Wide-Format Weekly featured a two-part interview with Design to Print covering its business structure and future plans. The episode also covered how AI search optimization improves print shop SEO and buyer visibility, and discussed empowering women in print with Corrie Lo.
Autoliv has published its Annual Report 2025. The report covers the company's performance and activities for the year. No further financial or operational details were provided in the source text.
Hexcel published an article framing carbon fiber as a strategic capability America cannot afford to lose. The piece appeared via marketscreener.com and centers on the company's carbon fiber position. No additional technical metrics, capacities, or financial figures were disclosed in the source text.
Sign Fab, Inc.@SignFabIncPulse Score1212Eric Bowersox, Director of Beaumont Advanced Processing, presented at the 2026 SPE Injection Molding Innovation Summit on how MFI and capillary rheometry fail to characterize polymer behavior under injection molding conditions.
Kyrgyzstan is targeting its leather supply chain with a new tannery, according to International Leather Maker. The source provides no further details on the facility's capacity, location, or timeline.
FESPA released a guide covering DTF textile printing, addressing workflow sequence, fabric selection, and equipment maintenance. The guide is organized around these three operational areas for print shops running direct-to-film transfer production.
FESPA's Southern European Congress returns to Porto on 11–12 November at HF Ipanema Porto, bringing speciality print leaders from five Southern European countries together for its eleventh edition.
The Detroit Free Press reports that there is a right and wrong way to sit in the driver's seat. The article addresses driver seating posture but provides no specific technical metrics, companies, materials, or equipment details in the available source text.
Americhem has acquired Noble Biomaterials, an advanced materials company specializing in antimicrobial and conductivity solutions for soft surface applications.
Roaches International dispatched its largest integrated order of textile laboratory equipment to date, delivering 19 testing machines weighing over two tons to a new lab being established by Indonesia's Alia Digital Printex.
Asahi Kasei's Roica brand made its debut at Functional Fabric Fair Portland on 27-28 October 2026, presenting stretch fibre developments from European and Asian partners for outdoor, cycling, innerwear and athleisure applications.
Carvico presented its 2028 TrendBook, "Not Just to Seduce," at MarediModa in Cannes from 27-29 October 2026, introducing five creative directions—Animalia, Manly, Origami, Ornamenta and Bodycon—that combine fabric weights, textures and structures within a unified colour palette.
ShinWon Corporation has introduced Sphere, an integrated ERP system connecting PLM, SRM, MES, e-accounting and SAP Analytics Cloud across its headquarters and overseas manufacturing subsidiaries.
USA Bobsled has struck deals to develop higher-tech sleds as it targets the 2034 Salt Lake City Games. The agreements aim to upgrade sled technology for the team's Olympic campaign.
AcrylicFabWorks, the acrylic division of SinoPlastix, supplies Calypto cast acrylic sheet and fabricated parts from one ISO 9001-certified plant in Suzhou, China, casting 135 tonnes per month in 1–30 mm thicknesses.
FESPA will hold its Southern European Congress 2026 in Porto, with the event centered on AI and sustainability. The congress is organized by FESPA, the signage and textile print industry association.
Arclin announced a multimillion-dollar investment to expand floc production capacity at its Asturias, Spain facility, strengthening its global Nomex paper manufacturing network. The company is delivering record paper volume in 2026 and expects continued supply growth in 2027, with construction completed by the end of 2027 and full commissioning planned for early 2028. The expansion targets rising demand across aerospace, electrical infrastructure, defense, and transportation markets.
Manufacturing & Process Note: Expanding Nomex floc capacity in Asturias will shorten lead times for aramid paper used in electrical insulation and aerospace honeycomb, but plant managers should monitor qualification timelines for new production lines to avoid supply gaps during the 2027–2028 transition.
Lectra reported a structural improvement in profitability for the first nine months of 2026, according to The Manila Times. The company did not disclose specific financial figures, capacities, or equipment specifications in the available source text.
Lectra (LSS.PA) held its Q3 FY2026 earnings call, as detailed in a transcript published by Yahoo Finance. The source provides no further financial figures, technical metrics, or operational details from the call.
