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Domtar

Domtar acquires AHP for $272 million

Montreal, Canada-headquarted Domtar Corporation – which dubs itself ‘the sustainable paper company’ – has made another significant move into the market for hygienic disposables based on nonwovens with the acquisition of Associated Hygienic Products.

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Fibre with a fingerprint

Fibre with a fingerprint

Protecting products against forgery, product traceability, and legal protection against fraudulent warranty claims, are all becoming increasingly important. In response, in cooperation with Tailorlux, a specialist in anorganic phosphors, Kelheim Fibres has developed a viscose ‘fibre with a fingerprint’.

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Needler

No further use for the hammer...

Autefa Solutions has acquired the automatic needle exchanger developed by a consortium of companies led by CU4Motion GmbH and first publicly introduced at ITMA in 2011.

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Techtex

Growth for Techtex

Techtex, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of healthcare and industrial nonwovens, has recently taken delivery of a new high speed converting line for folded wipes.

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Nordson

Measure, understand, improve

Variation management is the key to Nordson’s latest OptiBond technology which has been developed to improve production efficiency, reduce maintenance and enhance product quality for manufacturers of disposable hygiene products based on nonwovens.

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Knowaste

Knowaste closes UK site

Knowaste is to close its current UK plant in West Bromwich with immediate effect, but says that having simply outgrown the location, it is now looking for a new recycling site in the West Midlands region.

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Trainers

360 steps for each shoe

A typical pair of running shoes – which can contain a significant amount of nonwovens along with other textile components – generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions according to a new MIT-led lifecycle assessment. 

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OPX

Partners explore route to bio-SAP

Having earlier announced a partnership with Dow, OPX Biotechnologies, which describes itself as being in the business of ‘good chemistry’, is now linking up with Evonik Industries to jointly develop bio-based chemicals.

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HP Fuller

Platform supply from HB Fuller

Lower odour in hygienic disposables and security of supply are two issues being addressed with the latest Full-Care adhesive platforms being launched by HB Fuller. 

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Freudenberg

Back to the chips

A new €700,000+ regranulation unit at its plant in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is allowing the highly efficient re-use of materials rejected from the production process for Freudenberg Nonwovens.

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ADVERTISE with Sustainable Nonwovens

       It’s no longer a case of  ‘business as usual’ for the global nonwovens industry.
 
       Big changes are taking place, impacting on everything from the raw materials used and the processes developed, to the role nonwovens will play in existing and future end-use products for myriad markets. 

       SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS will reflect these changes, and advertising in the new web-site and printed magazine combination will ensure that your company is seen as one of the pioneers in the fast moving sector of the industry. 

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Oil sea clear-up

Low grade cotton for oil spills

The Oil Spill Control business today is highly profitable for a number of nonwovens manufacturers and those specialist converters who turn them into oil sorbents.

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FibeRio

 SABIC backs FibeRio

FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of Forcespinning nanofibre production systems, has joined forces with SABIC – one of the world’s leading petrochemical companies – to jointly promote nanofibre technology.

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Johns Manville

Energy efficient roofing honours

Two Johns Manville energy-generating and saving asphalt roofing projects were in the 2013 third annual Quality Asphalt Roofing Case Study competition held by the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association. 

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Knownew

Numerous options for recycled diaper waste

Knowaste reports that it has processed over 77 million diapers since it opened its UK recycling facility in West Bromwich in 2011, saving over 18,000 tonnes of waste from being disposed of in landfill or through incineration.

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Household waste

40 years of fibre know-how

Wellman International will mark 40 years of service to the nonwovens industry at the forthcoming Techtextil exhibition in Frankfurt.  

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SBS

SMS addition for sequential wrapping

Ahlstrom is now incorporating its latest SMS (spunbond-meltblown-spunbond) technology into its Sterile Barrier Systems (SBS) range of nonwovens for the medical industry.

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       Big changes are taking place, impacting on everything from the raw materials used and the processes developed, to the role nonwovens will play in existing and future end-use products for myriad markets. 

       SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS will reflect these changes, and advertising in the new web-site and printed magazine combination will ensure that your company is seen as one of the pioneers in the fast moving sector of the industry. 

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Fitesa

Bio-based bico spunbond

Global hygiene nonwovens giant Fitesa has announced the development and commercialisation of a new 100% sustainable and bio-based spunbond fabric for the hygiene and personal care markets.

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Barnhardt

Debut for new Barnhardt duo

 As an all-natural replacement for the extruded film or synthetic materials employed in nonwoven-based hygienic disposables, s new HyDri cotton allows moisture to pass through it while remaining dry to the touch.

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Eco City

Geosynthetics for an Eco-City

Tianjin Eco-City is a new sustainable city in the making which is emerging to the southeast of Beijing in China, over an area of 34 square kilometres.

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Lycra HyFit

HyFit expansion in China and Brazil

Invista will start up a new production line in Shanghai, China, designed to specifically produce T837 Lycra HyFit fibre in response to the growing global demand for nonwoven hygiene products.

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Andritz

Andritz needlepunch showcase

Asselin-Thibeau of the Andritz Group has opened its new technical centre in Elbeuf, France, giving nonwovens producers the opportunity to test the neXline needlepunch pilot line.

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GP

EC seeks entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs

A long term strategic plan by the European Commission (EC) to rebuild the European economy by investing in the development of new technologies has now reached the stage where it will start to have an impact as it reaches the commercialisation phase. 

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ADVERTISE with Sustainable Nonwovens
       It’s no longer a case of  ‘business as usual’ for the global nonwovens industry.
 
       Big changes are taking place, impacting on everything from the raw materials used and the processes developed, to the role nonwovens will play in existing and future end-use products for myriad markets. 

       SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS will reflect these changes, and advertising in the new web-site and printed magazine combination will ensure that your company is seen as one of the pioneers in the fast moving sector of the industry. 

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BASF

Added benefits from BASF 

BASF showcased its broad range of products and technologies for the nonwovens market at IDEA 13, including its industry-critical HySorb superabsorbent polymers.

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DYNA

Surging ahead with ITW Dynatec

ITW Dynatec took home a second ‘Most Innovative Technology’ award at IDEA 13, making show history as the first company ever to claim the award twice. 

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BOSTIK

Bostik advances for process savings

Two significant advances in hot melt adhesives for hygienic disposables were unveiled at IDEA13 by Bostik. The company’s new ZeroCreep Avancé builds on the performance of its ZeroCreep product, but allows lower application temperatures. 

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EVOLON

Evolon success leads to French expansion

Freudenberg Nonwovens is to invest €5 million in boosting capacity of its Evolon microfilament materials to 3,000 tons annually at its plant in Colmar, France.

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WIPES

Social route for Suominen

Is it possible for consumer disposables to make any kind of impact in the world of distraction and chaos that is social networking?

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GP

GP to buy Buckeye

Georgia-Pacific (GP) is to acquire Buckeye Technologies, the leading manufacturer of speciality fibres and airlaid nonwovens made from wood and cotton, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

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ADVERTISE with Sustainable Nonwovens
       It’s no longer a case of  ‘business as usual’ for the global nonwovens industry.
 
       Big changes are taking place, impacting on everything from the raw materials used and the processes developed, to the role nonwovens will play in existing and future end-use products for myriad markets. 

       SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS will reflect these changes, and advertising in the new web-site and printed magazine combination will ensure that your company is seen as one of the pioneers in the fast moving sector of the industry. 

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