world textiles research news

28th Mar 2019

German companies CFK Valley eV and Carbon Composites eV, are merging under the new name Composites United eV, expanding their global network for fibre-based lightweight construction. The merger was decided on February 2, 2019 by two general meetings, unanimously and without dissenting vote. The new association will be headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

28th Mar 2019

For Oerlikon Nonwoven, the IDEA Show, taking place between March 25 and 28 in Miami Beach, Florida, US, kicked off with the signing of a contract. The customer, a renowned European meltblown specialist, invested in a two-beam, stand-alone meltblown system from the Neumünster-based plant manufacturer in order to meet its strongly increasing demand.

28th Mar 2019

Viscose fibre manufacturer Kelheim Fibres will present solutions for high-performance insulation materials, disinfectant wipes and supply chain at this year’s Techtextil to be held at Frankfurt, Germany from May 14-17. With dry short cut viscose fibres, Kelheim saves energy and the fibre’s specific properties allow for permanent dimensional stability.

28th Mar 2019

The Chinese branch of the Austrian Starlinger Group has been producing circular looms for plastic fabrics in China since 2006. In autumn 2018, Starlinger Taicang reached a milestone with the 10,000th circular loom. With more and more machines being manufactured every year, the factory’s annual production is presently at around 1,000 machines.

28th Mar 2019

Lenzing has announced the introduction of Eco Cycle technology under its specialty nonwoven brand, Veocel. Eco Cycle technology is a testament to the Veocel brand’s commitment to driving sustainability and circularity in the nonwoven industry. Lenzing is known for responsible production of specialty fibres made from the renewable raw material wood.

27th Mar 2019

The University of Edinburgh and commercial partner Babcock International will build a £2.4 million engineering research facility in Scotland, known as Fastblade, to speed development of materials and structures for tidal energy, transport, etc. Fastblade will be first facility in the world designed to carry out large-scale accelerated testing of tidal...

27th Mar 2019

A.Celli Nonwovens has received the first order from Texhong Textile Group for the installation of a fully automated warehouse at Texhong’s plant in Vietnam. With this A.Celli has taken responsibility for the entire downstream section of production line: from wrapping-packaging and storage in the warehouse, data tracking, to preparation of roll for...

27th Mar 2019

The Fibre Placement Centre (FPC) of SGL Carbon and Fraunhofer IGCV, at the SGL site in Meitingen, has completed one year. The centre has now been joined by two new partners Cevotec and Coriolis Composites. The plan is to set up a Samba Pro Prepreg processing line with Cevotec which will complement the FPC's services with the Fibre Patch Placement...

27th Mar 2019

Arville will showcase its integrated manufacturing capabilities, covering design, weaving, coating and fabrication of technical textiles, specifically engineered for a wide range of end applications in defence, aerospace, pharmaceutical, automotive and industrial sectors at Techtextil 2019, an event for innovators, to be held during May 14-17 in...