Category: MobileTex

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”.

Public transport textiles producer Camira Fabrics has conducted a survey to find out what passengers really think about material types on bus seats.

The Bundeskartellamt (German Federal Cartel Office) has imposed fines totalling €75m on account of price fixing agreements on five manufacturers of acoustic components for the...

Lear has announced plans to open a new plant in summer to produce automotive seat covers in Gostivar, Macedonia.

Cortex Hümbelin has been manufacturing technical textiles for Formula 1 for almost 15 years at its manufacturing sites in Ruppersil and Niederlenz, Switzerland.

Automotive interiors supplier International Automotive Components has officially opened its new Arteaga, Mexico, manufacturing operation.

Hexcel has officially opened the site in Roussillon, France, where it will invest US$250m in the construction of a carbon fibre plant.