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29th May 2019

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has launched Fadex AS New, a new ‘super UV protector’ to make automotive and transportation textiles even more resistant to light. The new ‘super UV protector’ was presented by the company at the recently held Techtextil exhibition on May 15, 2019 at Frankfurt,...

28th May 2019

The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) has manufactured and fit-checked its first carbon fibre 3D printed part for the United States Air Force – a first aid kit restraint strap for the B-1 aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. UAMMI collaborated with Impossible Objects and used its printer to create the part.

28th May 2019

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics with applications in healthcare monitoring, intelligent textiles, smartphones, Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking and Internet of Things...

28th May 2019

Vetron|Typical presented the newest sewing and welding solutions, an operator friendly workplace design, the v_sion product-management-system (all-in-one industry 4.0 solution), and 3D-sewing and welding-systems, at the recently concluded Texprocess and Techtextil fairs at Frankfurt, Germany. A total of 1,818 exhibitors from 59 countries visited the...

27th May 2019

Century Tool, a Tooling Tech group company and a composites tooling specialist, is expanding its compression mould making operations by installing a new FPT Ronin EVO 3+2-axis horizontal milling machine. The new machine can handle a workpiece size of upto 343-in long x 100-in deep x 120-in tall, making it capable of handling very large moulds of either ...

27th May 2019

Global hygiene and health company Essity is investing around SEK 400 million ($41.5 million) in an integrated facility for the production of pulp based on alternative fibre from plant-based agricultural by-products. The investment is taking place at Essity’s tissue plant in Mannheim, Germany. Production is expected to commence in the second half of...

27th May 2019

Karl Mayer, a leading textile machinery firm from Germany, was exhibiting as an innovative driving force and business partner with a wide range of products at the recently held Techtextil exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. The company's stand quickly became a real magnet for the public. Around 140 conversations worthy of being recorded were held.

27th May 2019

Arevo, the Silicon Valley company into global composite manufacturing through digitalisation, announced that its technical paper focusing on continuous fibre thermoplastic composites was awarded second place as an ‘Outstanding Technical Paper’ at the SAMPE 2019 conference, one of the world’s foremost technical events for the composites industry held...

25th May 2019

Essity is divesting its 50 per cent stake in the partly owned company SCA Yildiz in Turkey to the other part owner Yildiz. Essity will retain a presence in Turkey through its wholly owned Professional Hygiene, Incontinence Products and Medical Solutions operations. The transaction is expected to be finalised in the second quarter of 2019.