textile technology

3rd Sep 2019

Waitrose & Partners has become the first UK supermarket to get 'Fine to Flush' certification for its wet wipes. Waitrose fragrance-free moist toilet tissue refills and Waitrose lightly fragranced moist toilet tissue refills will now be marked as 'Fine to Flush', the standard unveiled in January by Water UK, which represents water companies in the UK.

3rd Sep 2019

Composites UK has launched programme for its first Confidence in Composites event taking place from October 15-16 in Oxford. The event will show latest non-destructive evaluation and testing (NDE/T) technologies, structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques and approaches to repair for composite materials through case study presentations and...

2nd Sep 2019

Hexcel advanced composites have been helping reduce the weight of aerospace structures while maintaining their strength. The aerospace industry has also experience added benefits such as corrosion resistance, lower required maintenance, advanced sound attenuation (noise reduction), greater design freedom and longer life spans with the use of thee...

2nd Sep 2019

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, one of the leading international distributors of specialty chemical products and solutions worldwide, has taken over Norwegian distributor Lindberg & Lund, a company which imports and distributes construction adhesives, lubricants, solvents, composite material, casting and potting resins and a wide variety of specialty...

2nd Sep 2019

Domtar has released its 2019 sustainability report that focusses on better future with its stakeholders that includes its customers, employees, investors, communities, and environmental organisation partners. Domtar is a provider of fibre-based products including communication, specialty, and packaging papers, market pulp, and absorbent hygiene...

31st Aug 2019

Kaman, a designer and manufacturer of critical components, structures, and systems for commercial, military and industrial customers through its aerospace business, has sold its distribution segment to affiliates of Littlejohn & Co for cash consideration of $700 million, excluding certain working capital adjustments. Kaman operates 14 facilities world...

31st Aug 2019

Scientists in Brown University have shown that graphene sheets may be useful in preventing mosquito bites. They showed that graphene can block the signals mosquitoes use to identify a blood meal, potentially enabling a new chemical-free approach to mosquito bite prevention. Graphene also acts as a barrier that mosquitoes are unable to bite through.

31st Aug 2019

GAIL (India) Ltd, the government-owned natural gas transportation and distribution utility, is planning to spend ₹751 crore to add a new 60 kilo tonne per annum polypropylene unit at its Pata petrochemical complex in Uttar Pradesh. Polypropylene is a thermoplastic used in manufacturing consumer products and plastic parts for automobile industry and...

31st Aug 2019

India is in the process of finalising 40 new harmonised system of nomenclature (HSN) codes for technical textiles in a few months, textiles secretary Ravi Capoor recently said. Speaking at a technical textile meet in Mumbai, he said HSN codes for 207 items have been established and mandatory use of technical textiles in over 90 areas is under...