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Phoenox Textiles has installed a carpet back-coating line from Brückner Textile Technologies at its plant in Huddersfield, UK.

A graphene-enhanced para-aramid fabric that, when incorporated into the surface of a composite, can sense strain, protect from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and conduct heat (enabling it to me

Indian supplier of technical textiles, Arvind Advanced Materials (AAML) has acquired a 61% stake in US-based manufacturer of needlepunched nonwoven fabrics, Dalco-GFT.

At Index 2026, Reifenhäuser Reicofil unveiled an upgrade to its RF5 production line for spunbond, meltblown and composite nonwovens that increases its output by at least 10%.

A facility for the extrusion-coating of technical textiles has been opened in Forest City, North Carolina, USA⁽¹⁾, by t

In many parts of the world - and especially in regions with hot and humid climates - thermal comfort is not a luxury. It is a daily challenge.

Canada-based tissue- and paper-products maker Kruger Inc is investing CAD$333 million in a hybrid line for the production of plastic- and binder-free nonwovens for use in wipes.

On 13 May 2026, after eight months of investigation, the European Commission (EC) imposed provisional anti-dumping (AD) duties of 45.6-50.0% on imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) spunbond

A fibre-based wearable sensor that can collect and analyse sweat simultaneously without the need for an external power source is being developed by researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of S

Durable, water-based coatings for rendering textiles flame-retardant are to be developed through a twelve-month research partnership between the Texas A&M University College of Engineering and

The developer of a process for the production of bio-based acrylonitrile (ACN), Trillium Renewable Chemicals, has secured US$13 million from investors, including Hyosung Advanced Materials.

The UK developer of a heat-resistant and flame-retardant (FR) fabric that is made in part from Merino wool and is now used in clothing worn by up to 70% of Australian wildland firefighters has been

Non-crimp fabrics (NCFs) for the reinforcement of composites are to be made from high-performance glass fibres through a partnership formed by AGY and Saertex.

Standardised methods for testing whether bio-based plastic tree shelters will biodegrade completely in forest soil have been developed by partners in Germany.

A partnership to supply printed woven technical textiles to the UK defence industry has been established by Pincroft Dyeing & Printing and Toray Textiles Europe Ltd.

An electrospun nanofibre-based material is capable of capturing and sequestering the neutrons produced by fusion reactors following thermalisation, according to its Kidlington, UK-based developer,

Almost a quarter of a century after opening its first full-scale plant in Blair, Nebraska, USA,  manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA, Ingeo), NatureWorks, has opened a second plant in Nakhon Sawan

A flexible, electrically conductive polymer that can be applied to the surfaces of textiles, serving as a base for sensors and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), is being developed by a research consort

Cygnet Texkimp has secured two contracts to supply its high-volume creels for use in the three-dimensional (3D) weaving of reinforcements for composites to the aerospace market.

Barmag’s subsidiary, Barmag Huitong (Yangzhou) Engineering Co Ltd, has commissioned its first continuous polymerisation (CP) plant for polyamide (PA) 6 in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.