textile technology

18th Dec 2019

Global player of tire, construction reinforcement & composites technologies Kordsa was honoured as company of the year in Brazil by prestigious magazine Você S/A. After surveying all employees, Você S/A named Kordsa as ‘best company to work for’, ‘best company in textile to work for’ & ‘best small company with employees lower than 500 to work for’ in...

17th Dec 2019

Filling and Packing Material Mfg Co (FIPCO’s) subsidiary FPC Industries Co has obtained a certificate of accreditation from the Pilgrims Housing Project for various kinds of FPC products of industrial fire-resistant fabrics to be used in building tents, shades and all other purposes related to pilgrims housing projects in Mina, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

17th Dec 2019

The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems (IMWS) and ThermHex Waben are organising the "Composite-Sandwich Conference" in Halle (Saale), Germany during February 5-6. The conference will highlight new fields of application of sandwich materials besides providing a platform to exchange knowledge and opportunity to network.

17th Dec 2019

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi is organising a National Workshop on 'Advanced Composites for Aerospace: Design, Manufacturing and Condition Monitoring Perspective' from February 11 to 15, 2020. Eminent scientists from Aeronautics Research and Development Board (the aerospace research wing of DRDO) are expected to attend the workshop.

17th Dec 2019

Myant, leader in textile computing, and Osmotex, Swiss pioneer of electronically controlled moisture management technology, have decided to work together for commercialisation of Osmotex's Hydro_Bot active membrane technology across various textile-based applications. This opens up new possibilities in sweat/moisture management and thermal regulation.

17th Dec 2019

TenCate Protective Fabrics, a global leader in the design and production of protective fabrics for the emergency response and military markets has announced that the products for fire service market will be now Oeko-Tex® certified. Certification by Oeko-Tex® to the Standard 100 has been completed for TenCate outer shells and thermal liners.

16th Dec 2019

America Makes, the national additive manufacturing innovation Institute, has entered into a seven-year cooperative agreement (CA) with the Department of Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The CA is a cost-reimbursement/cost share agreement with a total funding up to a combined $322 million of government cost and America Makes cost share.

16th Dec 2019

Simavita, a developer of smart, wearable and disposable platform technologies for the global diaper industry, has got CE Mark approval for Smartz. This means Smartz, a low- cost sensing technology, meets the required standards and can be sold throughout the European Economic Area. The technology used in diapers provides accurate, real-time data.

16th Dec 2019

Bitrez, Europe's leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, has joined the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub (CIMComp) as an industrial partner. Bitrez will work with academic and industrial partners to develop the next generation of high-performance composites.