Freudenberg Sales increase in 2020 for Performance Materials In 2020 Freudenberg SE suffered a 6.6% drop in sales to €8.84 billion. However, it also achieved an EBIT of €669.9 million (2019: €820.0 million). » Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Empa Where the streets are made of textiles Robot-assisted construction techniques for road building are being tested, that have so far only been used in structural engineering. » Saturday, April 17, 2021
Gore Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals A strategy to implement social and environmental programs is being introduced by the Technical Oriented Fabrics (TOF) business unit of the producer of functional textiles W. L. Gore » Friday, April 16, 2021
Pexels BontexGeo Acquisition of Stratex The manufacturer of geotextiles BontexGeo Group, Zele/Belgium, acquires 100 % of the shares of the Stratex SA, Delémont/Switzerland. » Friday, April 16, 2021
Kyocera Kyocera Named as "Supplier Engagement Leader" Kyocera Corp. was recognized for reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout its value chain. For the 2nd consecutive year and based on the 5th annual survey of suppliers of CDP » Wednesday, April 14, 2021
JEC JEC/AVK New composites event for DACH region On November 23-24, 2021, the 1st edition of the JEC Forum DACH will take place in Frankfurt Germany at Messe Forum. JEC Group and AVK have joined forces to organize a new annual event for the DACH Region, » Wednesday, April 14, 2021
FET FET New laboratory spinning system for driving technological innovations In Indonesia at the Center for Textile, Bandung, a new FET-100 Series Laboratory Melt Spinning System for continuous filament yarn applications has been installed by FET, Leeds/UK. » Monday, April 12, 2021
RWTH Aachen RWTH: Aachen Reinforced! symposium now free of charge RWTH: Aachen Reinforced! symposium now free of charge The 2021 Aachen Reinforced! symposium is being made free of charge for all attendees. » Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Hexcel Hexcel Accelerated development of lightweight advanced composites Hexcel will contribute to the ASCEND project framework, with a new fast cure prepreg system that will significantly reduce component processing times. » Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Myant Inc. Myant First commercial scale run of devices for Skiin Textile computing involves the integration of electronics within textiles, creating new ways for people to interface with the digital world. » Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Peppermint ZKS Climate neutral yarn Avoiding, reducing and, if there is no other way, offsetting the emission of climate-damaging CO2. With this approach, ZKS, a company of Peppermint Holding, offers a complete service for a completely climate-neutral yarn. » Thursday, March 25, 2021
Starlinger Starlinger Technologies for cement packaging and plastics recycling By March 2022 Chinese cement producers are required by law to switch their packaging to one of the 3 specified cement sack types. » Thursday, March 18, 2021
Autoneum Autoneum Operating profit achieved thanks to profitable H2/2020 Due to the pandemic-related decline in global vehicle production, sales by the automotive supplier Autoneum Management AG, Winterthur/Switzerland, decreased by 24.2% to CHF 1.74 billion in 2020, in local currencies sales decreased by 18.7%. » Friday, March 05, 2021
Faurecia Faurecia Strong recovery in H2/2020 In the 2nd half (H2) of 2020 Faurecia overachieved all its financial targets. This was reflected in a new record order intake of €26 billion in 2020. » Tuesday, March 02, 2021
AMAC AMAC/MaruHachi High-temperature thermoplastic tapes for aerospace With the recently installed high-temperature unidirectional tape line offers new opportunities for producing high-end applications in segments like aerospace, automotive or others, outperforming traditional materials based on PP and PA. » Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Autoneum Autoneum Sales development 2020 in line with market Due to the worldwide corona crisis, global automotive production declined by 16.2% to 74.5 million vehicles in 2020. Sales by Autoneum Management fell by 16.2%. » Thursday, January 21, 2021
Curran Biotech Curran Biotech Nanotech filter coating in fight against corona pandemic Prof. Shay Curran, Physics professor at the University of Houston, TX/USA, has developed a nanotech filter coating designed to allow air filters to capture airborne or aerosolized droplets of the virus that spreads Covid-19. » Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Freudenberg Freudenberg Re-using silk textiles for thermal insulation The producer of technical textiles Freudenberg Performance Materials Holding SE & Co. KG, Weinheim/Germany, and the textile company Ratti, Guanzate/Italy, have been working together on sustainability projects since the start of 2020. » Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Autoneum Autoneum Driving range for electric cars extended The front trunk (frunk) is a lightweight, noise-reducing and sustainable technology for underbodies, particularly developed for electric vehicles. » Thursday, December 10, 2020
NWI NWI N95 face mask without meltblown filter A new bicomponent spunbond material that can serve as an effective N95 face mask filter without the need for a meltblown filtration layer has been developed » Wednesday, December 09, 2020
