Category: MobileTex

Slovenia-based SmartMelamine has developed a melamine etherified resin (MER) meltblown nonwoven as a high-performance material with improved thermal and acoustic properties, which could be used...

Toyoda Gosei is building a new plant in India to meet growing automobile production in the country and the expected increase in demand for airbags...

The next Automotive Interiors Expo, the car and truck design, component and fabrication showcase, will be held at Messe Stuttgart, Germany, from 20-22 June.

Italian coloured polyester yarn producer Sinterama has introduced Madreperla, a range of luminescent, glossy, iridescent yarns that could have application in automotive interiors.

Besides apparel applications, such as workwear, active sportswear and healthcare garments, Kufner’s THS (textile heating system) technology is finding use in automotive seating, which is...

Global chemicals producer Indorama Ventures has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Glanzstoff Group, a major European manufacturer of tyre cord fabrics and single-end...

Chinese industrial yarn manufacturer Oriental Industries (Suzhou) (OTIZ) recently commissioned its first polyamide (PA) 66 investment for the automotive market.

Toray Industries has officially opened a new plant for producing airbag fabric at Toray Kusumgar Advanced Textile (TKAT) at the Sarigam Industrial Estate in Gujarat,...

French group Michelin will invest €60m in its tyre cord factory in Zalau, Romania, aiming to increase production by 50% by 2019.

A new report published by the UK’s University of Southampton calls for industry and government to work closely together to put an end to the...

Cheshire, UK-based machine builder Cygnet Texkimp has been awarded a £200,000 grant to develop machinery for the manufacture of lighter, stronger composites for the international...

Adient is collaborating with Boeing to explore innovative comfort, efficiency and functional improvements to commercial aircraft seating and interiors.

A door for a hydrogen-powered vehicle has been built using flax supplied by Composites Evolution.

Porcher Industries, a producer of technical textiles and thermoplastic composite solutions, is to implement a multi-million euro growth and restructuring phase.

Daiichi Kasei (DKK), a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has acquired US-based polyurethane fabric producer Ultrafabrics.

In 2016, Lantal Textiles generated consolidated sales of CHF103. 2m, a rise of 6. 7% over the previous year.