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18th Feb 2020

Toray Industries (India), a subsidiary of Japan’s Toray Industries Inc, has commissioned its ₹1,000-crore plant in Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City to produce technical textiles for medical application and auto components. State industries minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy inaugurated the plant in the presence of Kojiro Uchiyama, consul-general of Japan in...

18th Feb 2020

At JEC World 2020 from March 3-5, Hexcel will display components and models from marine composite specialists Gunboat and a leading UK superyacht builder, as well as showcase a new low-temperature adhesive film. Hexcel is an advanced composites company that develops, manufactures and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials.

17th Feb 2020

Freudenberg will be presenting an innovation that meets the demands of manufacturers and consumers alike in the footwear market, at Lineapelle show, from February, 19-21, 2020, in hall 9, booth F1/F3. Made from nonwoven fabric, the innovative crimping material combines high permanent mouldability and shape retention with flexibility and suppleness.

17th Feb 2020

Chomarat Group, expert in composite reinforcements, is among the finalists of the JEC Innovation Awards in the Maritime Transportation and Shipbuilding category. It has been shortlisted for its G-Flow 980L, a structural flow media with 100 per cent glass fibre for use in boat production using the resin infusion process, in partnership with Groupe...

17th Feb 2020

The Anand group and FAR-UK have joined hands to develop innovative solutions suited for reducing emissions. The product has the potential for light weighting in vehicles by almost 50 per cent, with strength matching that of high strength alloy steel at the weight of aluminium. Anand estimates a potential revenue forecast of around 600 crores by 2025.

17th Feb 2020

Leading textile machinery company from Germany, Truetzschler Nonwovens and Truetzschler card clothing, is set to launch new line concepts and wires for efficiently making sustainable nonwovens for wipes or hygiene textiles at INDEX 2020 expo, in booth 2327. The leading nonwovens event will be held from March 31-April 3, 2020, at Geneva, Switzerland.

14th Feb 2020

China's apparel firms have stepped up to tackle the acute shortage of protective medical gear and face masks due to the coronavirus outbreak by tweaking production lines and building new workshops. The government has also asked firms to work at maximum capacity putting aside overcapacity concerns, promising to buy everything if the market cannot...

13th Feb 2020

Mondi has developed a new Carded Airlaid Carded (CAC) line to create a more sustainable three-layer nonwoven for wipes, which can be used for personal hygiene and cleaning purposes. The new line will use 100 per cent cellulose content, including viscose and pulp from certified sources, resulting in a nonwoven material that is fully biodegradable.

13th Feb 2020

Solvay has developed the material and technology to help automotive and aerospace industries to increase production of composite parts. Its fast-cure prepregs and Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF) are a way to automation. The group has put up a fully automated composite production line at its facility in Heanor, England to demonstrate the process.