Plastics extrusion processors are adopting AI, digital twins, smart sensors and advanced analytics to make real-time data-driven decisions that improve quality, reduce waste and raise productivity.
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Meteor Inkjet announced that its PDC-2K600EX printhead drive electronics will support Kyocera's new KJ4A-EX600RC-HX recirculating printhead upon its release, expected in November.
USA Bobsled/Skeleton has teamed with Utah aerospace leaders to build the next generation of USA bobsleds. The partnership pairs the national team program with aerospace manufacturing expertise for the sled development effort.
Textile Tales presents a curated selection of sculptural textile works, including Diana Orving's dancing sculptures, a Pichwai-inspired screen embroidered in metal on brass mesh at Rhizome Design Studio, and pieces by Iris Van Herpen. The roundup also features Dahye Jeong's horsehair works, Leyla Cárdenas C.'s digital sublimation on unraveled polyester silk over reclaimed wooden support, and Hannah Gartside's monofilament, silk and paper weaves.
Ecotextile News has published a guide on navigating sustainability certifications in the fashion industry. The article addresses how industry stakeholders can approach certification requirements; the source provides no further technical metrics, company names, or regulatory deadlines.
Millcraft garment and textile print sales manager Eric Deem completed G7+ Expert training through PRINTING United Alliance's G7+ learning and iLEARNING+ platforms and holds the Color Management Professional Fundamentals Certification. The G7+ Expert Certification equips printers to implement the G7+ methodology in any print operation for consistent color reproduction and print quality. Deem said the garment decorating industry has not taken advantage of G7+ the way the commercial print side of the business has.
International Leather Maker published an analysis arguing that definitions matter in a crisis. The source provides no further technical details, metrics, companies, materials, or equipment specifications.
Researchers investigated a bipolar electrode electrical treatment (BPE-ET) system that separates resin from CFRP without direct wiring, allowing entire batches of irregularly shaped waste to be submerged at once.
FESPA examines on-demand production, DTF and customisation as the future direction of merchandise printing. The article frames these three factors as the focus areas shaping how merchandise printing evolves. No specific equipment specifications, material grades or financial figures are stated in the source text.
Woking-based start-up Only Boards has invested in a full lineup of print and finishing equipment from CMYUK, including Mimaki JFX 200-2513 EX UV LED flatbed printer, Mimaki UCJV330-160 roll-to-roll printer and cutter, Mimaki CG-160FXII Plus cutting plotter, Neolt laminator, and JWEI JCUT Pro1625 digital cutting table.
Fraunhofer IWU has advanced its industrial-scale pultrusion line to process thermosets, thermoplastics, glass, carbon and natural fibers, producing profiles from less than 1 to 5,800 square millimeters in cross-section.
Manufacturing & Process Note: The shift toward thermoplastic pultrusion and reactive processing requires careful management of resin viscosity and cure kinetics to avoid scrap and ensure consistent line yield. Supply chain planning must account for the higher cost and limited availability of carbon fiber and natural fiber reinforcements compared to established glass/polyester systems.
AcrylicFabWorks, the acrylic division of SinoPlastix, has published a US sourcing guide for acrylic sheet and fabricated parts from its ISO 9001-certified Suzhou plant, which casts sheet at 135 tonnes a month in 1–30 mm. The guide maps inch callouts to metric supply sizes, such as 1/4 in to 6 mm, and cites ASTM D4802 for PMMA sheet, HTS heading 3920.51 and Section 301 tariffs. Full sheets are quoted from 10 sheets and parts from 20 pieces per design, with samples in 48 hours and production 7 days from drawing approval.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific has demonstrated that in-line Raman spectroscopy, combined with rheology, can monitor polymer identity and physical transformations during extrusion in real time.
Meteor Inkjet's PDC-2K600EX printhead drive electronics will support Kyocera's new KJ4A-EX600RC-HX recirculating printhead upon its expected November release, letting OEMs integrate the head using existing Meteor hardware, software and APIs.
FESPA has published "The 2026 Textile Printing Playbook," covering digital workflows, AI and on-demand growth in textile printing. The playbook is available via fespa.com.
