Cutting carbon with super-insulation
Energy savings estimated at an annual €64,200 per year are being realised via a new roofing system housing nonwoven blankets containing aerogel.In addition, a CO2 emission reduction of 904,000 kg per year is being achieved.

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The green carpet treatment
Teijin’s eco-friendly Green Carpet made of recycled PET bottles will once again usher in guests to the Tokyo International Film Festival between October 22-30.

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Streamlining for cost savings
At this week’s ITMA textile machinery show taking place in Barcelona, Trützschler Nonwovens has introduced its new Streamliner drum dryer which achieves much higher specific evaporation capacities than has previously been possible.

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Certain growth in an uncertain future
Nonwovens will account for at least a quarter, and maybe as much as a third of all global textile production by 2050. This was the prediction of Friedrich Weninger, president of the Austrian Manmade Fibres Institute in his opening address at the 50th Dornbirn Man-Made Fibers Congress (Dornbirn-MFC) on Wednesday (September 14th

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New guidebook on cotton and sustainability
MCL Global, the publisher of Sustainable Nonwovens will launch the ‘Insider’s Guide to Cotton and Sustainability’, a new handy booklet which will provide in-depth expert analysis and guidance on how to tackle the issue of sustainability in the global cotton supply chain.

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ADVERTISE with Sustainable Nonwovens
In the second decade of the 21st Century, it’s no longer a question of just ‘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.

Call David Jagger on: +44 1977 708488 for more details.

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Opening of first UK Knowaste plant
Despite industry concerns over life cycle analysis (LCA) credibility in the separation of nonwovens, SAP and other raw  materials, the first of a planned five Knowaste hygienic disposables recycling plants has been officially opened in the UK.

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100% Tencel and 99% Water = 1st place
Akachan Honpo’s Water 99% premium baby wipes are the first ever hygiene product to receive an award from the Japanese Kids Design Association.

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SCS approval for EcoSure
Scientific Certification Systems has completed the evaluation of EcoSure and EcoSure Wellstrand fibres manufactured by Poole Company in in South Carolina, USA and China.

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Sharing a vision at Outlook
As the biggest consumer goods company in the world with annual sales of $79 billion, Procter & Gamble has announced that it intends to replace 25% of its non-renewable materials with renewable or recycled alternatives by 2020 – with the eventual target of achieving a 100% replacement.

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New guidebook on cotton and sustainability
MCL Global, the publisher of Sustainable Nonwovens will launch the ‘Insider’s Guide to Cotton and Sustainability’, a new handy booklet which will provide in-depth expert analysis and guidance on how to tackle the issue of sustainability in the global cotton supply chain.

Read More

ADVERTISE with Sustainable Nonwovens
In the second decade of the 21st Century, it’s no longer a question of just ‘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.

Call David Jagger on: +44 1977 708488 for more details.

More info here