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Concept Industries

Surely Concept Industries can be saved?

Unless a buyer can quickly be found to continue operating the business as an ongoing concern, the assets of Concept Industries in Grand Rapids, Michigan, are to be broken up and auctioned off.

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KL Laminating

Höschele bounces back with KL

Laminating and coating specialist KL Laminating has acquired fellow German company Höschele Nonwoven to consolidate its position as a supplier of materials to the automotive and industrial sectors.

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Filtrex India

Dedicated India filtration conference

Nonwovens association EDANA and Business Co-ordination House India (BCH) have announced Filtrex India, a two-day conference and exhibition covering market, product, and technology intelligence for the filtration field.

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Trevira PLA fibres (Ingeo TM)

Trevira debut at IDEA

Polyester producer and brand Trevira will present its full range of PET speciality fibres at IDEA when it makes its debut appearance at nonwovens and engineered fabrics conference IDEA.

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Techtextil

Techtextil and Texprocess expansion

Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas will again be co-located with JEC Americas, creating, organisers say, the largest technical textiles, nonwovens, geosynthetics and composites trade show in the United States this year.

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.Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Mind the gap

SolveTech has developed new thickness gauging systems to meet the needs of the nonwovens industry.

A cautious market

The development of the airlaid nonwovens industry for absorbent hygiene products.

Fashion futures

What's the potential for nonwoven fabrics in apparel?

Cleaning up the process

Complementary technologies for absorbent hygiene product converters.

UK game changers

Ten UK developed innovations with the potential to have a significant impact on markets.

And much more...

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
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IDEA

IDEA

Cotton Inc

Andritz

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

NART 16

Careers in Textiles



R3 composite presses

New nonwovens subsidiary from R3

R3 Composites has announced the formation of Carver Nonwoven Technologies, a new wholly owned subsidiary, which will supply multi-material nonwoven products to both R3 and the wider North American composites industry.

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Thrace LINQ

Spunbond expansion for Thrace LINQ

Thrace LINQ, a supplier of nonwoven and woven polypropylene-based fabrics, has expanded its workforce as it looks to expand its spunbond nonwovens business in the Americas.

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IAC

Benefits with IAC's HybridFleece Molding

KimA proprietary advanced technology called HybridFleece Molding developed by International Automotive Components (IAC) has scored impressively against conventional processes in terms of its environmental performance.

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Polycarbonate

Polycarbonate spunbonds for filter media

SABIC Global Technologies based in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, has secured a world patent for a method of spunbonding bicomponent fibres of polypropylene and polycarbonate.

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 Hygienix

Registration open for hygiene conference

The second edition of hygiene and personal care conference Hygienix will return in October. Registration has now opened for the event on nonwovens association INDA's website.

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.Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Mind the gap

SolveTech has developed new thickness gauging systems to meet the needs of the nonwovens industry.

A cautious market

The development of the airlaid nonwovens industry for absorbent hygiene products.

Fashion futures

What's the potential for nonwoven fabrics in apparel?

Cleaning up the process

Complementary technologies for absorbent hygiene product converters.

UK game changers

Ten UK developed innovations with the potential to have a significant impact on markets.

And much more...

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 

IDEA

IDEA

Cotton Inc

Andritz

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

NART 16

Careers in Textiles



: Machinery to produce wipes at the Centre of Excellence (Industrial Textiles) at the campus of PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research in Coimbatore, India. Photo: M. Periasamy 

Nonwovens focus at India textile institutes

Three new centres of excellence have been set up by the Ministry of Textiles, India, to promote innovative applications for textiles, as well as a focus on nonwoven materials.

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Kelheim

New production line for Kelheim

Viscose speciality fibres manufacturer Kelheim Fibres is to invest up to €20 million to convert one of its production lines to a multifunctional line to increase capacity, in response to a growing demand for short cut fibres.

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Huggies

Huggies to donate free diapers

Kimberly-Clark brand Huggies is to donate 22 million free Huggies diapers to the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) in response to President Obama's call for companies to bring more attention to diaper need in America.

