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22nd Apr 2020

Glanzstoff Longlaville, one of Indorama Ventures Mobility Group’s facilities producing tire cord fabrics, has secured the supply of surgical masks to help combat Covid-19 outbreak in France. A total of 3,500 masks were donated to various organisations including 1,500 masks to hospitals, 500 masks to the local fire station and 1,500 masks to nursing...

22nd Apr 2020

German ultralight aircraft specialist, Flight Design, has chosen Hexcel as its key supplier adopting low-temperature curing prepreg into its aircraft production. Hexcel’s HexPly M79 carbon fibre prepregs deliver a more consistent final product by ensuring constant material quality and processing parameters and produce a lighter aircraft at better cost.

22nd Apr 2020

JCT has partnered with Polygiene to launch VB-GO hazmat suits, face masks, and coveralls, all of which will have the functionality of Polygiene ViralOff antiviral treatment technology. JCT is a leading composite textile mill, producing cotton and synthetic textiles, technical textiles, specialised garments, sportswear, medicalwear, and filament yarns.

22nd Apr 2020

Johns Manville, a manufacturer of specialty products, announced that its plant in Richland, has started production this month to make nonwoven filtration media used to create face masks to stop the spread of Covid-19. JM media meets or exceeds Level 1 BFE 95 per cent (Bacterial Filtration Efficiency) and VFE (Viral Filtration Efficiency) requirements.

21st Apr 2020

With increasing economic uncertainties in both the aerospace and industrial sectors due to COVID-19 health crisis, Hexcel and Woodward have mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement. In January 2020, the two companies had announced their decision to merge to create a premier integrated systems provider to serve the aerospace and industrial...

21st Apr 2020

Arris Composites, the pioneer of next-generation composites for mass-market applications, such as aerospace, automotive and consumer products, has generated $48.5 million in series B funding. Arris will expand its proprietary composite manufacturing capabilities and open facilities in the US and Taiwan, the latter for the consumer electronics industry.

21st Apr 2020

Ford has taken several steps to help fight Covid-19 pandemic. With design and testing consultation from 3M, Ford has designed a new powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) which is being produced at its Vreeland facility. The company is also producing face masks for internal use globally and leading efforts to manufacture reusable gowns from airbag...

21st Apr 2020

Carrington Textiles, a UK-based largest workwear fabric manufacturer, has announced that the company has increased capacity at its main processing facility in the UK to supply the domestic and international healthcare sector with the fabrics urgently needed for Personal protective equipment (PPE) in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

20th Apr 2020

In light of the recent worldwide shortage of surgical masks due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, Shima Seiki has released additional knitting data for producing another type of 3D knit mask on its Wholegarment knitting machines. Shima Seiki is one of the leading flat knitting solutions provider, headquartered in Wakayama, Japan.