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A one-shot hybrid moulding process is being used to produce a glass fibre-reinforced polyamide (PA) rear bumper beam for Honda’s FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). 

A natural fibre-reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) developed by ELIX Polymers of Tarragona, Spain, has picked up the 2016 Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award. 

Royal DSM of Heerlen, The Netherlands, is to launch a range of high-performance polyamide (PA) 4T materials produced partially from renewable resources, called ForTii Eco. 

Aerospace composites manufacturer Albany International Corp of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, has completed the acquisition of Harris Corp’s composite aerostructures division in Salt Lake City, Uta

Aliancys has installed a sheet moulding compound (SMC) line at its research and development (R&D) facilities in Zwolle, The Netherlands, which the company will use for joint development project

Wearable sensors dominated discussions at the 2016 Korea Summit for Smart Wearable Devices held at the beginning of April in Seoul.

Aerospace composites manufacturer Albany International Corp of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, has completed the acquisition of Harris Corp’s composite aerostructures division in Salt Lake City, Uta

Luminous Carpets – the collaboration between Philips Lighting and carpet manufacturer Desso – made a significant impact with its flooring as part of an intelligent light-emitting diodes (LEDs) inst

Quickstep Holdings is entering the South Korean automotive market through a sales contract it has signed with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).

Spunlaid is now the most prevalent process used to produce nonwovens, accounting for almost half of global consumption in 2016.

Teijin Frontier Co Ltd has established a subsidiary in Mexico City, Mexico, to serve the automotive industry.

To help standardize laundry testing, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, has developed a standard detergent.

Working in partnership with International Automotive Components (IAC) Group, BASF has developed a natural fibre-reinforced roof frame for cars, which has debuted on Mercedes-Benz’s E-Class. 

Women in Technology International (WITI) hosted its first annual Sports, Entertainment and Technology Symposium at Jabil’s Blue Sky Centre in San Jose, California, USA, on 31 March 2016, a

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016 with 38.2% growth over the previous year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC), based i

A hybrid woven fabric that is highly permeable – making it suitable for use with resin-transfer moulding (RTM) processes – has been developed by Cytec Industries Inc (now Solvay Cytec Group). 

At a conference to be held in Stockholm on 20–21 April 2016, the aims of the SEK34 million Modulit project will be outlined.

Mogul has introduced meltblown polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) to its nonwovens portfolio for the first time.

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter today announced that the Advanced Functional Fibers of America (AFFOA) Institute, a non-profit organization, has won the right to run the latest US National Ne

A Houston, Texas, USA-based law firm has petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recall Boston Scientific’s surgical mesh products that are allegedly made of defective, counterfeit