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ITMA 2015

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Eco Composites

 P&G

Biomass addition for P&G Albany

Procter & Gamble has announced the development of an up to 50-megawatt biomass plant that will help run one of its largest US facilities.

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 Everist

PGI introduces Everist

At next week's Filtech filtration conference and exhibition in Cologne (February 24-26) PGI will introduce its new nanofibre-based Everist media.

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 Limpet

Stronger than spider silk

Limpets – small aquatic snail-like creatures with conical shells – have teeth with biological structures that are stronger than spider silk and could serve as inspiration for tomorrow's reinforcement materials for composites.

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 Flooring
US expansion for JM

Partly in response to vinyl flooring companies continuing to 'on-shore' – bringing their manufacturing operations back to the US – Johns Manville is to carry out a significant upgrade to its nonwoven glass mat production plant in Waterville, Ohio.
 SOLWA
Santex adds waste specialist
 
Italian waste solutions start-up Solwa has joined Santex, the Swiss-headquartered manufacturer of machinery for textiles, nonwovens and composites.

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SNW Issue 1 2015
NEW ISSUE: ISSUE 1 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS
 
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

Andtritz

Cotton Inc

ITMA 2015

ANEX

Outlook

Detox

Eco Composites

 P&G

P&G boost for West Virginia

Procter & Gamble is to build a $500 million multi-brand manufacturing plant in Berkeley County, West Virginia – its first in the state and only its second new site in the US since 1971.

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 Glatfelter

Glatfelter evaluates airlaid expansion

Glatfelter shipped 37,849 tons of wetlaid nonwovens and 23,642 tons of airlaid materials in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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 Infographic

The biomass industry in 2015

Ahead of the 8th International Conference on Bio-based Materials and as a taster for its updated market study, the Nova Institute has released a detailed infographic outlining both the industrial material uses of biomass in Europe in 2015, and the main building blocks for bio-based polymers as raw materials for new plastics, nonwovens and textiles.

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 Feeligreen president and founder Christophe Bianchi
Disposable diffusion

There were over 500 entries from around the world for the 2015 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup and winners in five categories – Sports and Fitness, Healthcare and Wellness, Gaming and Lifestyle, Safety and Security and Smart Clothing – were announced at the conference.
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).

The show hopes to attract more than 15,000 visitors from 53 countries in the hygiene, medical, wipes, geo-synthetics, filtrations & separations, electronics, energy, automotive interiors and apparel industries. 

Exhibitors are categorised into raw materials, nonwovens or production machinery. Confirmed exhibitors include Freudenberg, PGI, Fibertex, HB Fuller, and Lenzing.

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

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SNW Issue 1 2015
COMING SOON: ISSUE 1 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS
 
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

Andtritz

Cotton Inc

ITMA 2015

ANEX

Outlook

Detox

Eco Composites


 

eSkin Thermometer

Next generation disposables

Without a doubt, wearable, sensor-containing new technologies are set to become the next wave of hygiene and healthcare disposables which the nonwovens manufacturing supply chain needs to be alert to.

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 3M data

3M expands Emphaze range

Advanced polymer materials, fine fibre nonwovens and porous membranes are combined in 3M Purification’s Emphaze AEX Hybrid Purifier designed to help biopharmaceutical manufacturers achieve high product purity early in the manufacturing process and increase efficiencies.

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 Suominen

Suominen plans wetlaid expansion

Suominen – which has just announced a 38% increase in operating profit for 2014, on annual sales of €401.8 million – is planning to invest in a new wetlaid line in North America.

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 Akinal
Akinal to install Andritz neXline

Andritz Nonwoven has received an order to supply a complete wetlace line to the leading Turkish nonwovens producer Akinal Sentetik Tekstil.

 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
COMING SOON: ISSUE 1 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS
 
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...

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ITMA ASIA

SNW at Index

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nanocellular structures

K-C's nanocellular PLA advances

Kimberly-Clark has developed a range of engineered Ingeo PLA composites with unique nanocellular structures for spunbond nonwovens.

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 Fitesa

Fitesa to add 50,000 tons

Évora, the Brazilian holding company formerly known as Petropar, which is the owner of leading spunmelt producer Fitesa, has announced a new $300 million expansion plan.

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 Andrew Filtration

Lydall acquires Andrew Filtration

Filtration and engineered materials leader Lydall is acquiring the industrial filtration businesses of UK-headquartered Andrew Industries for $83 million in cash.

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 PGI

Nanofibre filters at PGI

Polymer Group (PGI) is to carry out an $8 million upgrade to its plant in Waynesboro, Virginia, to both expand its spunmelt output and also add two nanofibre technologies.

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 Agave plant
From blue to green
 
The waste fibre from agave processing is also now finding its way into a few of the 50,000 products 3M has out in the market – specifically ScotchBright scouring cloths and wipes, branded Limpeza and Verde (Clean and Green) in Brazil.

 Jajoo Hygiene
Jajoo Hygiene up and running
 
Jajoo Surgical and Investkonsult have this week officially inaugurated and opened their Jajoo Hygiene joint venture for manufacturing JS Care-branded underpads and maternity pads for the hospital and institution market segment in India.
 
          


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ITMA ASIA

SNW at Index

CIT


Natureworks

Price, performance and preference

A significant number of major suppliers to the global nonwovens industry have been present at this week’s Innovation Takes Root conference held by NatureWorks in Orlando, Florida.  

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Glatfelter

Strong growth for Glatfelter

Having completed the $211 million acquisition of Dresden Papier – a leading supplier to the growing nonwoven wallcovering markets – Glatfelter achieved record net sales of $1.7 billion in 2013.

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Three pronged approach at INDEX 2014

Three-pronged approach at INDEX 14

Trützschler Nonwovens and Man-Made Fibers, Trützschler Card Clothing and Voith Paper will jointly present their technologies for efficiently producing high-quality, differentiated nonwovens at INDEX 14.

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Brewing industry

Filtering out the diatomite

The development of a substitute for diatomite in pre-coat filtration in the brewing industry is currently the subject of a joint research project between viscose specialist Kelheim Fibres and Krones AG.

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Autefa Solutions
Effective needling without waste
 
Material and energy efficiency, along with the processing of renewable and recyclable fibres will be the themes of Autefa Solutions at the forthcoming INDEX show in Geneva this April.
 

ETLG 2014
Eco-Textile Labelling Guide 2014 - Published May 2014

The publishers of Sustainable Nonwovens will publish a new, updated and improved version of the Eco-Textile Labelling Guide in May 2014.

The printed ETLG is a 100 + page A5 booklet designed for manufacturers, retailers and buyers who are committed to reducing the impact of textiles on the environment and lists all the labels and environmental standards relevant to the global textile and clothing supply chain.

 As well as covering raw materials, the 2014 edition of ETLG will offer information on social criteria, such as Fairtrade, Fair labour, SA8000 etc., and textile processing standards.

 New additions will also include information on water standards, energy use, and sections on disposal and biodegradability.

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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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