textile technology

1st Dec 2020

NAWA Technologies, pioneer of energy storage systems based on vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNT), has set up NAWA America, a new US-based company focused on industrialising advanced composite materials. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NAWA America will bring multifunctional ultra-strong composites to market, and widen the range of their applications.

1st Dec 2020

Lucy Houchin, director of corporate marketing for IDI Composites International (IDI) and Norplex-Micarta has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA). ACMA provides information to the composites industry, lobby for the composites industry, and develops and expands markets for composite...

30th Nov 2020

The global composites industry has been resilient and shows strong adaptability during the COVID-19-induced crisis, says a survey by Explori, an audience listening platform of the JEC Group. On a global scale, the composites industry has resisted much the impact of COVID-19 and one out of two companies remains optimistic about the future, the survey...

30th Nov 2020

The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) has joined hands with the Graphene Council, the largest trade and professional society for research, development and application of graphene and related advanced materials, in a deal. The two organisations will proactively build joint research projects relating to advanced...

30th Nov 2020

Bindatex Advanced Material Cutting has been selected for an Innovate UK grant of approximately £100,000 from the Sustainable Innovation Fund. The grant is meant to support a critical six-month R and D project to develop and upscale its highly innovative 1mm wide slitting capability for next generation composite parts manufacturing technology.

30th Nov 2020

Free Form Fibres, a supplier of the world’s purest fibres and powders for next-generation composites, has carried out and concluded a $2.5 million financing round to create additional production capacity for pure fibre and powder materials, which are produced using its advanced, patented Rapid Laser-assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (R-LCVD) process.

30th Nov 2020

AMAC is working with FibreCoat for bringing its products to the market and global business development. FibreCoat has launched Alucoat, an aluminum-coated glass or basalt fibre, suitable as electro-magnetic shielding material in automotive applications. FibreCoat is a young, award-winning start-up and spin-off of the RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

27th Nov 2020

EconCore is working with AZL, Audi and others to explore the use of composites in battery housings. The eight-month collaborative project will assess the technical challenges, opportunities, and benefits of developing battery casings for electric vehicles using a variety of materials, including thermoplastics. The project has been established by AZL.

27th Nov 2020

BMW M has chosen Ineos Styrolution’s aesthetic composite StyLight as the material of choice for a new generation of ergonomically optimised carbon shift paddles. The StyLight solution has been specifically developed for automotive interior and exterior applications and a range of applications in the electronics as well as the sports and leisure...