world textiles research news

2nd Dec 2020

Deflect project, a part of European research programme Clean Sky, has developed four multifunctional integrable fire-proof panels for greener aircraft. These can be used for building aircraft electrical cabinets for power distribution. These will contribute to Clean Sky 2's environmental objectives by reducing weight, volume, and integrating functions.

2nd Dec 2020

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of technology have found a way to pattern hundreds-of-metres-long multimaterial fibres with embedded functional elements. Multimaterial fibres that integrate metal, glass and semiconductors will be useful in biomedicine, smart textiles and robotics. But, positioning functional elements has been difficult.

1st Dec 2020

Lucy Houchin, director of corporate marketing for IDI Composites International (IDI) and Norplex-Micarta has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA). ACMA provides information to the composites industry, lobby for the composites industry, and develops and expands markets for composite...

1st Dec 2020

Ferguson has taken over Atlantic Construction Fabrics, a geotextile company operating along the East coast. ACF adds a large geographic footprint along the East Coast and additional geotextile capabilities, diversifying Ferguson’s waterworks business and complementing its existing customer offering in geosynthetics, erosion control and stormwater...

30th Nov 2020

The global composites industry has been resilient and shows strong adaptability during the COVID-19-induced crisis, says a survey by Explori, an audience listening platform of the JEC Group. On a global scale, the composites industry has resisted much the impact of COVID-19 and one out of two companies remains optimistic about the future, the survey...

30th Nov 2020

The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) has joined hands with the Graphene Council, the largest trade and professional society for research, development and application of graphene and related advanced materials, in a deal. The two organisations will proactively build joint research projects relating to advanced...

30th Nov 2020

Bindatex Advanced Material Cutting has been selected for an Innovate UK grant of approximately £100,000 from the Sustainable Innovation Fund. The grant is meant to support a critical six-month R and D project to develop and upscale its highly innovative 1mm wide slitting capability for next generation composite parts manufacturing technology.

30th Nov 2020

Free Form Fibres, a supplier of the world’s purest fibres and powders for next-generation composites, has carried out and concluded a $2.5 million financing round to create additional production capacity for pure fibre and powder materials, which are produced using its advanced, patented Rapid Laser-assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (R-LCVD) process.

30th Nov 2020

AMAC is working with FibreCoat for bringing its products to the market and global business development. FibreCoat has launched Alucoat, an aluminum-coated glass or basalt fibre, suitable as electro-magnetic shielding material in automotive applications. FibreCoat is a young, award-winning start-up and spin-off of the RWTH Aachen University in Germany.