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Hydraspun

Breaking up is easy to do

Suominen is introducing Hydraspun Dispersible Plus, a new range of flushable substrates that break up over three times faster than the standard Hydraspun products and clearly pass the latest INDA/EDANA flushability assessment test protocol.

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 Carlsberg Green Fiber Bottle

Cradle to Cradle for Carlsberg

Carlsberg has initiated a three-year project with packaging company ecoXpac, to develop a biodegradable and biobased bottle made from sustainably sourced wood-fibre, which will be called the Green Fiber Bottle.  

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 Fibre Extrusion Technology

Potential with high melt viscosity resins

A series of research projects at Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) in the UK have resulted in new processing technologies and equipment designs that enable melt spun nonwovens to be successfully produced from high melt viscosity polymers.

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 Nano Tech
Tiny portfolio of big ideas

At this week’s Nano Tech 2015 exhibition and conference which is taking place at the Tokyo Big Sight in Japan, Teijin is exhibiting what has grown into a significant range of new materials.  

 ANEX & SINCE 2015
Nonwovens exhibitions return to Shanghai

The Asia Nonwovens Exhibition and Conference (ANEX) will return to China this year, held in conjunction with the Shanghai International Nonwovens Conference & Exhibition (SINCE).

ANEX 2015, combined with SINCE 2015, will be held 13-15 May at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre. 

 SNW Issue 1 2015
NEW ISSUE: FEBRUARY/MARCH
 
A major new opportunity for nonwoven filters in the US is anticipated as a result of increased water treatment and re-use by the fracking industry.

Developments in the medical field have been coming thick and fast from Freudenberg Nonwovens recently – from chitosan dressings to advanced drug delivery systems and on to a role in wearable technology.

How RKW develops products which allow absorbent hygiene manufacturers to achieve more with less.

Winner Medical’s successful leap into retail with PurCotton.

A London hospital is employing a new wireless vital signs ‘smart bandage’ cardiac monitor in an extensive trial.

And much more...

Filtrex

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ITMA 2015

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ictured at the press conference are Olaf Scmidt, Messe Franfurt vice-president of textile and textile technology, Elgar Straub of the VDMA’s garment and leather technology division, Jürgen Grebe and Michael Jaenecke, director of brand management technical textiles and textile processing for Messe Frankfurt.

Faster growth, higher costs, lower profit?

An authoritative new report carried out by Germany’s Commerzbank confirms that nonwovens have witnessed faster growth than both other technical textiles and composites over the past decade.  

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 Flax

Sustainable innovation with FibriRock

Flax nonwovens specialist Ecotechnilin will receive the Sustainability Innovation Award at the forthcoming  2015 JEC Composites Show in Paris for its latest development called FibriRock.

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 Tencel

Safety first for Tencel

Lenzing Tencel has become the first fibre to be medically tested according to the extremely stringent FKT test methods for body compatibility and toxic substances.  

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 Suominen
Introducing Fibrella for hygiene

Suominen’s new Fibrella Lite spunlace nonwovens meet the exacting requirements for a light yet stretchable material, with the strength and elongation properties required in laminates for absorbent hygiene products in baby care and adult incontinence applications.

 Eco Core
Wider PCR range from Wellman

Wellman International introduced its new ‘eco-fine’ fibre range, at the Heimtextil 2015 exhibition which took place in Frankfurt, Germany, last week (January 14-17). 

 Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: DECEMBER 2014
 
‘Agrofacturing’ and methane manipulation. Developments in the field of biopolymers – and particularly those that could serve as the components of absorbent hygiene products – continue at a rapid pace.
Why the nonwovens industry should further disentangle itself from its association with the general textile industry.
How Northern Italy is about to become a test bed for a unique new recycling scheme.
A big need for cleaner fuel is demanding more of nonwoven filter media, but can the automotive industry continue to grow as expected?
Why a holistic approach is now necessary in absorbent core construction.
And much more.

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Eesti Energia

30,000 filter bags for Estonia

Estonian energy company Eesti Energia has placed a major order with Germany’s BWF Envirotec for 30,000 filter bags to be used for flue gas cleaning at the Eesti Power Plant – the biggest oil shale fired power plant in the world.

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 Fibres

More cover, less weight

Beaulieu Fibres International (BFI) – Europe’s biggest polypropylene staple fibre supplier – is launching Meraklon Trilobal PP fibres which support the production of lighter weight nonwovens with improved coverage and opacity compared to round fibres, and better liquid management.

