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Asahi Kasei Advance is to be merged into Teijin Frontier to create a joint-venture company, 80% of which will be owned by Teijin Group and 20% by Asahi Kasei Group.

Autoneum has completed its purchase of a supplier of parts for acoustic and thermal management to the automotive industry in China, Chengdu Yiqi-Sihuan Interior Parts Co Ltd, for CHF16 million.

A range of fabrics that are enhanced with metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to provide protection from chemicals is to be developed by Milliken & Co and Numat Technologies following the formation

In anticipation of its acquisition of Barmag, and in response to weak markets for its products, Rieter Group, of Winterthur, Switzerland, is restructuring its operations.

Turkish dyer and printer of technical textiles for workwear and uniforms, Altoteks, has installed a continuous dyeing line (Thermex) from A.

Lenzing is investing approximately €15 million to expand its capacity for the production of premium viscose fibres for the hygiene market at its headquarters site in Lenzing, Austria.

BWF Protec, of Hof-Gattendorf, Germany, is to take over the brake- and coil-felt business of Enggistein, Switzerland-based Fissco AG.

Manufacturer of high-performance glass fibres, AGY, is to invest US$12.1 million to expand its operations at its headquarters facility in Aiken, South Carolina, USA.

What will be the world’s largest facility for the production of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is to be built in in Differdange, Luxembourg, by OCSiAl.

Spider silk produced by transgenic silkworms is to be used in a pilot development programme by a global sportswear manufacturer.

An alliance dedicated to supporting the growth of Europe’s carbon-fibre industry has been established by the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA), of Brussels, Belgium.

The Hoftex Group is to close its yarn-dying facility, Hoftex Färberei GmbH, in Selbitz, Germany, in 2026.

The proteins in yeast left over from brewing beer, making wine or producing pharmaceuticals can be repurposed to manufacture affordable, strong fibres, according to researchers at The Pennsylvania

By 2030, the global consumption of nonwovens will reach 21.5 Mt, valued at US$90.8 billion, according to the latest report from Smithers, of Leatherhead, UK, and Akron, Ohio, USA.

A composite fabric that adopts an aerodynamic, dimpled surface – much like that of a golf ball – when stretched is being developed by researchers at Harvard John A.

The developer of a chemical process for depolymerising waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) textiles, Syre, is to become sportswear manufacturer Nike’s lead strategic supplier for textile-to-text

Manufacturer of cellulose fibres, Kelheim Fibres, claims to have found a buyer for its business as part of its self-administered insolvency proceedin

A basalt fibre-based reinforcement (MiniBars) is to be sold to the US precast concrete industry by Roman Stone Construction, of Bay Shore, New York, USA.

A three-dimensional (3D) weaving process that reduces the need for seams in the pockets and reinforced areas of performance and protective apparel has been launched by Getzner Textil AG, of Bludenz

A trio of reliable methods for testing the comfort and mobility of the soft ballistic inserts used in body armour have been launched by DuPont, of Wilmington, Delaware, USA.