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Arville completes £1m plant upgrade

UK-based technical textiles specialist Arville Textiles has just completed a £1m upgrade of its fabric coating plant in Bury, Lancashire, following a phased two-year project...

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Adler Plastic acquires full ownership of HP Pelzer

Italy’s Adler Plastic has acquired full ownership of German company HP Pelzer, to create an automotive components powerhouse, Adler Pelzer, with 62 plants in 21...

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Grupo Antolin opens headliner plant in Wuhan, China

Grupo Antolin has opened a new plant in Wuhan, China to manufacture headliners and door panels for Renault, PSA, Nissan, Infiniti and Honda in a...

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LG Hausys completes Autoskin plant in the US

South Korea’s LG Hausys has completed construction of its Autoskin plant in Adairsville, Gordon County, Georgia, USA, and is now targeting the North American automotive...

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‘Ageing’ air travellers demand comfort

  At the Passenger Experience Conference, which took place ahead of last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, Garen Moreno, director strategic partnering, BMW Designworks,...

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Automotive Interiors show set to be the biggest yet

Automotive Interiors Expo 2016 will be held at Messe Stuttgart, Germany, from 31 May to 2 June.

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First automobile roof frame made of natural fibre

Automotive interiors supplier International Automotive Components has launched FiberFrame, an environmentally sustainable and lightweight, natural fibre sunroof frame, on the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

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Improving the well-being of drivers

Faurecia revealed a new generation of technologies focused on “driving well-being” at the recent 2016 Detroit Auto Show.

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Clariant presents ColorForward Automotive

Clariant has released the Automotive Edition of ColorForward 2017.

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Tyre cords and tyre fabrics market to reach US$6.37bn by 2023

According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research, the global tyre cords and tyre fabrics market was valued at US$4.

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Soundproof material selected for 2016 Toyota Prius

Teijin and vehicle parts manufacturer Hayashi Telempu have announced that V-Wave, a jointly developed soundproof material made with nonwoven polyester fabric, has been selected for...

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Coats launches hybrid fibre composite technology

Industrial thread manufacturer Coats is launching Synergex, a range of advanced composite fibres that can be processed into fabric and used to mould strong, but...

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TexCar on show at Dornbirn fibres congress

A highlight of this year’s 55th Dornbirn Man-Made Fibers Congress will be Groz Beckert’s presentation of a longitudinally cut Mercedes-Benz E-Class Model to demonstrate the...

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Takata to sell automotive interiors division

Takata, the embattled Japanese manufacturer of rupture-prone airbags, has put its automotive interiors division up for sale in a move to improve the company’s balance...

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Testing the permeability of aerospace fabrics

Versaperm has developed a next-generation solution to test the permeability of aerospace fabrics.

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Automotive seating innovations discussed

Innovative inkjet printing for car seat covers has been introduced by Johnson Controls.

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