world fashion designers news

25th May 2020

Engel Austria, one of the winners of the JEC Innovation Awards 2020, along with its partner Fill, has developed a production line for making tailor-made composite blanks. This paves the way for high-volume production of thermoplastic composite parts. With its high degree of integration and automation, the innovative combines quality with cost...

23rd May 2020

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has developed a wash-resistant coating for textiles—called Duraprot technology—that cross-links anti-bacterial and anti-viral components on to fibres through a simple dipping process. The coating is retained after several wash cycles and has been tested for 20 washes, a prerequisite as per textile...

22nd May 2020

With increasing demand for nonwoven protection materials for personal protective equipment amidst Covid-19 crisis, Berry Global Group is expanding its global Meltex meltblown capacity. It has added another line to support production of face masks. The new line is expected to become functional in October 2020 at Berry’s existing production facility in...

22nd May 2020

Creative Composites, which claims to be the UK’s most advanced composites manufacturer, has purchased and installed Dieffenbacher’s CompressEco presses. The company headquartered in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, selected Dieffenbacher’s CompressEco press series in 2017. UK-based company produces SMC Class A exterior components on Dieffenbacher equipment.

22nd May 2020

At a virtual ceremony in Paris, ASICS, a Japanese multinational corporation, was announced the winner of the JEC World Composites Innovation Award in Sports and Health care category. The award was granted by an international jury for advanced moulding technology behind ASICS spikeless track shoe, Metasprint, designed to improve speed over short...

21st May 2020

IFabric has said that its antiviral treatment has been found to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the current pandemic. It said that Protx2 treated fabrics demonstrated a greater than 99.9 per cent reduction in active viral loads on the tested fabrics. The testing was carried out by an internationally recognised, independent...

21st May 2020

Park Aerospace has unveiled its new E-752-MTS mid-toughened 350°F cure epoxy system. E-752-MTS is Park’s next generation 350°F cure epoxy system and the new member of its E-752 product family. E-752-MTS is meant for primary and secondary aircraft structure applications, such as wing and empennage structures, control surfaces, fuselages and engine...

21st May 2020

The Johns Manville plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, started producing nonwoven fabric that will be used for manufacturing urgently needed disposable medical gowns used to fight spread of COVID-19. The new polyester spunbond nonwoven is designed for production of Level 3 medical gowns. Johns Manville is a manufacturer of building and specialty...

20th May 2020

Pompea, an Italian hosiery brand, has chosen to join the fight against the current COVID-19 pandemic by dedicating a tranche of its production to the manufacture of masks with filters for the exclusive use of the community, made entirely in Italy. The company is using Fulgar’s Q-SKIN bacteriostatic yarn, famous for its high performance in the sport...