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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.

Initial results of a study on lightweight textile composite solutions for transport applications were presented at last month’s Techtextil by Dr François Boussu of ENSAIT/Gemtex,...

Private equity-backed Sage Automotive Interiors has acquired Miko, which makes suede-like automotive interior fabrics, for an undisclosed amount.

Magna International, North America’s largest automotive parts maker, has signed an agreement to sell substantially all of its interiors operations, excluding seating, to Spain’s Grupo...

France’s Faurecia has agreed to form a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor with the aim of generating annual sales of around €2bn in the medium...

At the Passenger Experience Conference held ahead of last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, Gary Weissel of Tronos Aviation Consulting presented an optimistic...

  Global demand for buses is projected to grow more than 5% per annum to 664,000 units in 2018, twice as fast as the 2008-2013 rate...

Freudenberg & Vilene Nonwovens is investing in a new state-of-the-art production line for automotive headliners at its Suzhou facility in eastern China.

Interiors supplier Tapis now offers the latest development of its Ultraleather technology: an enhanced ink and stain protection for aircraft seating applications.

Organised by IQPC, the 10th Innovative Seating Conference took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, at the end of February, with 120 participants.

According to Commerzbank, the automotive market is the most important consumer of technical textiles, which are ensuring that cars are becoming increasingly lighter.