Archive: 2020

As the aviation industry prepares for a return to air travel, the outlook for interiors specification programmes and reconfiguration projects remains uncertain.

Polymer producer Covestro has developed its water-based Insqin technology to create a sustainable, efficient and permanent polyurethane coating for textiles and to produce high-quality synthetic materials,...

Pultrusion specialist Thomas Technik & Innovation (TTI) has collaborated with Shape, a US-based Tier 1 supplier of metallic body structure components, plastic parts and bumper...

The weight of the latest generation of Sky-Tiles by Interface aircraft carpet has been reduced by around 12%.

A novel finishing process has been developed by Mica NanoTech, a spin-out from the University of Limerick, Ireland, for improved interior hygiene in future vehicle-sharing...

An additive manufacturing technology for textile surface finishing is now being offered for automotive textile interior applications.

EconCore, a Belgium-based producer of lightweight thermoplastic honeycomb core technology, and DPA Moldados, a Brazilian Tier 1 automotive supplier, have developed a technology that has...

The Index 20 nonwovens exhibition, which had already been rescheduled from April to October, has now been postponed to 7-10 September 2021.

Automotive upholstery materials supplier Alcantara has reopened its Nera Montoro production and research and development facilities north of Rome, Italy.

The worldwide air travel ban as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly reduced the number of passenger flights and threatened to produce...