Archive: 2022

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Polestar turns to fashion industry to drive climate-neutral innovation

Polestar sponsored the recent Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, in an effort to find green textiles for its interiors.

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rPET honeycomb used in front of Titan racing car

The award-nominated recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) honeycomb material developed by EconCore, a provider of technology for cost-efficient, continuous production of honeycomb cores, is being harnessed...

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ELeather launches latest trend collection

ELeather has launched New Romantic, its latest trend collection with fresh new colours and textures, and a theme of sustainable values.

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Sustainable concept car for Asahi Kasei centenary

Asahi Kasei has celebrated its 100th anniversary with the launch of a new concept car, AKXY2 (pronounced “ax-ee”), which is said to reimagine how values...

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Freudenberg to focus on sustainability at Techtextil

Following their merger, Freudenberg Performance Materials, Low & Bonar, Mehler Texnologies and Filc will present their innovative solutions at a joint stand at this month’s...

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Concept vehicle wins design award

Continental’s AMBIENC3 concept vehicle received an accolade at the iF Design Awards 2022.

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South African JV to produce automotive flooring, acoustics and fibre-based products

UK-headquartered Auria Solutions, a Tier 1 supplier of vehicle flooring, acoustic and fibre-based products, and Feltex Automotive, a South African manufacturer of automotive textiles and...

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Coloured carbon and flax solutions at JEC World

Hypetex demonstrated the processing and sustainability benefits of its patented colourisation technology at last month’s JEC World composites exhibition in Paris, France.

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Lightweight nonwoven mat made from recycled carbon fibres

A lightweight nonwoven made from recycled carbon fibres with an areal density of 60 g/m2 was launched by UK-based Gen 2 Carbon at last month’s...

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Kordsa to buy majority stake in Italian composites firm

Kordsa of Izmut, Turkey, is to acquire the majority shares of Italian composites company Microtex Composites of Prato, which provides carbon fibre fabrics and prepregs...

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