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Profile4 Nov 2013MANN+HUMMEL, a global expert for filtration solutions and development partner and original equipment supplier to the international automotive and mechanical engineering industries, has opened the doors of a newly constructed Innovation Centre in partnership with North Carolina State University.
Euratex, the European Apparel and Textile Confederation, has urged members of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament to oppose the Unique Delegated Act that includes 10 country applications for GSP+ membership.
News1 Nov 2013The award-winning environmental organisation Canopy and fashion industry leader EILEEN FISHER have entered a new partnership that will see them follow the thread that leads directly from the world’s runways to the planet’s last remaining intact forests.
News1 Nov 2013DyStar has acquired Lenmar Chemical Corporation of Dalton, Georgia, a company with over 30 years experience in producing manufactured speciality chemical products to service the textile and carpet, fibre processing, laminate floor, water treatment, oil and agriculture industries.
News31 Oct 2013DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, which has joined the LIPA (Lightweight Integrated Process Application )-Team, set up to develop an industrial process for the manufacture of endless-fibre-reinforced advanced thermoplastic composite parts.
News31 Oct 2013Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited (KCI) has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Momentive Specialty Chemicals to form a Joint Venture (JV) to manufacture and sell speciality phenolic resins, Formaldehyde and Hexamine - common precursors to more complex compounds and materials.
News30 Oct 2013Textile materials are growing in the automotive sector and will be deployed even further in future applications. Currently, most cars contain more than 20 kilograms of man-made and natural fibres: in seat upholstery and belts, airbags and cladding, filter and insulating materials and in numerous other applications.