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16th Jun 2020

Malaysian firm NanoTextile Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Thomas Ong P S is hopeful of seeing the textile industry seeking to revive with a new growth engine based on high-tech products. The COVID-19 pandemic has definitely offered a sudden stroke to the industry in terms of development and advancement, while consumers are adapting to the new norm, he ...

16th Jun 2020

Ascend Performance Materials, the largest fully integrated producer of polyamide 66 resin, is buying the assets of NCM (Changshu), and Tehe Engineering Plastic (Suzhou), located in Changshu Yushan High-tech Industrial Park, one of the major advanced manufacturing parks in the eastern coastal area of China. The company has signed an agreement to this...

16th Jun 2020

Freudenberg Performance Materials, a supplier of innovative technical textiles, has been awarded its first Silver level Material Health Certificate from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute for its comfortemp air HO 80x product series. The comfortemp air HO 80x fiberball paddings are made from polyamide 6 and are 100 per cent recyclable.

15th Jun 2020

Arevo, the Silicon Valley company transforming composites production through digitalisation and automation, is constructing one of the world's largest high-speed continuous carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite additive manufacturing facilities. The plant will operate on a rapid-turnaround manufacturing-as-a-service (MaaS) model.

15th Jun 2020

Scientists at Zhejiang University have found a new way to convert natural resources in the agriculture environment into electricity. The team applied triboelectric nanogenerators technology to agrotextiles which can harvest raindrop energy and convert it into electricity. The development is important since it is a challenge to supply electricity in...

15th Jun 2020

Epic Aircraft, a privately held, design-driven aviation company, has delivered its first two E1000 all composite, single-engine turboprop aircraft, after the successful conclusion of its FAA Type Certification programme last year. Epic has advance E1000 deposits from customers in the US, Canada, Mexico, Central/South America, Europe, Russia and South...

13th Jun 2020

Basf, leading chemical company, and HP, the leader in industrial 3D printing solutions, are strengthening their strategic alliance to advance digital manufacturing. The two companies are working together to open up new market opportunities, develop new best-in-class applications, and achieve high quality, breakthrough economics, and sustainable...

13th Jun 2020

Solvay and Leonardo have entered into a five-year material supply deal for programmes across aerostructures, aircraft, helicopters and electronics divisions. Under the agreement, Solvay will provide a broad range of materials including thermoset composites, thermoplastic composites and adhesives. The two will also collaborate in research and...

12th Jun 2020

Mumbai-based home textile manufacturer Welspun India recently forayed into the health and hygiene segment by launching Welspun Health, which will offer hygiene products for medical professionals and institutional use as well as personal care products like masks, medical gowns, disposable linen, coveralls, hand sanitising wipes and surface disinfectant...