textile technology

16th Apr 2020

Covestro, a supplier of high-tech polymer materials, has adjusted FY 2020 financial guidance due to effects of the Coronavirus pandemic after reaching its EBITDA target in Q1 2020. The board of management has reported that core volume growth is expected to be negative for 2020 compared to 2019. Preliminary core volume growth in Q1 2020 was -4.1 per...

16th Apr 2020

Techtex, a member of Romanian Furniture manufacturer Taparo Group, recently launched two more automated technological lines for manufacturing surgical masks. Taparo announced it would invest €20 million in Techtex to transform it into the first medical textile factory with full Romanian capital. The production of personal protective gear began two...

16th Apr 2020

LIFT and IACMI, the two Detroit-based manufacturing innovation institutes, have donated their supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) to nearby Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) centre to fight against coronavirus.Together, the institutes donated: 300 safety glasses; 300 safety glasses; 1,400 nitrile gloves; and 60 tyvek lab coats.

16th Apr 2020

The National Composites Centre, a UK-based research centre, has donated thousands of pieces of PPE to local hospitals and medical facilities to help them during the coronavirus pandemic. 32,000 gloves, 1,350 coveralls, over 100 pairs of safety glasses, over 60 masks and three powered respirator hoods have been sent to help protect medical staff.

15th Apr 2020

Verus International has taken over a controlling 51 per cent interest in ZC Top Apparel Manufacturing, a Philippines-based maker of reusable N95 fabric masks and biohazard suits. The premium masks produced by ZC Top are N95 compliant and made up of a washable shell and a multi-layer filter than provides protection for three days before replacement.

15th Apr 2020

Amidst shortage of protective masks world over, Cummins and DuPont have joined hands to supply critical material for N95 respirator masks, essential to filter airborne Covid-19 viruses.Cummins' NanoNet and NanoForce Media technology, which uses DuPont’s Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT),can be used in N95 respirator masks, worn by healthcare...

15th Apr 2020

Hexagon Composites ASA, a leading supplier of clean energy technology, has appointed Karen Romer as senior vice president communications. Romer will lead Hexagon’s communications activities globally and will be the principal contact for the company’s communication activities. Romer assumed her position earlier this month and reports to CEO, Jon Erik...

15th Apr 2020

BASF, a German chemical company, has announced that as part of its “Helping Hands” campaign to fight corona pandemic, BASF is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany. BASF is also donating 1 million masks to the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. The first delivery of masks is expected at Frankfurt Airport by next week.

15th Apr 2020

The Nonwovens Institute (NWI) at North Carolina State University is proactively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the full support of NC State, NWI is dedicating its melt-blown and spun-bond nonwoven making facilities and expertise to produce specially designed fabrics that can be delivered to US manufacturers to assemble face masks.