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23rd Aug 2019

Since its founding in 1954, Arville now provides specialist textiles for an increasingly broad range of applications. The company which originally weaved fabric for public transport uniforms, has a customer base in more than 50 countries supplying to varied sectors such as defence, aerospace, pharmaceutical, food, medical, automotive and filtration.

23rd Aug 2019

Tempur Sealy, a company that develops, manufactures, and markets mattresses, foundations, pillows, and other products, and Fullpower, the sleep technology company headquartered in the US, have announced a strategic partnership. Through this partnership, Tempur-Pedic recently unveiled the Tempur-Ergo smart base collection powered by Sleeptracker AI.

23rd Aug 2019

There is a continuing decline in business sentiment in Germany, says a latest survey. In the last study, 69 per cent respondents rated the business situation in Germany as generally or very positive – in the current survey this number has fallen to 64 per cent. In other words, 1/3 of respondents now view the current situation with some degree of...

22nd Aug 2019

A new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for Composite Materials, Environmental Testing and Finishing, has been set up at the Navi Mumbai Unit of Navratna defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The new facility is expected to turnaround the fortunes of BEL’s Navi Mumbai Unit by boosting its manufacturing and testing capabilities in...

22nd Aug 2019

In a step towards strengthening its global network of distributors, the technology group FACC has initiated strategic cooperation with Staeco in order to systematically penetrate the Chinese maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market. The Chinese corporate group with locations in Jinan, Shanghai and Beijing is one of the leading MRO stations in...

21st Aug 2019

Michelman, a leader and expert in the fibres and composites sector, will feature its Hydrosize carbon family of products at the SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) and CAMX events, in booth #213 and booth #H48 respectively. ACCE will be held from September 4-6, 2019 and CAMX will be held from September 24-26, 2019, in the US.

21st Aug 2019

Scientists in a project supported by the European Union as part of the Horizon 2020 programme are trying to desalinate sea water using carbon fibres and bacteria. The initiative will go a long way in solving the problem of drinking water shortage. Seawater desalination with carbon fibres is cheaper and more energy-efficient than conventional reverse...

21st Aug 2019

Toray Advanced Composites and BASF have signed a manufacturing and supply deal focused on the production of continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic (CFRT) tapes for the automotive and industrial markets. Toray Advanced Composites will produce high quality and affordable CFRT tapes using Ultramid engineering thermoplastics developed and produced by...

21st Aug 2019

INDA's director of market intelligence & economic insights, Brad Kalil, will speak on trends driving nonwovens innovation at RISE, on September 24-25 in Raleigh, NC. He will also speak on supply/demand developments in North American nonwovens markets and absorbent hygiene sectors, population trends and Echo Boom at Hygienix from November 11-14 in...