Industrial Textiles

18th Nov 2017

Arville is near completing the latest phase in a major overhaul of its dedicated spread-coating plant as part of a long-term project to invest in extra capacity. Phase two has seen the build and installation of two additional production lines, doubling the available capacity. The expansion follows a £1million upgrade of the Lancashire facility last...

15th Nov 2017

Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 at Albany International, a global advanced textiles and materials processing company, has been recorded at $222.1 million, an increase of 16.1 per cent. The net income attributable to the company was $15.3 million ($0.47 per share), compared to $13.1 million ($0.41 per share) in the third quarter of fiscal ...

15th Oct 2017

Supreme Corporation has been chosen for the Show Stopper award for innovative excellence at the 2017 Industrial Fabric Association International (IFAI) Conference in New Orleans. Supreme Corporation took first place in the Fabrics, Fibres and Films category for showcasing the Volt Smart Yarns capabilities as a leader of high-tech, innovative textiles.

10th Oct 2017

UltraTech International, Jacksonville, has won this year’s innovation award of the Industrial Fabrics Foundation in the category of “Chemicals, Coatings and Compounds” with the EverShield C6 water-based fabric treatment. The company has been awarded a prize of $5,000. EverShield was developed under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme.

6th Oct 2017

Porcher Industries, leader in technical textiles and thermoplastic composite solutions, has acquired Interglas Technologies’ operations including workforce, assets, infrastructure and brand rights from the Preiss Daimler Group. Interglas Technologies is a German producer of technical fabrics for aeronautic, industrial, electrical and building...

4th Oct 2017

South Korea’s Hyosung is expected to become part of the trillion won club of companies with an operating profit of more than a trillion won for two years in a row. The company, with stakes in textiles, chemicals, industrial materials, construction, trading and IT, joined the club last year with an annual operating profit of 1.016 trillion won.

31st Aug 2017

The Directorate General of Anti-dumping & Allied Duties under ministry of commerce and industry, Government of India has initiated anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of ‘belting fabric’ originating in or exported from China. Belting Fabric is a rubberised textile fabric (RTF) or conveyor belt fabric (CBF), produced from various industrial...

23rd Aug 2017

Johnson Controls International plc., has appointed George Oliver, currently president and chief operating officer, as the chairman and CEO, effective September 1, 2017. The acceleration was unanimously approved by the company’s board of directors. Molinaroli, currently chairman and CEO, will leave the company and the board effective September 1, 2017.

19th Jul 2017

Saertex has announced its contribution to the prototype production of a wind turbine blade with probably the longest and thickest carbon fibre spar cap made in vacuum infusion technology. The spar cap is part of the 83.6 metre blade prototype made by a major Chinese manufacturer in June 2017. The spar cap takes up most of the mechanical load.