textile technology

25th Dec 2019

The tunnel portal sliding gate with large-sized wings produced by ORPE Technologiya is now placed in operation in the Baikal railway tunnel of the East Siberian railway (section Delbichinda - Daban). The strong and lightweight gate leaves from polymer composites will provide a stable microclimate in the engineering structure and the rolling stock...

24th Dec 2019

EconCore, the technology provider for continuous production of thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich materials, has entered into a license deal with Japan-based Kotobukiya Fronte, a leading manufacturer of car interior components. The Japanese company has installed EconCore’s production technology to meet the market demand of weight and cost efficiency.

24th Dec 2019

It is not just fuselage panels and wings of an airplane, there is more carbon fibre in a passenger plane than most people think, Rock West Composites, which supplies carbon fibre parts and materials for commercial aircraft manufacturing, said in a recent blog on its website. It is due to many factors including carbon fibre being lightweight yet strong.

24th Dec 2019

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has become part of a new industry alliance - 4evergreen. The alliance is working to increase the contribution of fibre-based packaging in a circular and sustainable economy. It aims to increase awareness about the benefits of fibre-based packaging materials, and advocate for EU legislation supporting product design for recyclability.

23rd Dec 2019

Bureau Veritas has supported LeMond Carbon's claims of lower costs and increased output regarding its carbon fibre manufacturing process, in comparison to traditional carbon fibre technology. BV carried out an independent technical audit of LeMond’s carbon fibre manufacturing process on a pilot line at Deakin University's Carbon Nexus facility in...

23rd Dec 2019

Ternua, a leading outdoor technical clothing brand, will display its new trekking line in the Fall-Winter 2020 collection at ISPO Munich, in stand A3.506. The world's largest multi-segment sports exhibition of segments of outdoor, ski, action, performance sports, textrends, health & fitness and sourcing, will be held from January 26-29, 2019, at...

23rd Dec 2019

Ashland has named Min Chong as new leader for specialty additives business unit, and Tim Pione as leader for performance adhesives business unit, effective January 1, 2020. Both Chong and Pione will report directly to Guillermo Novo, chairman and chief executive officer. Ashland is a premier global specialty materials company serving customers.

21st Dec 2019

Valmet is to supply an Advantage ThruAir machine to Irving Consumer Products. This is a repeat order of the machine that was started up in 2019. The machine is planned to start-up in 2022 and will help Irving provide ultra-premium products to the North American market. Delivery will comprise a complete tissue production line with stock preparation...

21st Dec 2019

Naval Group Pacific, in partnership with the ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) at UNSW Sydney, has shown how a carbon composite embedded with fibre optics could be used for structural applications in marine vessels. The composites can decrease the weight of the mast, which in turn will reduce the vessel’s...