2nd Oct 2019
Automotive supplier Rheinmetall Automotive, a member of the technology group Rheinmetall, is systematically expanding its longstanding expertise in automotive lightweight engineering. Through its subsidiary KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH, the Neckarsulm-based company has now acquired a 24.9 per cent stake in Carbon Truck & Trailer GmbH (CarbonTT), Stade/Germany.
1st Oct 2019
Jordan's Al-Sanabel Converting Industries Company, a leading company in the Middle East in manufacturing of baby diapers, feminine napkins and adult incontinence products, and its German partner Kusters and Reifenhauser have signed an agreement with the Japanese company Hongda for purchase of fabric production systems worth JD20 million ($28.20...
1st Oct 2019
UAVenture Capital, a Tucson-based venture capital fund for commercialisation of discovery products, technology and services resulting from the University of Arizona, has invested in CarboShield, which has developed low-cost way to strengthen aging steel, concrete and wood bridges, and MediCarbone, which has come out with carbon fibre based cast.
1st Oct 2019
Bindatex, the UK's leading provider of composite precision slitting services, is celebrating 10 years of collaboration and delivering 50 tonnes of multiaxial fabrics to a global composites reinforcement manufacturer. The specialist slitting service gives the manufacturer an ability to supply its customers with material in a wide variety of widths.
1st Oct 2019
Scheurer Swiss is to produce carbon-reinforced 3D printing components for the latest generation of the racing series "Castrol Toyota Racing Series" (TRS). The well-known racing series based on a Formula 3 chassis is entering the next round. Toyota Gazoo Racing New Zealand has presented a new, more powerful racing car for the TRS 2020, the Toyota FT-60.
1st Oct 2019
From May 4-7, 2021, Techtextil and Texprocess, the leading international trade fairs for technical textiles and nonwovens and for processing of textile and flexible materials, will host exhibitors and visitors to Frankfurt, Germany. For the first time, the fairs will be occupying a total of 7 halls in western section of Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition...
30th Sep 2019
Williams Advanced Engineering, JPA Design, British Airways and SWS Certification have set up a consortium, supported by Airbus and funding from the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), to develop new lightweight aircraft seat in the UK, to enhance passenger experience and reduce aircraft weight. This will lead to fuel saving and cutting carbon...
30th Sep 2019
Fabrics produced by Arville, a technical textiles specialist, are now used in diverse range of high-performance tyres, seals, diaphragms, gaskets, sheeting and flexible fuel tanks, which need an unseen textile matrix imbedded within the rubber. Arville fabrics provide strength to textile reinforced rubber products used in several industries across the...
30th Sep 2019
British cut resistant clothing brand, CutPRO, has launched its 2020 product range in order to help glass producers around the globe to reduce the number and severity of cut injuries and lacerations. With the new collection, CutPRO is has also established close relationships with some of the world's leading producers of float and high-performance glass.