scotland

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...

29th Apr 2016

Don & Low, Thrace Group member company has announced the commencement of its meltblown nonwovens line in Forfar, Scotland from June 2016. The line features the latest Oerlikon Neumag technology, brings further expansion of Don & Low’s product range and adds capability to offer benefits to new markets and applications by the introduction of innovative

9th Nov 2013

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. shipped its first leading and trailing edge wing structures for the A320neo program from its Prestwick, Scotland, site.

6th Nov 2012

W. L. Gore & Associates, the world’s renowned developer of waterproof breathable fabric ‘Gore-Tex’, has officially opened its refurbished manufacturing facility at Livingston in West Lothian,

16th Oct 2012

Experts in textiles and design from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen are leading new research aimed at designing clothing to address the physical and emotional needs of people with chronic health

15th Oct 2012

Micro-encapsulated textiles, which offer added comfort as well as aroma-therapeutic benefits to cancer patients, are now being used in a luxury handmade headwear range, Asha.<br /> <br /> The range

20th Sep 2012

Scott & Fyfe Limited, the Tayport based technical textiles business that is currently family owned, has announced that it is to transform itself into an employee owned company.<br /> <br /> Mr Scott

19th Sep 2012

ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced the European introduction of the latest products to their most

18th Jan 2012

As part of the 2012 London Olympics and 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games legacy strategy, GreenFields have installed a new dual use artificial turf pitch certified for both Rugby and Football usage.