textiles raw materials news

24th Aug 2021

Siemens Gamesa is set to expand its successful offshore blade factory in Hull, England by 41,600 square metres, more than doubling the size of the manufacturing facilities. The expansion represents an investment of £186 million and is planned to be completed in 2023. Siemens Gamesa, which is based in Germany, is a pioneer and leader of the wind...

24th Aug 2021

Toyo Engineering Corporation has bagged a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer. Toyo will carry out the EPC contract on a full turn-key basis that includes engineering, procurement, and construction. Toyo is a Japanese engineering, procurement, and construction firm serving the hydrocarbons and petrochemical...

20th Aug 2021

German machinery producer Thies will showcase its machinery for chemical dispensing, energy savings, and the colouration of materials ranging from fibres to fabrics to 3D-printed parts at the Techtextil exhibition slated to take place in Raleigh, NC, US from Aug 23-25. Thies’ innovations ensure quality, reduce manual labour and conserve natural...

20th Aug 2021

Precision ADM, an US-based medical device and manufacturing solutions provider, has acquired Roswell Downhole Technologies (DHT), a Canadian manufacturer of best-in-class melt-blown fabric for medical filtration applications. The companies will manufacture Canada’s first supply of 100 per cent compostable fabrics for PPE and reduce Canada’s GHG...

20th Aug 2021

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, is establishing an office in Sheffield, providing local forging and forming houses with access to support from the research centre near Glasgow Airport in the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland in Renfrewshire.

20th Aug 2021

UK specialist technical textile solutions manufacturer DRM Industrial Fabrics is among 60 digital leaders with the vision and the skills to pursue smarter manufacturing through Made Smarter’s Innovative Leadership Programme. Made Smarter is the UK national industrial digitalisation movement to drive productivity and growth of manufacturing industries.

19th Aug 2021

National Composites Centre has unveiled its new Core Research Programme 2021/22, which has been designed to solve industry's biggest challenges in the use of advanced materials, with particular focus on sustainability and the hydrogen economy. More than half of the projects this year relate to enabling the use of hydrogen as a zero emissions fuel.

19th Aug 2021

Mechanix Wear, a manufacturer of high-performance work gloves, has announced that it has acquired Chicago Protective Apparel (CPA), a 108-year-old, family-owned manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE). Mechanix Wear is a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm Gryphon Investors. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

18th Aug 2021

Gravitilab, headquartered in the UK, is working with the National Composites Centre (NCC), part of the high value manufacturing catapult, on the analysis and design of new composite flight structures for Gravitilab’s fleet of suborbital launch vehicles. The NCC supports UK businesses of any size to accelerate their use of advanced composite materials.