Sustainable Nonwovens 11.08.16


			Insight: Nonwoven automotive interiors Low weight and lower costs are seeing gains for nonwovens in the rapidly-moving automotive interiors market – especially in combination with polyurethane foams. Read more

			Sateri to up viscose capacity by 1m tons Sateri has confirmed machinery orders to expand its viscose staple fibre production capacity by 1 million tons, a move which will reportedly position the company as the world's largest producer of viscose fibre by 2020. Read more

			TFP for Chinese composites show Technical Fibre Products will exhibit its nonwoven solutions for composites at China Composite Expo, alongside their Chinese agent BluDot Asia. Read more

			Industrial adhesives for Filtech Industrial adhesives supplier Jowat will present its latest developments in adhesive products for the manufacture of filters and filter media at Filtech 2016. Read more

			K-C malaria support reaches 600,000 With an estimated 214 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2015 and 91 per cent of those who died from the disease in Africa, an initiative from personal care giant Kimberly-Clark, benefitted from the company's research into how nonwoven materials, such as those used in Huggies diapers, could be used to make mosquito nets, continues to demonstrate its positive impact in Kenya. Read more

			LATEST ISSUE: JUNE/JULY 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS Freshly served Biopolymers in coffee systems Thinner, lighter, softer Hygiene developments insight Record breaker IDEA show review Innovations in Turkey Nonwovens at Hightex and ITM 2016 Ten questions for... Pierre Wiertz, general manager, EDANA Improving your serve Single serve coffee systems and teabags are significant markets for bio-based polymers and nonwovens Horizons Research and patents from across the nonwovens industry And much more... SUBSCRIBE TODAY Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for your copy of Sustainable Nonwoven's 2016 media kit..

Features
- AHPs: global trade stability restored and a new trade landscape
  
  Thursday, 28 August 2025
  BRUSSELS - EDANA’s Public affairs director, Brieuc Lits, aims to explain the trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, EDANA’s position and the impact on absorbent hygiene products (AHPs).
- EDANA's Stewardship programme: championing safety and transparency
- European nonwovens production returns to pre-covid levels

- Braskem to unveil new bio-based polyethylene
  
  Monday, 15 September 2025
  AMSTERDAM – Biopolymer specialist Braskem will launch a series of new products at October’s K 2025 show...
  
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- Georgia-Pacific to ramp up pulp mill cap...
- Cupra opts for Toray’s Ultrasuede nu

- UK wipes manufacturer secures Planet Mark certification
  
  Thursday, 11 September 2025
  ROMFORD - Harrisons, the UK-based manufacturer of nonwoven wet and dry wipes, has again been...
  
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- ITC approval for DuPont’s Tyvek claim
- Redefining mobility through innovation a...

- Ahlstrom expands sustainable materials for adhesive labelling
  
  Tuesday, 16 September 2025
  STOCKHOLM - Ahlstrom has developed an expanded range of release and label papers for...
  
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- Four Paws adds cat pads to pet range
- T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel expands per...

Editor's Pick
- The Secret to Better Absorption
  
  Friday, 04 April 2025
  Technical Absorbents is a trusted name in the superabsorbent and nonwovens industries. Super Absorbent Fibre (SAF™) technology innovation has been the focus of our business for over 30 years. Today, we not only produce these specialist fibres, but also design and...
  
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- Opportunity: Partner with Spill Defence for a Carbon-Neutral Future
- Hempitecture awarded $8.4m from Department of Energy

Sponsored Content
- The BTMA’s specialists in retrofitting
  
  Wednesday, 03 September 2025
  In addition to new machinery, members of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) are extremely active in the retrofitting of existing machinery for nonwovens manufacturers. “While new technologies shown at events like ITMA + CITME in Singapore this year are...
  
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- Potential environmental risk from bio-based fibres
- Technical Absorbents Ltd celebrates 30th anniversary