textile technology

18th Oct 2019

Sales revenues of FACC grew 1.6 per cent to €373.4 million in H1 of 2019 compared to €367.4 million in H1 of 2018. Reported earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted to €16 million in H1 2019 (comparable period 2018/19: €28.5 million). FACC is a worldwide leading aerospace company in design, development and production of aerospace technologies.

17th Oct 2019

EJ Krause & Associates has announced the dates for the second annual Southeast Asia Nonwovens and Hygiene Technology Exhibition & Conference (ANDTEX). The three-day event, which will involve companies in the industrial textile industry, will be held from November 11-13, 2020 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Thailand.

17th Oct 2019

Scott Bader and Shape Corp have collaborated to produce the automotive industry’s first curved, multi-hollow pultruded carbon fibre bumper beam for the newly unveiled 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The bumper beam is manufactured using Scott Bader’s Crestapol urethane acrylate resins, chosen due to their strength, toughness and lightweight...

16th Oct 2019

The North American smart clothing market is estimated to exceed $3 billion by 2024, says a forecast report which took into account parameters like product, application, industry analysis, regional outlook, growth potential, price trends, competitive market share & forecast, between the period 2017 to 2024, while coming up with the results.

16th Oct 2019

The Technical University of Munich (TUM), Oerlikon, GE Additive and Linde have joined hands to create an additive manufacturing cluster, a grouping of companies and organisations to conduct research on additive manufacturing technology, in Bavaria. This will help integrate AM into the manufacturing process and enable companies to use the technology.

16th Oct 2019

The first line of the new RF5 has started producing filaments at the nonwoven manufacturer PFN. Reifenhauser Reicofil has set new standards in quality, output, line availability, efficiency, and machine intelligence with the new technology for producing spunbond, meltblown, and composite nonwovens. The RF5 is also equipped with digital solutions.

16th Oct 2019

Scientists at Drexel University have developed a method to coat cellulose yarn with flakes of a type of conductive, two-dimensional material, called MXene, to impart it the conductivity and durability it needs to be knit into functional fabrics. With this, scientists are one step closer to producing wearable devices that are both functional and...

16th Oct 2019

Quickstep Holding, an aerospace composites manufacturer in Australia, has unveiled its new flare housing manufacturing facility at its Bankstown site. The facility is meant to manufacture composite housings for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft's countermeasure flares, which form an essential part of the aircraft’s defensive...

16th Oct 2019

Cobra International is collaborating with Obodroid, a Thai robotics provider, to bring its new building security robot concept to life. With the robotic systems already in place, Cobra will deliver a set of 8 composite parts that form the lightweight body shell cladding of the 1.35m high robot. Cobra will start production of the first batch of robots...