world textiles research news

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.

1st May 2019

A.Celli Nonwovens has installed a winding and rewinding system for spunlace products at the plants of Novita SA in Poland. The commissioning of the system is on February 7, 2020. Novita SA is in the nonwovens fabrics market for over 40 years, offering high-quality hygiene, industrial, medical and home products of which A.Celli machines now form a part.

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...

26th Apr 2019

Stoll, a leader in flat-knitting machine technology, will be participating in Techtextil and Texprocess expos, in hall 3.0, booth F39 and hall 4.1, booth D45 respectively. Techtextil, the expo for technical textiles and nonwovens, and Texprocess, an expo for processing textile and flexible materials, will be held from May 14-17, 2019, in Frankfurt,...