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Dozens injured in clothing worker protest in Myanmar
Dozens of clothing workers were injured in mid-October after a clash with assailants wielding iron bars outside a Chinese-owned factory in Yangon, it is reported.
Unicharm acquires Thailand-based diaper manufacturer
Japan-based hygiene products company Unicharm is to acquire the holding company of DSG International (Thailand), a manufacturer of diapers and other absorbent products in Southeast...
Aircraft seating joint venture starts operations
Adient Aerospace, the joint venture between aerospace company Boeing and automotive seating supplier Adient, has become operational after securing regulatory approvals.
Aston Martin and TenCate announce technical partnership
TenCate Advanced Composites, part of the Toray Group and a manufacturer of advanced composite materials, and sports car maker Aston Martin have announced a technical...
Yanfeng to close technical centre
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors is to close its Holland Tech Center in Holland, Michigan, USA, with the loss of 55 jobs.
Polymer additive improves thermal resistance of PET-based airbag fabric
With the production of light vehicles forecast to have a compound annual growth rate of 3.
Key trends in transport composites
Transport/mobility remains a key growth driver for composites for both glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRP) and carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP), with textiles supplying the...
Composites poised for wider automotive use as ZSK enhances TFP technology
ZSK has developed a tailored fibre placement (TFP) process designed to reduce cost, wastage and manufacturing times for carbon composites, while offering new possibilities for...
Indian group to invest in Lithuanian textile factory
Indian industrial conglomerate SVP Global Ventures plans to invest more than €97m (US$112m) in a large-scale textile enterprise in Lithuania.
Russian scientists cultivate new strain of flax fibre
A new strain of flax fibre for the production of textiles and pulp has been cultivated by scientists of the Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture...
Conrop opens new plant for production of big bags
Czech company Conrop, which produces flexible packaging for handling and transporting bulky and liquid materials, has officially opened its new plant in Trebišov, Košice Region,...
Mogilevkhimvolokno to start up polyester fibre line
Belarus-based synthetic yarn manufacturer Mogilevkhimvolokno intends to start manufacturing polyester fibre in December.
Tekstil-Kontakt to open new fabric factory in Ukraine
Ukrainian textile producer Tekstil-Kontakt is to commission a new fabric production factory in Chernigov by December with an investment of UAH130m (US$4. 6m).
Women’s fashion start-up moves from Barcelona to Sofia
Three years ago, Teodora Lozanova and Pavel Lozanov started the upmarket Bogdar women’s clothing brand in Barcelona, Spain, but now run it from Sofia, Bulgaria,...
Autoneum adds two sites in China
Autoneum has expanded in China with the addition of two new plants, bringing its total number of sites in the country to 10.
Unique designs and new carpets for railways
Lantal Textiles has added new qualities to its carpet portfolio for railways, including the introduction of printed carpets.