textile technology

5th Jun 2020

Airos Medical, a medical technology manufacturer specialising in compression therapy products that treat cancer-related lymphedema and venous complications, has unveiled its updated Airos 6 Sequential Compression Therapy device and Arm Plus garments after multiple regulatory approvals. Lymphedema is a condition in which fluid builds-up leading to...

5th Jun 2020

A European Defence Agency project on smart textiles has resulted in a multifunctional smart textile prototype - the first of this type and quality in Europe – which has several features required by the defence sector. It has been found to provide multispectral camouflage, detection of hazardous agents, anti-mosquito solutions, and physiological...

4th Jun 2020

Toray Industries has developed a high tensile modulus carbon fibre and thermoplastic pellets that are ideal for injection molding employing that fibre. The pellets will enable the efficient production of complex, rigid parts which are also light, thereby helping lower the environmental impact. These developments would greatly enhance cost performance.

4th Jun 2020

Scott Bader's Crestabond structural adhesives have got ClassNK certificates for the fire protection requirements of the Marine Equipment Directive (MED) 2014/90/EU. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, known as ClassNK or NK, is a ship classification society. It has roughly 250 million gross tons or some 20 per cent of the world's merchant fleet on register.

4th Jun 2020

Murata Manufacturing, a leader in manufacture of ceramic-based passive electronic components & solutions, and Teijin Frontier, involved in the integrated manufacture of fibres, have jointly developed the world's first piezoelectric fabric, Pieclex, that generates electrical energy and exhibits antimicrobial performance when a motion is applied.

4th Jun 2020

INDA has announced a new virtual supplement to its seventh edition WIPES academy training course. It is the first and only comprehensive wipes training programme dedicated to wipes raw materials and packaging suppliers, brand, and private label wipe converters, wipes retail buyers, product developers, and professionals within the wipes supply chain.

3rd Jun 2020

Toray Advanced Composites' Toray TC346 prepreg resin system for high-end motorsports has passed the SFI 56.1 and UL94 V0 flame-retardancy tests. The passing of these stringent flame-retardancy tests means Toray TC346 system satisfies the rigorous demands of the Formula One, NASCAR, and other high performance automotive and motorsport markets.

3rd Jun 2020

Outlook, the world’s premier nonwovens personal care, hygiene, and wipes product conference, has moved online for the 2020 edition. EDANA, the European Disposables and Nonwovens Association, has released the draft for the all new virtual gathering featuring a typically diverse, topical, and expert programme, to be held from September 23-25, 2020.

3rd Jun 2020

Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET), UK-based specialist in process solutions and equipment for the manmade yarns and fibre extrusion industry, has received unprecedented enquiries about its nonwoven meltblowing systems since the onset of Coronavirus crisis. Meltblown polpropylene nonwovens are critical component of face masks needed for frontline workers.