world fashion designers news

2nd May 2019

Toray Industries has developed an innovative prepreg for primary structural components of aircraft that enables high-grade carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) moulding with excellent mechanical characteristics without using an autoclave. Toray will further deepen this technology to expand demand for high performance CFRP components with low...

1st May 2019

Dunmore has been working with the DuPont Advanced Materials group on a unique wearable electronics project. Using its strong chemistry background and material handling expertise, Dunmore has helped in designing a flexible electronics film material from the lab to the commercial phase. This material can be integrated into various wearable applications.

30th Apr 2019

Chinese scientists have developed a smart textile using silk that can automatically contract and stretch with change in humidity.A fibre artificial muscle created at the Nankai University in Tianjin creates textiles, sleeves made from which can vertically shrink by 45 per cent when exposed to moisture and then recover to its initial length in dry...

30th Apr 2019

Autefa Solutions Germany GmbH, will present its portfolio as a full-line supplier for carded-crosslapped needlepunch lines, aerodynamic web forming technology, spunlace, and thermobonding lines at the forthcoming Techtextil exhibition. In hall 3.0, H31 at the fair, visitors will experience future-proof solutions for improving quality and productivity.

30th Apr 2019

Berry Global Group has come out with a sustainability strategy through an initiative called Impact 2025. As part of the initiative, Berry will focus on products, performance, and partners with a long-term plan for sustainability for the year 2025. For example, it will minimise product impacts by measures such as optimising designs and lightweight...

29th Apr 2019

Scientists from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) has developed an innovative diaper design which visually signals it is time for diaper change even in darkness. For every new parent, it can be a challenge to know exactly when to a change baby's diaper. Changing too often seems unnecessary but if not prompt enough, a diaper rash may...

29th Apr 2019

HAECO Group is opening a new facility within HAECO Americas, in Greensboro, North Carolina, which will include full composite shop capabilities. HAECO Americas has been offering composite repair services since 1998. Due to growing demand and past success, the new composite shop will be a standalone Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station.

29th Apr 2019

Expanding its presence in Asia, BYK is establishing a new site in Shanghai to meet growing demand in the key Chinese market. The Asia region accounts for one third of its sales, and has made a substantial contribution to BYK in past decades. The new, integrated site is equipped to provide BYK's development partners and customers technical service they...

26th Apr 2019

Teijin, a technology-driven group, has announced that it has begun producing an expanded line-up of fan-cooled jackets that the company developed with Makita, a leading Japanese manufacturer of electric power tools. The jackets, which were introduced in 2018, use pressure-controlled fan cooling to circulate air inside their outer shells and inner...