MEGlobal has rolled over its June North American benchmark for monoethylene glycol at 51 cents/lb, multiple market sources said Friday. The company said earlier this week that its June Asia contract price would decline $20 to $1,080/mt ...
Tags: PET makers, DEG prices
For fiscal second-quarter 2014 (to end-March), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $42.2m, down 4.5% on ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics, Energy
Japanese carmaker Toyota has launched the revamped version of the Scion FR-S, the 2015 Scion FR-S in the US. The new model year FR-S features enhanced tuning and improved looks while the 2015 tC sports coupe receives new colors and a ...
Tags: carmaker, Toyota, Scion FR-S
Lenzing Group reports first quarter results for 2014. The first quarter of 2014 for the Lenzing Group was characterized by the steady erosion of selling prices for man-made cellulose fibers against the backdrop of the ongoing strong volume ...
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, Tsinghua University in China, and Case Western Reserve University in the USA claim to have developed a fiber supercapacitor that can be woven into clothing and power ...
US-based Hologenix has unveiled – Celliant, a revolutionary, patented technology that, through the use of fibers, converts the body’s natural energy (heat) into infrared (IR) light and emits it into the body’s tissue and ...
Tags: Fiber Core, Responsive Textile
The range has been developed to promote the qualities of bamboo while encouraging kids to build confidence and balance. GreenChamp Bikes is heading to Kickstarter to prove that bamboo can be used to create almost anything. And that ...
Tags: GreenChamp Bikes, Bamboo Bikes
Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics. The device is a ...
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, a joint venture between the BMW Group and SGL Group, has broken ground on the site expansion project in Moses Lake, Washington in the US. The expansion will be funded by an investment of $200m, which includes ...
Tags: SGL Automotive, Carbon Fibers
My Home With Style, a home textiles and luxury home goods ecommerce site, recently redesigned their website to improve the customer online shopping experience. Myhomewithstyle.com launched in 2013, offering a large selection of Micro ...
Tags: home textiles, luxury home goods
Carbon fiber, a material that is one-quarter the weight of iron but 10 times as strong, currently has limited applications in part because of its hefty price tag. Toray Industries hopes to change that by creating various prototypes and ...
Tags: Carbon fiber, composite materials
Mention the importance of American-made products among your family, friends and business associates, and you’ll likely create some lively conversation and generate some strong opinions as well; it’s a subject about which many ...
Tags: American-made products
Nature's Products (NPI), consumer healthcare products contract manufacturer, has announced that it will begin to manufacture gummy supplements locally at its state-of-the-art facility in Sunrise, Florida. Up until now, the company has ...
Comforel, the tried-and-tested brand featuring original fiber clusters for pillows, has now been awarded the "Aktion Gesunder Rücken e.V." (Healthy Back Campaign - AGR) seal of approval, an acknowledgement by the AGR of the ...
Avery Dennison Foundation announced a $200,000 grant to the Rainforest Alliance to foster best practices in forestry management, create jobs and increase access to sustainably-managed forest products. Workers in Brus Laguna, Honduras ...
Tags: Sustainable Forestry, Rainforest