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 Novabone

Active growth with NovaBone

The NovaBone Bioactive Strip is a new bone graft composed of purified fibrillar collagen and resorbable bioactive synthetic fibres being introduced to the market by Novabone Products, based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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 piezoelectric fabrics
First piezoelectric fabrics

Teijin is introducing the world’s first piezoelectric fabrics for wearable devices based on both polylactic acid (PLA) and carbon fibres.

 Car
Technical Absorbents at Filtech

A significant reason for the majority of oil and fuel system failures is the presence of high water levels in dissolved, dispersed and free water.

 Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: DECEMBER 2014
 
‘Agrofacturing’ and methane manipulation. Developments in the field of biopolymers – and particularly those that could serve as the components of absorbent hygiene products – continue at a rapid pace.
Why the nonwovens industry should further disentangle itself from its association with the general textile industry.
How Northern Italy is about to become a test bed for a unique new recycling scheme.
A big need for cleaner fuel is demanding more of nonwoven filter media, but can the automotive industry continue to grow as expected?
Why a holistic approach is now necessary in absorbent core construction.
And much more.

SNW 6 issues

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BioMonde

Biosurgery with a dressing

BioMonde has manufactured and supplied Larval Therapy products in Europe since 1994 and is now introducing its BioBag for patient use in the United States.

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 Recycling technology

Resource benefits

Three companies on three separate continents are making gains from Starlinger’s advanced technology for spunbond scrap. 

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 Diaper core components

The challenges of ‘thin’

The ongoing movement towards thinner disposable hygiene products means producers must take a completely different approach to core design, says Diane Toonen, Bostik’s global director of strategic marketing.

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 Freudenburg
UK wound care addition to Freudenberg

Freudenberg Nonwovens will considerably expand its medical product portfolio following the acquisition of Polymer Health Technology (PHT), based in Ebbw Vale, UK.

 Eagle Nonwovens
AstenJohnson acquires Eagle

AstenJohnson, the supplier of paper machine clothing, filaments, speciality and filtration fabrics and equipment for the paper industry based in Charleston, South Carolina, has acquired Eagle Nonwovens.

 Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: DECEMBER 2014
 
‘Agrofacturing’ and methane manipulation. Developments in the field of biopolymers – and particularly those that could serve as the components of absorbent hygiene products – continue at a rapid pace.
Why the nonwovens industry should further disentangle itself from its association with the general textile industry.
How Northern Italy is about to become a test bed for a unique new recycling scheme.
A big need for cleaner fuel is demanding more of nonwoven filter media, but can the automotive industry continue to grow as expected?
Why a holistic approach is now necessary in absorbent core construction.
And much more.

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Americas

Consolidation across the Americas

The acquisition of Brazil’s Companhia Providencia by PGI (Polymer Group) announced this week brings the consolidation of the global spunmelt nonwovens industry for hygiene to an unprecedented new level.

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Suominen

Consumer confidence boost for Suominen

Suominen boosted its operating profit by some 123% in the fourth quarter of 2013, on sales of €105.2 million (up 7%).

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Ahlstrom

Ahlstrom plans further cuts

Nonwovens leader Ahlstrom has increased the number of jobs it is now looking to cut this year across its global locations from 350 to 400, as it seeks to make savings of €50 million.

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CETI

Clarifil project targets new media

The €2.9 million French Clarifil project is employing spunlaid nonwovens equipment at CETI (the European Centre for Textile Innovation) in Tourcoing, France.

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Cambrelle
Cambrelle doubles capacity in China
 
During 2013, Camtex Fabrics, based in Workington, Cumbria, UK, opened a new plant near Shangai, China, to meet rising demand  for its Cambrelle nonwoven shoe linings.
 

Clariant
Keeping it cool underfoot

Clariant is introducing black masterbatches specially formulated to reflect heat-generating near-infrared light rays so that floorcoverings stays up to 10°C cooler.

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Sustainable Nonwovens
       Sustainable Nonwovens - ISSUE 4 2013

Stories, features and insights include: There’s a revolution going on – blame Lidl and Drylock Technologies. Can we claim the dollars as nonwoven materials? A third of the infants in the world are now in just three countries and the disposables industry is reacting accordingly. A 3D printing project wants nonwovens from silk swarms. Nonwoven-based products will take around 400 years to degrade in our oceans – what’s to be done? How the consumer hygiene giants can have 100% renewable diapers sooner than they think...and all the latest news, comment and analysis.
 
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