world textiles research news

20th Mar 2019

Mallinda Inc, a pioneer in reversible thermoset resins, has received a $2 million strategic investment from SABIC, a Saudi diversified manufacturing company. The round of financing will enable Mallinda to scale up and deliver its first commercial product, and accelerate the development of its high-performance materials for the transportation segment.

20th Mar 2019

PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen GmbH held the groundbreaking ceremony of its new KSL plant recently located in the Stubenwald/Bensheim commercial zone of Germany. With this, the company has led the way for further expansion of high-tech system solutions for the automated processing of technical textiles, composites, etc sold under the KSL brand.

20th Mar 2019

Staubli will display latest technical textile machinery at Techtextil 2019, in hall 3.0, booth B02. The company will inform visitors about the features, details, and advantages of Stäubli’s machinery, systems, and solutions for producing technical textiles. The trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will be held from May 14-17, 2019, in...

19th Mar 2019

Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) –The Composites Institute, in partnership with Composites One and the Closed Mold Alliance, will be arranging a two-day workshop on ‘Evolution of Composites’ on March 20-21 at Vanderbilt University’s Laboratory for Systems Integrity & Reliability (LASIR) in Nashville, Tennessee, US.

19th Mar 2019

Polyscope Polymers has won this year’s JEC Innovation Award in the Automotive Application category. Polyscope’s Xiran Sgh30eb glass filled thermoplastic composite was specified by Webasto France and Groupe Renault for the roller-blind guide rails on the panoramic sunroof modules installed in Renault Scenic and Grand Scenic MPV (multipurpose vehicle)...

19th Mar 2019

Covestro has introduced Impranil DLN-SD, a water-based polyurethane (PU) dispersion, which can be used to manufacture biodegradable textile coatings. Entire product cycle - source of the raw materials, production process, application, and what happens at the end of its useful life - is important to assess the sustainability of a textile coating.

19th Mar 2019

Kordsa showed its light weighting technology in heavy duty vehicle chassis system, developed in co-operation with Ford Otosan at JEC World 2019 expo. The largest international gathering of the composites industry was held from March 12-14, 2019, in Paris. Kordsa is a global player of tire, construction reinforcement and composites technologies market.

18th Mar 2019

Berry Global Group, has announced a recommended superior offer to acquire all of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of RPC Group for 793 pence ($10.52) per share in cash. Total price will be approx £5 billion ($6.5 billion) including refinancing of RPC’s net debt. The buyout will make Berry a global leader in plastic packaging solutions.

18th Mar 2019

A.Celli will supply two new ‘Iridium mod. 8105’ printing machines to Chinese company Foshan Huahan Sanitary Material, specialists in flexo printing process of baby diapers. The machines will be installed in Foshan’s branch in December 2019. Using A.Celli Iridium press, Foshan can quickly respond to customers’ production needs for short and long runs.