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Detox Deconstructed

Cotton Inc

Insight 2014

Bostik

Apparel Analyst

CIT


 

Suominen

Impeccable credentials for Suominen

As part of its commitment to sustainability throughout the supply chain, Suominen has announced that three of its European manufacturing plants have now achieved FSC and PEFC certifications.

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 Bayer

Gamechanger for synthetic leather

Globally, more than four billion square metres of PU (polyurethane) synthetic leather are manufactured each year, according to the China Synthetic Leather Association, with 90% of it manufactured in China and nonwovens the primary coating substrate.

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 Nanocellulose to compete with carbon?

Nanocellulose to compete with carbon?

Japan is now taking nanocellulose extremely seriously, with around 100 companies actively involved in working together to develop it as a next generation material. 

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 Air filter
Donaldson acquires UAE firm
 
Donaldson is to acquire Northern Technical, the Middle East’s largest manufacturer of gas turbine air filter intake systems based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
 

 BMW i
Attention to detail for the BMW i
 
A range of recycled nonwovens and textiles are employed in the new 11-piece multi-functional accessories collection from BMW i.

 SNW Issue 3 2014
NEXT ISSUE: SEPTEMBER 2014
 
 Sweeping change: Is China really surging ahead in the areas of both innovation and sustainable development? Flushable wipes: Strong enough to do their job but weak enough to disperse in water? Carbon fibre leader: The ongoing repercussions of BMW’s ambitious i Series programme. Closed loop care: Big opportunities for manufacturers of renewable nonwovens for hospitals and institutions. Electrospun SAPs: BASF reports a high surface area and improved fluid absorption and retention properties with a new technique for making SAP nanofibres. Cradle-to-gate LCA study on a new spunbond and pulp technology.


Detox Deconstructed

Cotton Inc

Insight 2014

Bostik

Apparel Analyst

CIT


 

Bio-based products

Serious funding for EU biomaterials

Big opportunities for the nonwovens and related industries are suggested with the announcement of a new ‘Made in Europe’ initiative to trigger the creation of a competitive market for locally-sourced bio-based products and materials.

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 Universal Carbon Fibres

Tex Tech acquires UCF

Tex Tech Industries, a global developer and manufacturer of engineered, high-performance materials based in Portland, Maine, USA, is acquiring Universal Carbon Fibres Ltd (UCF), based in West Yorkshire, UK.

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 PGI

Expanded PGI on target

Net sales for Polymer Group (PGI) have not unsurprisingly rocketed following the company’s acquisitions of Providencia and Fiberweb.

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 Broom
A new broom for India
 
Most households in India use brooms made of natural grass to sweep floors. This natural product is the bestselling cleaning product in the country, but there’s one major drawback – small pieces of the broom, such as grass seeds, tend to be discarded, particularly when the broom is new – which causes more dust and dirt.  
 

 Bio plastics
Bioplastics from bacteria
 
A research team in Korea has produced succinic acid from microalgae using genetically-modified bacteria.

 Colour
China's incredible journey 
 
At the 1st Asia Disposable Hygiene and Personal Care Products Summit in Shanghai, the astonishing growth of China’s spunmelt nonwovens industry in just 20 years was underlined.
There was also evidence presented – and hotly contested during discussions – that China is now surging ahead in some areas of both sustainable development and intellectual property rights, contrary to common perceptions in the West.
In 1995 China’s GDP per capita was just US$1,500 and has now rocketed to around $10,000, and still growing. In 1985 the penetration of femcare products was around 30% and has consequently risen to above 90%. Diapers were virtually unheard of in China in 1995 but are now approaching the 50% penetration mark.
In parallel, Chinese spunmelt production has climbed from virtually zero in 1995 to approaching two million tons today. 


Detox Deconstructed

Cotton Inc

Insight 2014

Bostik

Apparel Analyst

CIT


 

Ahlstrom

Ahlstrom profits up by almost 50%

Four hundred jobs are to go across Ahlstrom’s worldwide operations as the company looks to save €50 million in costs this year and adjust to its new size and structure following the sale of its wipes business to Suominen Nonwovens.  

