world textiles research news

7th Oct 2019

An Ohio University professor has been awarded $1.5 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop engineered composite decking boards from coal. Industry partners are contributing an additional $500,000 in funding for the project. The scientist aims to use coal to manufacture construction composite building materials in collaboration with...

7th Oct 2019

Drexel University has set up a new centre for innovation and discovery in the area of functional textiles. The Centre for Functional Fabrics which includes the Pennsylvania Fabric Discovery Centre, is a joint endeavour funded by federal and state government organisations to support the creation and advanced manufacturing of innovative textile...

5th Oct 2019

Peak District-based Avian Hang Gliders, the UK's only manufacturer of the aircraft, has joined hands with the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to work on the Hang glider design. This may be the first significant step in designing of hang gliders in two decades. The AMRC is helping in developing a 3D model of the...

5th Oct 2019

Rockline Industries' Springdale, Arkansas campus has been awarded by the Arkansas Department of Labour for exceptional safety. Rockline Industries - Northwest Arkansas (NWA) has achieved 11 million safe work hours without a lost time accident (LTA). This milestone has been achieved by only a handful of companies. The Safe Work Programme began in 1976.

5th Oct 2019

Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has taken over a controlling interest in U.S. Nonwovens, a company based in Brentwood, New York. USN supplies a broad portfolio of products for personal and home care applications, including disinfectant, cosmetic and personal cleansing wipes, as well as laundry detergent, bleach and fabric...

4th Oct 2019

Svenska Aerogel is working on a project to integrate Quartzene into a variety of woven textiles to produce textile-based thermal insulation materials and fabrics. Svenska Aerogel has developed Quartzene, the next generation aerogel with effective insulating properties as an additive in a product. The project is run as a consortium with several partners.

4th Oct 2019

The Center for Nanotechnology and Technical, Functional and Intelligent Materials (CeNTI) in Portugal is leading a consortium that brings together eight partners from five European countries and with a funding of around €3.2 million from the European Union (EU) to develop functional textiles and cosmetics with incorporation of natural base nanocapsules.

4th Oct 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted $1.5 million to an Ohio University professor to develop engineered composite decking boards from coal. Industry partners are providing an additional $500,000 in funding. Manufacturing coal-based composites requires less energy, and results in lower costs and emissions than manufacturing wood plastic...

4th Oct 2019

Toniq Composites, a company in St Austell, Cornwall which designs and manufactures bespoke and standard products using advanced composite materials, is working on marine craft racing seats with support from Marine-i. Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine tech sector in Cornwall and Isles of...