Category: MobileTex

Sioen Industries, a producer of technical textiles, fine chemicals and high-tech protective clothing, has acquired 100% of the shares of Dimension-Polyant, a manufacturer of sailcloth.

The custom-engineered spunlaced and needlepunched materials offered by Norafin are suitable for use as fire-blockers in a range of markets, including public transport.

Twitchell Technical Products, a manufacturer of engineered polymer fabrics and coated films, has acquired Infinity Woven Products, a provider of floor and wall coverings to...

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive interior components, is establishing operations in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA.

BlackWing Sweden, a developer and manufacturer of lightweight aircraft, has won the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2016 for an aircraft with carbon fibre...

Toray Industries has unveiled plans to construct an airbag fabric plant in Mexico, the Japan-based company’s first production facility related to airbags in the Americas.

Natural fibres have significant environmental benefits in lightweight biocomposites for automotive interiors.

Automobili Lamborghini has inaugurated its carbon fibre research facility, the Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL), in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Camira Fabrics will display moquette and flat-woven fabrics, leather and co-ordinating trims at InnoTrans 2016, which will be held in Berlin, Germany, from 20-23 September.

Key Safety Systems (KSS), a supplier of safety technology for the transport sector including airbags and seatbelts, has completed its merger with Ningbo Joyson Electronic,...

McLaren Special Operations, the bespoke division of McLaren Automotive, has announced the creation of the MSO Carbon Series LT.

In addition to the “wool standard” and “wool/polyamide standard (80/20)” carpet qualities that are already qualified for the Airbus buyer furnished equipment catalogue, Lantal Textiles’...

Performance Fibers, which was integrated into Indorama Ventures (IVL) a year ago, is expanding its tyre cord fabric production capacity in China.

The Breakthrough Aerospace Materials (BAM) project commenced in March 2016 with funding from Innovate UK.

Thermoplastic and nonwoven composites are enjoying high growth, according to Dr George Kellie of UK-based Kellie Solutions.

Bcomp in conjunction with a partner has developed a range of grid fabrics for automotive composite applications.