textile technology

1st Apr 2020

Rockwood Composites has earned an order for parts for 130 decoy launch systems for Babcock International's Eurofighter programme. Under the contract, Rockwood Composites is to supply parts for the towed decoy launch structure to be installed on the Eurofighter. Rockwood has been supplying aerospace, defence and nuclear sectors for over 25 years.

1st Apr 2020

Bond-Laminates’ tepex continuous-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite materials have been shown to have excellent fire resistance even without flame-retardant additives due to the special structure of the semi-finished products. The investigations to show this have been carried out by the Lanxess subsidiary, partly in cooperation with external...

31st Mar 2020

SGL Carbon, a manufacturer of high-quality materials, posted 4 per cent sales growth to €1.1 billion in fiscal 2019 ended on December 31, 2019. Due to ongoing weakness in market segments textile fibres and industrial applications, business unit CFM (Composites Fibres & Materials) recorded a non-cash impairment loss of €75 million in the Q3 FY19, as...

31st Mar 2020

Zilingo, a Singapore-based technology & commerce platform, is able to supply for stocks of FDA approved grade PPE such as Nitrile gloves, N95, kn95 and surgical masks, single use gowns and medical grade protective suits for hospitals across India, Indonesia and Singapore. The company can now deliver this worldwide, its co-founder & CEO Ankiti Bose has...

31st Mar 2020

India has decided to go ahead with the ambitious ₹1,480-crore National Technical Textiles Mission and has planned to implement it through a three-tier institutional mechanism, the textiles ministry said. The mission, which aims at improving penetration level of technical textiles in the country, has a four year implementation period from 2020-21 to...

30th Mar 2020

The Americas Apparel Producers’ Network recently opened an online sourcing centre connecting its supplier and producer members to make masks, gowns and other urgently required medical garments and sewn products. The Industrial Fabrics Association International, which has a partnership with AAPN, is offering the service free to its members and network.

30th Mar 2020

The Industrial Fabrics Association International has transitioned the Smart Fabrics Summit, scheduled from April 16 to 17 in Washington DC, to a fully virtual event with almost the same speakers. It also postponed the Fabricators Conference and Showcase, scheduled on April 30-May 1 in Jacksonville. The new plans for the conference will be announced...

28th Mar 2020

Spirit AeroSystems, US-based designer and builder of aerostructures, has announced that it will suspend Boeing work performed at their facilities in Wichita, Kansas, and in Tulsa and McAlester, Oklahoma. This came after Boeing's announcement to temporarily suspend production at its Washington state facilities. This suspension will last until April 8.

27th Mar 2020

Washington representative Joe Fitzgibbon joined Association of Washington Cities and INDA in applauding governor Inslee’s signing of HB 2565, a law intended to address labelling of certain disposable wipes. The law requires packages of certain wipes to carry prominent ‘Do Not Flush’ labelling to guide consumers dispose them appropriately in the trash.