make carbon fibre products including prepreg, a fibre sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin as an intermediate material for composites. TCV initially will produce carbon fibre materials for sports and outdoor activities, including fishing, golf, bicycle and ice hockey...

14th Jul 2021

Leading absorbent textile technology company Confitex is calling for consumer protection in the emerging period-proof underwear market. Since 2015, when Confitex came out with the world's first fashionable range of absorbent underwear, many more brands and manufacturers have entered the market. The sector is seeing inflated, unsubstantiated claims.

14th Jul 2021

Royal DSM, a Dutch multinational global science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living, has today introduced first seamless trail running shoe made with bio-based dyneema fibre by Norda, a Canadian shoe brand. The shoe upper is seamlessly constructed with dyneema fabric, which benefits from its intrinsic properties.

14th Jul 2021

TRB Lightweight Structures is to design and manufacture a unique emergency detrainment system in partnership with Siemens Mobility for 94 nine-car ‘Inspiro’ train sets for the London Underground Piccadilly Line. These state-of-the-art trains will replace outdated rolling stock that entered service in the 1970s, and will be fully assembled in the UK.