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26th Mar 2020

India's ministry of textiles has set up an Emergency Control Room to monitor production and supply of medical textiles (N-95 mask, body coveralls and meltblown fabric) which are required in connection with Covid-19. The emergency control office will work under the supervision of special secretary PK Kataria. Field level officers have also been...

26th Mar 2020

Maglificio Ripa, a textile company from the Lombardy region, in operation in the province of Cremona in Italy (an area among the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic), has developed three special fabrics for the creation of innovative protective masks for civil use. The company has carried out inhouse tests and is waiting for certification.

25th Mar 2020

International technology group Andritz has announced that due to the global Covid-19 crisis it expects a negative impact on the development of its sales and earnings in the 2020 business year. As a result, Andritz has suspended its sales and earnings forecast for the fiscal 2020 as disclosed at the presentation of the results for 2019.

24th Mar 2020

The Indian government has approved the proposal for creation of a four-year-long National Technical Textiles Mission from fiscal 2020-21 to 2023-24 with an outlay of ₹1,480 crore, textiles minister Smriti Irani told parliament upper house recently. The focus is use of technical textiles in various flagship missions and programmes, including strategic...

24th Mar 2020

Sage Automotive Interiors (an Asahi Kasei company) is taking over the automotive fabric business of Adient to expand capacity and capability for automotive interior products to the European market. With several locations in Europe, the textile facilities are suited for the company to supply the automotive cut and sew facilities in Central and Eastern...

21st Mar 2020

The Utah Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) has announced selection of Dr Tulinda Larsen as new executive director. UAMMI is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to bring together public, private, community, industry and education partners to assure growth and sustainability of Utah’s advanced materials and manufacturing...

20th Mar 2020

Chemical Process Services, a new specialist polymer development company, has produced a new series of 'green' epoxy curing agents. A patent is pending for the new chemistry. The Furalkamine polymers combat the withdrawal of conventional Mannich base grades prohibited in Europe under REACH regulations or due to inclusion of undesirable residual monomers.

20th Mar 2020

Shape has been in discussions with suppliers to ensure production remains stable with sufficient contingency stock in the wake of fears rising due to coronavirus outbreak. Shape provides precision composite machined tooling to the motorsport, automotive and aerospace industries as well as 5 axis machining foams and carbon composite materials.

18th Mar 2020

Borealis has begun producing polypropylene (PP) based on Neste-produced renewable feedstock in its production facilities in Kallo and Beringen, Belgium. This marks the first time that Borealis has replaced fossil fuel-based feedstock in its large-scale commercial production of PP. The Belgian plants have got the ISCC Plus certification for renewable PP.