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Environmental news and technical innovation in the nonwovens sector
IDEA

IDEA

Andritz

Autefa

Investkonsult

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

NART 16

A.Celli Nonwovens spooling technology

A.Celli spooling machine for Middle East

A new spooling plant has opened in the Middle East using technology from A.Celli Nonwovens.

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World of Wipes

WOW award finalists announced

INDA, the association of the nonwoven industry, has announced the three finalists for the World of Wipes (WOW) Innovation Award 2016.

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Mogul TPU

New Mogul TPU

Mogul is to launch a new product line of polyester based thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) fabrics under its Elastex brand of nonwovens.

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Hygienix 2015

Speakers announced for hygiene conference

Absorbent hygiene and personal care conference Hygienix 2016 will include presentations from representatives from H.B. Fuller, BASF, and nonwovens association INDA.

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Bostik Viscometer

Adhesives get smarter

Today's users of disposable absorbent hygiene products (AHPs) are a demanding lot. They expect diapers to be as thin as possible, yet durable and able to absorb at least three times their own weight in aqueous liquids.

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Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: APRIL/MAY 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Bright IDEA

Spotlight on nonwoven achievements in Boston.

Methane matters

Biopolymer project focus in Florida.

Forward thinking

Nonwovens for 3D printing.

High and dry

Updates from AHP giant

Ten questions for...

Georg Stausberg, CEO, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers

Horizons

Research and patents from across the nonwovens industry

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

IDEA

Andritz

Autefa

Investkonsult

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

NART 16

 A.Celli

A.Celli moves US facilities

A.Celli International has moved its US facilities from Florida to a new base in Concord, North Carolina.

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The production of fibre-based materials, including drylaid, wetlaid, and airlaid technologies, recorded an increase of 3.1 per cent in 2015.

European nonwovens production up

Overall nonwovens production in Europe grew by 3.6 per cent in 2015 to reach 2,329,000 tonnes, according to figures from nonwovens association EDANA.

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Image of Colback nonwoven courtesy of Low and Bonar

Low and Bonar new China facility

British performance materials producer Low and Bonar has opened its new £26 million (€32 million) production facility in Changzhou, China.

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Mitsui

Mitsui expands nonwoven production

Mitsui Chemicals is to expand nonwoven production facilities at its Nagoya plant in Japan. The group says the expansion, which will reportedly increase annual capacity output by over 10 per cent, can provide supply chain stability for diaper manufacturers across Asia.

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Christian Heinrich Sandler, president and CEO, Sandler AG

SNW meets Sandler

Ten Questions For...Christian Heinrich Sandler, president and CEO, Sandler AG.

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Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: APRIL/MAY 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Bright IDEA

Spotlight on nonwoven achievements in Boston.

Methane matters

Biopolymer project focus in Florida.

Forward thinking

Nonwovens for 3D printing.

High and dry

Updates from AHP giant

Ten questions for...

Georg Stausberg, CEO, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers

Horizons

Research and patents from across the nonwovens industry

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

Andritz

Autefa

Investkonsult

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

NART 16

Alizarin Red S calcium staining shows how all nonwoven fabrics types were evaluated as tissue engineering scaffolds. Calcium deposits appear dark red after staining and all fabric types exhibited the presence of intense calcium staining when treated indicating the presence of viable cells. Credit: Stephen Tuin

Nonwovens techniques in bioengineering

Techniques for manufacturing textiles and nonwoven materials offer cost-effective solutions for engineering tissues needed for organ and tissue repair, according to bioengineering researchers.

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Autefa Solutions Square Drum Dryer SQV

Autefa and Campen wipes collaboration

Autefa Solutions and Campen Machinery have announced a cooperation on airlaid and hydroentanglement technology for non-flushable and flushable, dispersible, and biodegradable nonwovens from Campen Machinery Denmark.

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Universal Converting Technology

Universal grows hot melt portfolio

Universal Converting Equipment, known for its X6 slitting machine, Universal has further developed its hot melt coating technology, utilising the web handling technology from the X6 to expand the capability of its coating equipment.

