textile technology

10th Sep 2019

INDA has announced the three finalists who will present innovative material science solutions as they compete for the prestigious RISE (Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics) Innovation Award. The award will be given away during the ninth edition of the RISE conference, on September 24-25, 2019 at North Carolina State University, US.

10th Sep 2019

Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, has been approved by Boeing to produce Hexpekk-100 aerospace structures for major commercial aircraft platforms. These Hexpekk components will be manufactured-to-print for commercial aerospace applications where complexity, weight reduction, and strong mechanical performance are critical.

9th Sep 2019

Eisai has unveiled Etak antimicrobial wet pipes which contains long-acting antimicrobial agent Etak, countrywide. Etak, developed at Hiroshima University, has an adhesive component which chemically binds the antimicrobial component to the area wiped with Etak antimicrobial wet wipes. This gives the area wiped an antimicrobial effect that lasts for one...

9th Sep 2019

Teijin, a group which offers advanced solutions in areas as environmental value, and safety, security and disaster mitigation, has taken over Benet Automotive, a leading automotive composite and component supplier in the Czech Republic, from Jet Investment. Teijin will benefit from Benet's automotive composite technologies and its well-proven supply...

9th Sep 2019

German textile machinery firm, DiloGroup, will present latest technical textile machines at Techtextil India, in booth C50. Techtextil India is a trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens offering complete solutions from Agrotech to Sporttech which addresses all visitor target groups, which will be held from November 20-22, 2019, at Mumbai, India.

7th Sep 2019

The global absorbable tissue spacer market reached nearly $85 million in value in 2018 and is expected to propel at a compounded annual growth rate of 10 per cent between 2019 and 2029, says a new study by US-based Future Market Insights (FMI). Rising demand for radiation therapy for cancer will be a key reason for that growth, says the study.

7th Sep 2019

Toray Industries has announced that five of its subsidiaries – Toray Carbon Fibers Europe, Zoltek, Composite Materials, Delta-Preg and Toray Advanced Composites – will take part in Composite Europe 2019, the European tradefair & forum for composites, technology and applications. The event will be held at Messe Stuttgart, Germany, from September 10-12.

7th Sep 2019

Mito Material Solutions, nano-additive solutions provider, has got $1.1 million as grants for product development from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant programme (SBIR) and Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Centre for Advanced Science and Technology (OCAST) programme. The funds will be used for producing...

6th Sep 2019

With a view to becoming among the top three producers of carbon fibres in the world, Hyosung plans to invest KRW 1 trillion in its carbon fibres business by 2028. The funds will be used to expand its production capacity from the current 2,000 metric tons a year (one line) to 24,000 metric tons (10 lines). This will make it the world's single-largest...