textile technology

11th Nov 2020

The whale tail sculpture that saved a runaway Dutch metro from falling into the bike path 12 metres below in the Netherlands, has the “tail” part, on which the metro train actually rested, made up of only composite material with no steel support, implying the load was taken by the composite material. The sculpture has been engineered by Solico.

10th Nov 2020

Warden Schijve, former chief scientist composites at Sabic, has become part of the AZL engineering team. Schijve has 35 years of experience in the composites industry. Besides Sabic, he has worked with companies like Fokker and DSM, bringing a broad and deep expertise in structural design, plastics and composites, and processing technology to AZL...

9th Nov 2020

Boeing has approved Stratasys' Antero 800NA thermoplastic for its repertoire of 3D printing capabilities. The qualification implies that the high-temperature material can now be used on flight parts for Boeing planes. It is the first material from Stratasys qualified by Boeing for use in applications with elevated chemical resistance or fatigue...

9th Nov 2020

Ahlstrom-Munksjo has announced that it has strengthened the long-term strategy development and deepened its innovation and sustainability focus by extending the group executive management team. Ahlstrom-Munksjo is a global leader in fibre-based materials, supplying innovative, and sustainable solutions to its customers, which is headquartered in...

9th Nov 2020

Leading SMEs in the composites sector now have a dedicated home to showcase their expertise to the construction OEMs within the i3P programme. Composites UK has teamed up with i3P to launch a dedicated composites portal for the i3P community, a group of 30 leading organisations in infrastructure, including asset owners and major players.

6th Nov 2020

The government of Belgium's Flemish region has set aside €30 million for a variety of environmental projects, including recycling of disposable nappies, secretary of state for poverty reduction Zuhal Demir has said. "If we can manage to roll out a recycling project that gives nappies a second life, we can make the mountain of waste even smaller," Demir ...

6th Nov 2020

Glatfelter, a supplier of engineered materials, has elected Darrel Hackett, president, Bank of Montreal (BMO) wealth management, US, to the board of directors, effective November 1, 2020. The company's solutions are found in tea and single-serve coffee filtration, personal hygiene and packaging products, and in home improvement and industrial...

6th Nov 2020

Kuraray Kuraflex has announced that its Kuraflex counter cloth, a nonwoven kitchen wipe for hygiene control, has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), as conforming to the FSC certification system, an international certification system associated with forest management. The company manufactures and sells nonwoven fabrics and products.

6th Nov 2020

In order to better serve its customers and improve delivery times of filter fabrics to the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, Valmet, one of the leading suppliers of filter fabrics and industrial textiles globally, has decided to invest in filter fabric manufacturing in Pune, India. The new unit will start operation in the second quarter of 2021.