textile technology

4th Dec 2020

Sonntag Fins has collaborated with Sicomin to use its GreenPoxy 33 bio-based epoxy resin for making custom carbon windsurf fins.These fins combine speed, fatigue performance and sustainability for some of the fastest sailors. Each Sonntag fin is custom made, tailored specifically to the user based on an understanding of riding style, physical size and...

4th Dec 2020

The Mann+Hummel Group, a filtration expert, plans to close its main manufacturing facility at Hilton Cross Business Park in Wolverhampton, UK, as it reviews its operational footprint. With this, all manufacture will be relocated within the European Mann+Hummel network. The manufacturing operations are likely to be fully closed by the end of 2022.

3rd Dec 2020

The Indian ministry of textiles recently issued a notification inviting proposals from registered exporter associations and trade bodies for setting up a dedicated Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Technical Textiles. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in a meeting on February 26, 2020, had approved the constitution of such a dedicated EPC.

3rd Dec 2020

INDA, the association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, has released a North American nonwovens industry outlook, 2019-2024. INDA’s report provides analysis across all of the nonwoven end-use markets, including 133 disposable and 129 durable categories, to provide comprehensive and accurate view available of the total North American nonwovens industry.

3rd Dec 2020

JEC Composites Startup Booster 2020 prizes have gone to Lignum (South Korea) and JUC Surf (Australia). The names of the winners have been announced by JEC Korea Online 2020. It has also selected four companies/institutes for the JEC Composites Innovation Awards. JEC Group rewards the best cutting-edge projects which use composites to their full...

3rd Dec 2020

Scientists at the Skoltech Centre for Design, Manufacturing and Materials have created multifunctional materials by adding carbon nanoparticles to polymer matrices, which allow self-diagnostic monitoring. The work is part of a multiphase project, designed to create self-sensing materials which can be produced using existing industrial manufacturing...

2nd Dec 2020

Addcomposites’ plug-n-produce platform, the AFP-XS, is now in operation at Compositadour, a French technological platform specialising in advanced manufacturing. This will increase the access to advanced composites manufacturing to a wider industry. Compositadour has been working to expand use of advanced composites beyond the aerospace sector.

2nd Dec 2020

Deflect project, a part of European research programme Clean Sky, has developed four multifunctional integrable fire-proof panels for greener aircraft. These can be used for building aircraft electrical cabinets for power distribution. These will contribute to Clean Sky 2's environmental objectives by reducing weight, volume, and integrating functions.

2nd Dec 2020

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of technology have found a way to pattern hundreds-of-metres-long multimaterial fibres with embedded functional elements. Multimaterial fibres that integrate metal, glass and semiconductors will be useful in biomedicine, smart textiles and robotics. But, positioning functional elements has been difficult.