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Arvell

Arvell cuts both costs and impacts for wipes

 A cradle-to-gate LCA study confirms the significant environmental advantages of the new Arvell technology developed by Italy’s Teknoweb for manufacturing wipes substrates.  

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 Insight 2014

INDA acquires Insight conference

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has purchased the Insight international conference from Marketing Technology Service (MTS) and will combine the long-standing event with its Vision consumer products conference.

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 Ahlstrom

Wallcoverings for China

Ahlstrom has inaugurated its new wallcovering substrates production line in Binzhou, China, representing an investment of approximately €40 million.  

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 Facemask

Bringing the spa to the home

Suominen’s Biolace Skin is a new nonwoven designed for use in cosmetic home spa applications such as facial sheet masks, cosmetic pads, patches and exfoliation sheets.  

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 Flame retardant
Active approval for Avocet
 
Avocet’s market leading exhaust flame retardant for polyester, Cetaflam DB9, has now received Oekotex accreditation as an approved ‘active chemical product’.
 

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SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

ISSUE 2 2014

  INDEX 14 - Full coverage

Digital print microfibre nonwovens storm the beachwear markets...Jaguar adopts flax-based nonwoven panels...a  new ultrasonic system promises to revolutionise absorbent cores for hygiene...the US carpet tile sector lifts off...low-cost disposable health monitors are on the way...Disney develops 3D printed, needlepunched soft electronic toys...spunmelt and cast film combinations for technical applications...medical drapes that can break down after disposal...plan for adhesives from soy bean oil...profit from plastic and fibre waste in China
  
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NIRI

Further expansion at NIRI

NIRI – the Nonwovens Research and Innovation Institute based at University of Leeds in the UK – is expanding its pilot plant services with the installation of a new Biax Fiberfilm meltblown line.   

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 USDA

Biopreferred High Q cotton

Barnhardt Manufacturing Company has earned the USDA Biobased product label for its High Q Cotton.

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 EasyLife spray

Fresh new rooms the easy way

At this week’s Fespa exibition in Munich, Ahlstrom is launching EasyLife Spray & Up as a new solution for the fast growing digital nonwoven wall décor market.

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 Nordson

More control with VersaBlue Plus

Nordson Corporation’s new VersaBlue Plus  melter with optional pattern placement and material flow monitoring and control can help disposable hygiene product manufacturers make higher-quality products faster, more efficiently and at lower cost.

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 CHTC
Full integration from CHTC
 
The ability to supply complete lines of integrated equipment is becoming increasingly important in the nonwovens field – from fibre opening to finished fabric.
 

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SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

ISSUE 2 2014
  
The resilience of the nonwovens industry has seen the production of nonwovens grow 40-fold between 1973 and 2013 – from around a quarter of a million tons produced primarily in Japan, North America and North and Western Europe to over 10 million tons worldwide.

EDANA general secretary Pierre Wiertz, at a press conference on the opening day of INDEX 14:
 
“In the next three years, we hope to see continued recovery in the global economy, and also expect there to be some disruptive technologies that push us to review our industry, and how we can best make and deliver our goods to our customers.”
  
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CO2


CO2-based plastics – from dream to reality

The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be used as a basic building block for plastics, says Bayer MaterialScience.  

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 Lycra

Invista launches bio-derived Lycra

Invista is commercially introducing a Lycra spandex variant that is 70% bio-derived by weight. 

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 BMW/SGL

Carbon fibre leader in just five years

With a further investment of $200 million on top of the $100 million announced only in April this year, the BMW/SGL joint venture in Moses Lake, Washington, USA, is intending to rapidly become the world’s largest carbon fibre manufacturing plant in the world by early 2015.  

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 Asahi

Asahi doubles capacity in Thailand

Asahi Kasei Spunbond Thailand (AKST) is to double its production of polypropylene spunbonded nonwovens with the installation of a dedicated new line.

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 BASF
BASF plans largest-ever investment
 
BASF is evaluating establishing a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast.
 

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SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

ISSUE 2 2014
  
The resilience of the nonwovens industry has seen the production of nonwovens grow 40-fold between 1973 and 2013 – from around a quarter of a million tons produced primarily in Japan, North America and North and Western Europe to over 10 million tons worldwide.

EDANA general secretary Pierre Wiertz, at a press conference on the opening day of INDEX 14:
 
“In the next three years, we hope to see continued recovery in the global economy, and also expect there to be some disruptive technologies that push us to review our industry, and how we can best make and deliver our goods to our customers.”
  
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Stick on monitors

Low cost disposable health monitors

Soft stick-on pa  tches which stretch and move with the skin and incorporate commercial, off-the-shelf chip-based electronics could usher in a new wave of disposables for wireless health monitoring.

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 EPA INDA

EPA recognition for INDA

INDA has been recognised for its environmental stewardship with a 2014 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Merit Award.

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 Machine combination

50 million swabs an hour

More than 80 Trützschler and Rosink machine combinations for the production of the card slivers for cotton swabs are now successfully in operation worldwide. 

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 Andrits

New tech for China

With its newly-opened site in Wuxi, China, Andritz has strengthened its nonwovens manufacturing capabilities and service range throughout Asia.

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 RHL
€400,000 annual savings...
 
The UK’s RHL (Richard Hough Ltd.) has achieved a massive coup with the commissioning of a viscose staple fibre plant in Fujian, China, in which all four production lines are equipped with the company’s industry-leading Nollap dewatering rolls.

 Sustainable Nonwovens Index 14 issue
      SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS
 
INDEX 14 SPECIAL EDITION
 
This issue also includes coverage from the Vision 2014 for the consumer products industry, the NatureWorks Innovation Takes Root conference and the 1st Nonwovens for High- Performance Applications event, and much more!
 
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Walmart

Closing the loop in the USA

The announcement of a new $100 million recycling initiative called the Closed Loop Fund and driven by Walmart could have a very significant impact in the USA – where it’s estimated that all of the corporate and public recycling initiatives undertaken to date have only succeeded in increasing collection rates by 8%.  

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 Made in China

Relocation to China at an all-time low

Since 2006, there has been a steady drop in the trend of nonwovens manufacturers relocating their production to China, says needle technology specialist Groz-Beckert, and by  2012, these relocations were at their lowest level for 18 years.

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 Colorado

Replacing synthetic binders

Penweave NW is a new naturally-derived binder for nonwovens being manufactured by Penford, a market leader in speciality starches and bioproducts headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.

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 Cuddly toy building

Soft and cuddly robots on the way

There could be huge potential to the Walt Disney merchandising empire in a new technique for the creation of soft materials in 3D. 

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 Allround
Allround debut in Shanghai
 
Monforts will introduce its new Montex Allround coating system at the forthcoming ITMA Asia exhibition taking place in Shanghai, China, from June 16-20.  

 Sustainable Nonwovens Index 14 issue
      SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS
 
INDEX 14 SPECIAL EDITION
 
This issue also includes coverage from the Vision 2014 for the consumer products industry, the NatureWorks Innovation Takes Root conference and the 1st Nonwovens for High- Performance Applications event, and much more!
 
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