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Sustainable Nonwovens 06.08.15

By Haydn Davis
6 August 2015


			Berry Group buys Avintiv for $2.45 billion Even before it has had time to really start a new rebranding programme to unite its growth through a spate of acquisitions, Avintiv – now the world’s leading nonwovens manufacturer and up until June known as Polymer Group (PGI) – has been sold, lock, stock and barrel. Read more

			Ingeo comes out on top NatureWorks Ingeo polymer – made from renewable resources and now widely employed in nonwovens – emits fewer greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in manufacturing than all common petrochemical-based plastics, according to a new independent peer review. Read more

			US focus on nonwoven exports A new study from the the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the US Department of Commerce highlights the key markets that are predicted to see increased exports by US producers of technical textiles and nonwovens, based on past export performance and projected growth estimates to 2016. Read more

			Breaking ground in Indonesia H.B. Fuller has broken ground on its future manufacturing facility in Surabaya, Indonesia. Read more

			Liquid Light partners with Coca-Cola Liquid Light, a New Jersey-headquartered company developing and licensing process technology to convert CO2 into chemicals, has announced that it has entered into a technology development agreement with Coca-Cola Company. Read more

			LATEST ISSUE: JUNE/JULY 2015 – SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS High Performance Fibre ingenuity and expanding end-uses for nonwovens at Techtextil 2015 On course in the Carolinas New investment and expansion plans come thick and fast Bounty below the waves Nonwovens for intensive seaweed farming The future of function Materials capable of large-area sensing and actuation Greening the cities with SAF Superabsorbents and photovoltaics make a winning new combination Value recovery Growing opportunities for recycled carbon fibres in drylaid nonwovens And much more…. READ A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS OR SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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