Category: MobileTex

Global chemical producer Indorama Ventures has started expanding its tyre cord manufacturing line at the Performance Fibers facility in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, China.

Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) has acquired the Evanston, Wyoming, USA, carbon fibre facility of SGL Carbon Fibers to expand its carbon fibre business in the North...

In response to growing demand, Toyobo is to invest ¥10bn (US$85. 1m) and double production capacity for airbag fabrics over the next four years.

Five months after its acquisition by British investment fund Warwick Capital Partners, French technical textile and composites manufacturer Porcher Industries has acquired Cordtech International from...

Ultraleather Promessa by Ultrafabrics has been selected as the standard synthetic leather for the Boeing 737 tourist class seating supplied by LIFT by EnCore.

To meet the strong demand from both international and local vehicle manufacturers, Autoneum is expanding its presence in the Chinese market and will open its...

In co-operation with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR), the Techtextil and Texprocess...

ZF is to launch new airbag concepts, including a passenger and curtain airbag system with either V or U-shaped design features.

There has been a push towards greater fuel efficiency and lower costs in the transportation industry, as players fight to remain profitable and competitive and...

Regardless of whether or not it is successful in being selected for taking over troubled Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata, Key Safety Systems (KSS) is aiming...

Thirteen EU research institutes are developing explosion-resistant textiles for aviation safety, in a project co-ordinated by D’Appolonia of Italy and motivated by the PanAm explosion...

Autoneum has brought into operation its third production line for manufacturing the semi-finished material of Ultra-Silent at its German production location in Gundernhausen, Hesse.

According to estimates from Business Wire, the demand for airbags will increase by 5% annually over the next five years.

Global rolling stock investment is projected to rise from US$62. 2bn in 2016 to US$75.

Sigmatex has developed a new carbon fibre composite material within its SigmaRF product range.

Sage Automotive Interiors has acquired the automotive manufacturing assets of Italy-based Apollo with the aim of expanding capacity and capability for automotive interior products to...