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NETInc

Dow joins nonwovens conference

Innovative nonwovens conference NETInc 2016, organised by the Nonwovens Engineers and Technologists (NET) division of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), will this year be co-located with TAPPI's PaperCon 2016 and Tissue360 Forum.

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Glatfelter

Glatfelter increases filtration paper prices

Glatfelter, supplier of specialty papers and fibre-based materials, has announced a price increase of five per cent for all beverage filtration papers with immediate effect, citing higher raw material costs.

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.Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Mind the gap

SolveTech has developed new thickness gauging systems to meet the needs of the nonwovens industry.

A cautious market

The development of the airlaid nonwovens industry for absorbent hygiene products.

Fashion futures

What's the potential for nonwoven fabrics in apparel?

Cleaning up the process

Complementary technologies for absorbent hygiene product converters.

UK game changers

Ten UK developed innovations with the potential to have a significant impact on markets.

And much more...

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 

IDEA

IDEA

Cotton Inc

Andritz

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

Careers in Textiles



Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark wins EPA award

Personal care giant Kimberly-Clark, whose brands include Kleenex, Huggies and Kotex, has been commended for its efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Sion Industries

Sioen Industries makes nonwovens acquisition

Technical textiles company Sioen Industries has taken over Manifattura Fontana S.p.A, a manufacturer of needlefelt nonwovens, located in Valstagna, Italy.

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FiberVisions plant

Manufacturing award for FiberVisions

An employee of FiberVisions, one of the world's largest producers of polyolefin staple fibres for nonwoven applications, has been named the Face of Manufacturing for February by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a programme of Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute.

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Innovation Takes Root

Biopolymer innovations update

Bio-plastics value chain conference Innovation Takes Root, to be held later this month, will include representatives from IKEA, Green Sports Alliance, and World Wildlife Fund.

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Diaper Recycling Technology

Award for diaper recycling technology

Diaper Recycling Technology, a Singapore-based company focused on advanced diaper recycling solutions has won the 2016 Outlook Asia Award.

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.Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Mind the gap

SolveTech has developed new thickness gauging systems to meet the needs of the nonwovens industry.

A cautious market

The development of the airlaid nonwovens industry for absorbent hygiene products.

Fashion futures

What's the potential for nonwoven fabrics in apparel?

Cleaning up the process

Complementary technologies for absorbent hygiene product converters.

UK game changers

Ten UK developed innovations with the potential to have a significant impact on markets.

And much more...

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 

IDEA

IDEA

Cotton Inc

Andritz

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

Careers in Textiles



CCS

CCS links up with Maruishi

Cellulose Converting Solutions (CCS) has signed a new license agreement with Japanese paper machine manufacturer Maruishi in respect of adult and baby diaper converting machines.

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Andritz

Andritz introduces neXcal quadriga

In a continuously developing hygiene market, new engraving patterns as a result of increasing demands on surface or fabric properties can be a big challenge to nonwovens producers' flexibility.

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Glatfelter

New Glatfelter US manufacturing site

Glatfelter, global supplier of specialty papers and fibre-based engineered materials, is to open a new manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

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V-Wave

Soundproof V-Wave for Toyota

Global technology group Teijin and vehicle parts manufacturer Hayashi Telempu have announced V-Wave, a jointly developed soundproof material made with nonwoven polyester fabric, has been selected for the 2016 Toyota Prius.

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Careers in Textiles

NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - LENZING 

Lenzing has an opportunity for a Business Development Manager to focus on its apparel business and develop its supply chain with retailers/brands including value positioning, branding and future development.

Find out more and apply today. 



.Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Mind the gap

SolveTech has developed new thickness gauging systems to meet the needs of the nonwovens industry.

A cautious market

The development of the airlaid nonwovens industry for absorbent hygiene products.

Fashion futures

What's the potential for nonwoven fabrics in apparel?

Cleaning up the process

Complementary technologies for absorbent hygiene product converters.

UK game changers

Ten UK developed innovations with the potential to have a significant impact on markets.

And much more...

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 

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