textile technology

3rd Jan 2020

Guangwei Composites R&D centre has recently delivered its first AV500B/C unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to AVIC helicopter design institute. Guangwei, headquartered in China, is a leading enterprise in the domestic carbon fibre industry with a complete variety of fibres, the most advanced production technology, and the most complete industrial chain.

3rd Jan 2020

ATL Composites has signed deals with new European distributors after exhibiting at this year's Metstrade Amsterdam in November, the company's seventh show with joint venture partners vdL Composites. The new distributors will stock a mixture of DuFlex/Foam and Featherlight panels with single and double layers of e-fibreglass skins to service local...

28th Dec 2019

M Holland Company, a distributor of thermoplastic resins, has become an authorised distributor of Loctite 3D branded 3D printing products from Henkel, leader in adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. The two have signed a deal in this connection which provides M Holland's industrial manufacturing clients access to a range of 3D printing materials.

28th Dec 2019

As Valmieras Stikla Škiedra and the Latvian Industrial Workers Trade Union have signed a general agreement for the glass fibre industry. The general agreement will come into effect in six months after its publication in the official bulletin of the Republic of Latvia Latvijas Vēstnesis and will be binding for three years from its effective date.

28th Dec 2019

ATL Composites has signed deals with new European distributors after exhibiting at this year's Metstrade Amsterdam in November, the company's seventh show with joint venture partners vdL Composites. The new distributors will stock a mixture of DuFlex/Foam and Featherlight panels with single and double layers of e-fibreglass skins to service local...

27th Dec 2019

Patcraft, a leader in high-performance commercial flooring, has introduced its first non-woven composite flooring collection, Dichroic. Designed to create an innovative platform for commercial flooring featuring a new option in materiality, the Dichroic flooring gives the warmth of soft surface and the durability and cleanability of hard surface.

26th Dec 2019

Aerojet Rocketdyne is all set to produce large solid rocket motor carbon fibre cases in the Rocket City with installation and calibration of a key machine at its new Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF). The carbon fibre-winding machine will begin producing large solid rocket motor cases for missile defence target vehicles in Huntsville, Alabama in...

26th Dec 2019

Gurit has signed a supply contract for core materials with a Chinese wind turbine blade producer, supplying international and domestic OEMs. The three-year contract covers the years 2020 to 2022 and is a continuation of an existing deal for the supply of core materials. Gurit will increase its Pet extrusion capacities in 2020 in Tianjin and Matamoros.

26th Dec 2019

The European Commission will not impose any anti-dumping measures on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products originating in Bahrain and Egypt. A consortium of European importers and end users which included GRP Solutions, has been fighting the imposition of anti-dumping duties on glass fibre. Investigations into the case had begun on May 3, ...