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 Nonwoven construction Texon Sphere reinforces and stiffens the back-part of most types of footwear.

Navis invests in Texon

Private equity firm Navis Capital Partners has completed an investment in Texon, a manufacturer of nonwoven and cellulose materials used primarily for structural support components in footwear.

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Montex XXL stener

Monforts introduce XXL stenter

In a bid to meet the demand for finishing technology for wider width fleece and fabrics, Monforts Textilmaschinen has introduced a new 7m working width Montex XXL stenter for the nonwoven and technical textiles industries.

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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

Andritz

Autefa

Investkonsult

Hightex

Dornbirn

International Nonwovens Symposium

Techtextil NA

ITMA Asia

NART 16

Innovation Takes Root

IKEA want to move fast on bioplastics

Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA first employed Ingeo PLA-based nonwovens in its mattresses ten years ago, but as it moves rapidly towards a goal of making all of the plastics used in its products either bioplastics or recycled materials, there are major opportunities for the right suppliers.

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Provito

Provito for pad performance

Treloni, based in Manning, South Carolina, has introduced the new Provito range of nonwoven floor pads to the US$24 billion North American sanitary services market.

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Lavazza research illustration - Timothy Foss.

Improving your serve

When asked to guess the number one biggest-selling small household appliance in North America, few people would perhaps correctly guess it's the single-use coffee pod.

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Innovation Takes Root

Will branches or bugs save the world?

Ingeo PLA-based polymers are going from strength to strength in the nonwovens industry and elsewhere, managing editor Adrian Wilson reports from Florida, but at the 5th NatureWorks Innovation Takes Root conference, it became clear a much bigger prize is being pursued.

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 Ahlstrom illustration – Timothy Foss

Benefits in the bag

Around 60,000 tons of paper and nonwovens go annually into the production of teabags, and following success with its BioWeb branded materials for this market, Ahlstrom is moving into other food areas with the Ingeo, PLA-based spunbond nonwovens.

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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. 
 
Groz Beckert

Wellman

Andtritz

Truetzschler

ANEX

EDANA International Nonwovens Synopsis

World of Wipes

ITMA 2015

Trevira

Trevira at Techtextil

In 2014, 46% of all filaments and fibres made by Trevira were used in technical applications and at the forthcoming Techtextil show in Frankfurt from May 4-7, the company will be seeking to strengthen its ties with manufacturers of technical textiles and nonwovens.

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Textilveredlung an der Wiese

Calender combination

One of Germany's leading textile finishers, Textilveredlung an der Wiese GmbH (TVadW), based in Lörrach, has installed a new calender line, which its manufacturer Andritz has developed based on its experiences in both the nonwovens and paper industries.

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Dilo

Isomation from Dilo

DiloGroup will be providing extensive information about its production lines at Techtextil 2015 in Frankfurt from May 4-7.

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Enka
Enka Tecnica joins Reifenhäuser
 
The Reifenhäuser Group is to acquire its longstanding supplier Enka Tecnica, the German spinneret manufacturer.
Andtritz
Andritz at Techtextil
 
Andritz will present its latest range of nonwoven technologies at the forthcoming Techtextil in Frankfurt from May 4-7.

SNW
NEW ISSUE: ISSUE 2 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS
 

New battery separators can prevent the kind of fires that were responsible for grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in 2013 and are now very rapidly becoming ready to be commercialised.

Why you need to be at the Anex-Since 2015 exhibition in Shanghai, China from May 13-15.

A nonwovens manufacturing company, that until recently has been little known outside its native China, had no less than three of its materials selected for the 2015 ISPO Textrends Fibres and Insulations Top Ten at the sportswear event held in Munich, Germany.

This put the company a nose in front of long-established heavyweights such as 3M, Polartec and PrimaLoft and is a story that begins with a man on a tricycle shuttling urgently through the garment district of ShiShi City in China's Fujian Province back in the late 1990s.

And much more...

 
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