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New 60 gsm fabric is just 0.06mm thick Teijin’s Toho Tenax Co. is to start selling a carbon fibre fabric from March this year that is says is less than half the weight of conventional lightweight carbon fibre fabrics. The company claims the new fabric, which has been developed with Sakai Ovex Co., Ltd. and is used for forming prepregs, will help further reduce the weight of composite products. This, the company says, makes it ideal for high-strength, low-weig

EDANA, the association representing the nonwovens and related industries, and BCH (Business Co-ordination House) have announced the successful completion of the first ever edition of the Filtrex Asia Conference and Exhibition in New Delhi, India.  With over 200 attendees and 23 exhibitors from Asian markets, and additional representatives from Europe and the Americas, the conference highlighted one of the ultimate benefits offered by the sector, better prote

Techtextil North America Symposium 2010 has announced that Kim Glas, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles and Apparel, is to be its Keynote Speaker at its forthcoming event. The latest technology, applications, and the overall direction of the technical textile and nonwovens industry will be presented by experts and leaders from around the world during Techtextil North America Symposium being held from 18-20 May 2010 at the Georgia World C

Xennia Technology Ltd, a subsidiary of the Netherland’s Royal TenCate, is today unveiling its process demonstrator for nano printing and finishing of textile materials at its Letchworth, UK headquarters. The novel nano process technology, which TenCate says will change the textiles industry, is based on inkjet technology, whereby ink or coating particles are applied with great production precision and high speed.  The technology will eventually enable TenCate to

Leading manufacturer of nonwovens and speciality papers Ahlstrom Corporation, has signed the United Nations Global Compact initiative and has been registered as a participant by the United Nations Global Compact Office.  By supporting the initiative, Ahlstrom commits to voluntarily advance sustainability with its stakeholders. Ahlstrom says it also wants to send a strong message along the value chain that it is alert to environmental and social matters and i

EDANA, the trade association for the nonwovens and related industries has announced its programme of events and training courses for 2010 and into 2011.  “With a global scope and outlook, we are pleased to support our members, and the broader industry with activities that share learnings, increase engagement within the supply chain and with external stakeholders, supporting the sustainable and profitable growth of the nonwovens industry,” said Pierre Wiertz, G

EDANA, the nonwovens and related industries trade association has announced that the 2010 edition of the Nonwovens Research Academy has been rescheduled to 16 and 17 November, 2010, which is this year jointly organised with the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University (ITA). The Nonwovens Research Academy aims to promote fundamental understanding and knowledge of the science and technology of nonwoven fabrics, products and processes as well as relat

Teijin Limited and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a highly crystalline carbon nanofiber (CNF) which it says will offer 30% greater electrical conductivity than conventional products. The extra-conductive CNF, which is 100-300 nanometres in diameter and 20 micrometers long, has been developed with a melt-spinning process. Teijin says that since melt-spinning is widely used for the production of ordinary chemical fibres, the newly developed CNF can

Professionals from the world of tissue and disposable hygiene products will descend upon Jiangsu in April as the 17th China International Tissue and Disposable Hygiene Products Exhibition and Conference gets underway. UK-based Technical Absorbents Ltd (TAL) is just one of many overseas exhibitors preparing for the three-day show. The event, organised by China National Household Paper Industry Association will be held between 14-16 April at the Nanjing International

INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has reported that an  impressive collection of first-time exhibitors from around the globe have combined with a strong line up of returning companies to make the IDEA10 International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Exposition close to a sell-out. With little more than two months remaining until IDEA10 opens its doors in the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, the exposition floor is al