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 IDEA

IDEA moves to Boston

Major renovations scheduled for the Miami Beach Convention Centre mean INDA’s IDEA 2016 exhibition will move to Boston.

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 BDO

After BDO, Genomatica looks to nylon

Biobased nylon intermediates – including HMD, CPL and ADA (hexamethylenediamine, caprolactam and adipic acid) – will be the focus of the third publicly-disclosed development programme undertaken by San Diego-based Genomatica.

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 Wiping cloth
Strong uptake for new US wipes rule
 
According to the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART) nine US states – Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia – have now implemented the new rule on wiping cloths adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 

 Gevo
Gevo builds momentum with share offer
 
Renewable chemicals company Gevo, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, expects to raise $18 million from a public share offering.
 

 Colour
China's incredible journey 
 
At the 1st Asia Disposable Hygiene and Personal Care Products Summit in Shanghai, the astonishing growth of China’s spunmelt nonwovens industry in just 20 years was underlined.
There was also evidence presented – and hotly contested during discussions – that China is now surging ahead in some areas of both sustainable development and intellectual property rights, contrary to common perceptions in the West.
In 1995 China’s GDP per capita was just US$1,500 and has now rocketed to around $10,000, and still growing. In 1985 the penetration of femcare products was around 30% and has consequently risen to above 90%. Diapers were virtually unheard of in China in 1995 but are now approaching the 50% penetration mark.
In parallel, Chinese spunmelt production has climbed from virtually zero in 1995 to approaching two million tons today. 


Groz Beckert

Cotton Inc

Insight 2014

Bostik

Investkonsult

Apparel Analyst

CIT

Detox Deconstructed


 

New TENCEL® Jumboline

New milestone for Tencel

The Lenzing Group has successfully started production at its new Tencel jumbo production facility – the largest in the world with a planned annual capacity of 67,000 tons – at the Lenzing site in Upper Austria.

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 Hansel

Freudenberg expands in interlinings

Freudenberg Nonwovens is to acquire the Hänsel interlinings brand from Hänsel Textil GmbH, based in Iserlohn, Germany, with immediate effect.

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 Eastman

Eastman buys wet-laid business

Eastman Chemical is to acquire Knowlton Technologies, based in Watertown, New York – a leader in the design, accelerated prototyping and manufacture of wet-laid nonwovens in filtration, friction and custom designed composite webs.  

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 Nonwovens
New focus for JM nonwovens
 
Johns Manville (JM) is planning to merge its American, European and Asian activities for Engineered Products into a single global business unit.
 

 3M
Pure new combination from 3M
 
Fine fibre nonwovens and membranes come together in 3M’s new Emphaze AEX hybrid purifier  designed to help biopharmaceutical manufacturers achieve high product purity early in the manufacturing process, while improving efficiency and process economics.
 

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  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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BioSAP

BioSAP plant for Sri Lanka

Chemcel is a new joint venture company between Archer Daniels Midland and CIC Holdings which plans to build and operate a a new plant near Colombo in Sri Lanka to manufacture bio-based superabsorbent polymers (SAPs).

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BIO

Bio-elastics ripe for adoption

The shopping list for renewable diaper components will soon be almost complete, opening up the route for hygienic disposables manufacturers to meet their long-term sustainability objectives perhaps sooner than even they imagined.

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lenzing

Viscose glut subdues Lenzing

During the first half of 2013, high cotton inventories and surplus production capacities for viscose in China led to a significant fall in the price of cellulosic fibres.

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HB Fuller

Expansion at hotmelt nerve centre

HB Fuller has broken ground on a new technical centre to be constructed at the company’s site in Lüneburg, Germany – acknowledged as a global centre of excellence for the production and development of hotmelt adhesives vital to the nonwoven hygienic disposables industry.

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PGI Fiberweb

PGI considers Fiberweb

In a move that would significantly expand its interests in a number of technical nonwovens end-use markets – yet has something of an air of historic inevitability – Polymer Group (PGI) is looking to acquire Fiberweb.

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