Category: MobileTex

The 8th European Coating Congress, organised by the University College Ghent, Belgium, took place in September with 250 participants.

Polypropylene (PP) staple fibres are used in several automotive applications, including the luggage compartment, undershields, floor carpet systems, arch liners and seam reinforcement.

A new event called Experience Composites will be staged in Augsburg, Germany, from 21-23 September 2016.

A. W. Hainsworth & Sons has announced the purchase of Replin Fabrics from Moorbrook Textiles (reports Aircraft Interiors International).

A bomb-proof composite lining developed by an international team of scientists, including academics from the UK’s University of Sheffield, has successfully contained blasts in a...

Autoneum has started construction of a new plant in Mexico.

Ford has developed a new innovative knee airbag design for its new 2015 Mustang, becoming the first automaker to integrate an airbag within the glove...

Germany’s TWE Group has purchased a 90% stake in Isowood, a specialised nonwovens manufacturer using natural fibres, such as hemp, flax, kenaf and jute in...

Johnson Controls plans to pursue a tax-free spin-off of its Automotive Experience business.

Clearlake Capital Group is buying manufacturing business CNI Enterprises for an undisclosed amount.

Kolon Industries has signed a three-year contract worth US$38m with airbag supplier Autoliv to provide one-piece woven polyester side curtains for Ford.

Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibres and composites business, has announced the development of Tenax XMS32, a new carbon fibre...

Solvay, the Brussels, Belgium-headquartered chemicals major with 2014 sales of US$10.

Johnson Controls has announced it is “exploring strategic options for the separation of its automotive business”.

Beginning in 2013, the refurbishment of the 38 trams in Grenoble, France, was conducted in the ACC workshops in Clermont-Ferrand.

Switzerland-based Autoneum has launched a new technology for inner dashes and floor insulators that offers “excellent shapeability, light weight and a high acoustic performance”.