Multi-material systems and hybrid components are setting the trends in lightweight construction. Composites Europe will show how this is benefiting composites.

Fabrics and designs are cut and repaired, destroyed and re-arranged - Embroidery with Puffy © Gunold
11/08/2017 – Trends Winter 2018/19: Gunold
Trends Winter 2018/19: Gunold
Fabrics and designs are cut and repaired, destroyed and re-arranged, torn to pieces and re-composed using the patchwork technique.

Danger for maritime fauna: washed-up nets and ropes that are decomposed by the sun and then return to the sea. An IGF project at STFI Chemnitz is now researching possible microplastic emissions from technical textiles © Innomedia
10/08/2017 – IGF – Springboard for innovation
IGF – Springboard for innovation
Do you have an idea what the abbreviation IGF means? That Industrial Collective Research is providing innovative stimuli for developments!

Products and services from Groz-Beckert, both internally and externally, should be customer-oriented and reliable, because gaining competitive advantage is not just part and parcel of corporate strategy for Groz-Beckert. Every benefit, small or large, can be crucial to nonwovens producers © Shutterstock
08/08/2017 – Groz-Beckert
Groz-Beckert
The Felting division’s “dur” is this year's latest innovation, distinguished by a combination of patented manufacturing process and new base material.