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Asahi Kasei

New meltblowns out-perform membranes

Asahi Kasei is currently working towards the stable production of fine fibre meltblown nonwovens that will allow it to successfully compete against manufacturers of PTFE membranes in the €460 million Japanese microfiltration market.

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Mondi

Mondi to snap up Ascania in €54M deal

Subject to competition clearance, international packaging and paper group Mondi has signed an agreement to acquire the outstanding share capital of Ascania Nonwoven Germany GmbH from private equity investors Schloss Naugattersleben Group for €54 million on a debt-and-cash-free basis.

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Sugar cane

Bioplastics from sugar cane investment

Bioplastics research and development company Bio-on and investor Moore Capital have signed a new licence agreement to build the first Brazil-based facility to produce PHAs bioplastic from sugar cane co-products.

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Knowaste process

Plans for UK's largest nappy recycling facility

Absorbent Hygiene Product (AHP) waste recycling specialists Knowaste has submitted plans to develop the UK's largest nappy recycling facility in Hayes, West London.

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Nonwovens Standard Procedures

New standard procedures for nonwovens

Leading global nonwovens associations EDANA and INDA have launched a new edition of their standard procedures for the nonwovens, technical, and related industries.

Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Flushable wipes

Lawsuits, mass media attention, Federal Trade Commission settlements in the US, revised guidelines, major capacity announcements and new product launches...

Where's the join?

Avintiv's acquisition by Berry creates a new powerhouse with 121 plants and 21,000 employees. Can it all stay together?

Circular developments

The drive towards getting the most from both post-industrial and post-consumer waste gathers pace.

A second life option

A special needlefelt filter media containing around 95% recycled PET content for a major UK automotive OEM.

Winning new combinations

Johns Manville will target the automotive filtration market with PET spunbond fibre products.

And much more....

 

Filtration
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Dornbirn

Dornbirn 2015: New behaviour needed

Both China and the European Union need to adopt new attitudes if long-standing issues in the manmade fibres industry are to be resolved, and a more pro-active approach to sustainable manufacturing in general, is to become the norm.

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CEMATEX

ITMA returns to Barcelona in 2019

The European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, CEMATEX, has announced the 18th edition of ITMA, the world's largest exhibition of textile and garment machinery technology, will be held in Barcelona in June 2019.

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MEMS

Production rate boost for nanofibres

A new technique for producing nanofibres that increases the rate of production fourfold, while reducing energy consumption by more than 90%, has been developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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 Owens Corning

Owens Corning presents batteries LifeMat

Fibre glass materials company Owens Corning showcased its LifeMat retainer mats for heavy duty lead-acid batteries and pasting mat for continuous pasted plates at the Asian Battery Conference earlier this month in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Hollingsworth & Vose

Filter expansion for Hollingsworth & Vose

Filtration materials manufacturer Hollingsworth & Vose has announced the successful start-up of NanoWave air filter media production in Hatzfeld, Germany.

Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Flushable wipes

Lawsuits, mass media attention, Federal Trade Commission settlements in the US, revised guidelines, major capacity announcements and new product launches...

Where's the join?

Avintiv's acquisition by Berry creates a new powerhouse with 121 plants and 21,000 employees. Can it all stay together?

Circular developments

The drive towards getting the most from both post-industrial and post-consumer waste gathers pace.

A second life option

A special needlefelt filter media containing around 95% recycled PET content for a major UK automotive OEM.

Winning new combinations

Johns Manville will target the automotive filtration market with PET spunbond fibre products.

And much more....

 

Filtration
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Hygienix

ITM

ITMA 2015

Careers in Textiles

Pegas Nonwovens

Bico line for Pegas in Egypt

Pegas Nonwovens SA has concluded a contract with Reifenhäuser Reicofil for the delivery of a second production line to its plant in Egypt.

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 Jim Owens, CEO, H.B. Fuller

H.B. Fuller opens new R&D site

Global adhesives provider H.B. Fuller has officially opened its Lüneburg Adhesive Academy. Stacey Dove reports from Lüneburg.

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Nonwovens Innovation Academy

Nonwovens Innovation Academy 2015

A top class programme has been arranged over the two days of EDANA's 2015 Nonwovens Innovation Academy which takes place at the University of Leeds in the UK from November 5-6.

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Freudenberg spunlaid nonwovens

Freudenberg invests in spunlaid plant

Nonwovens specialist Freudenberg has introduced a new €3 million pilot line for spunlaid manufacturing at its Kaiserslautern plant in Germany.

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Turkish Nonwovens Symposium

Speakers confirmed for nonwovens symposium

Keynote speakers for the Turkish Nonwovens Symposium, to be held in October in Istanbul, will include Ataman Özbay, from Marmara University Faculty of Pharmacy on the wipes industry, and representation from the Adana Chamber of Commerce, EDANA has confirmed.

Sustainable Nonwovens
NEXT ISSUE: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Flushable wipes

Lawsuits, mass media attention, Federal Trade Commission settlements in the US, revised guidelines, major capacity announcements and new product launches...

Where's the join?

Avintiv's acquisition by Berry creates a new powerhouse with 121 plants and 21,000 employees. Can it all stay together?

Circular developments

The drive towards getting the most from both post-industrial and post-consumer waste gathers pace.

A second life option

A special needlefelt filter media containing around 95% recycled PET content for a major UK automotive OEM.

Winning new combinations

Johns Manville will target the automotive filtration market with PET spunbond fibre products.

And much more....

 

Filtration
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Avintiv veils and cores in Europe

Hamburg-based Velox, which markets and distributes raw material specialities the plastics and composites industries, has enhanced its partnership with nonwovens leader Avintiv (formerly PGI).

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Invista looks to ultrasonics

Invista, one of the world's largest integrated producers of polymers and fibres, is working on a new joint development project with Aurizon Ultrasonics.

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US boost for flexible electronics

The FlexTech Alliance is a new public-private manufacturing consortium to be based in San Jose, California, with a funding of $171 million.

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DAK Americas increases polyester fibre capacity

Fibres, monomers, and resins company DAC Americas LLC has announced it will increase its polyester staple fibre (PSF) capacity by 230 million lbs per year at its site in Mississippi.

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INDA on the innovation trail

Nominations are now being welcomed for INDA's fifth RISE Durable Product Award, which aims to identify the most innovative new durable nonwoven product or technology.

Sustainable Nonwovens
NEXT ISSUE: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Flushable wipes

Lawsuits, mass media attention, Federal Trade Commission settlements in the US, revised guidelines, major capacity announcements and new product launches...

Where's the join?

Avintiv's acquisition by Berry creates a new powerhouse with 121 plants and 21,000 employees. Can it all stay together?

Circular developments

The drive towards getting the most from both post-industrial and post-consumer waste gathers pace.

A second life option

A special needlefelt filter media containing around 95% recycled PET content for a major UK automotive OEM.

Winning new combinations

Johns Manville will target the automotive filtration market with PET spunbond fibre products.

And much more....

 

Filtration
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Dornbirn

Dornbirn 2014: Nonwovens now dominate

Sustainability is driving the agenda when it comes to advanced research and development in Europe, writes Sustainable Nonwovens managing editor Adrian Wilson.

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 NHPA

Focus on high performance

Following on from the highly successful first Conference on Nonwovens for High-performance Applications, NHPA 2015 will take place from March 4-5 2015, again in Cannes, France.

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 Springguru

A new spring in your step

Springuru Ltd. is a London-based start-up company currently doing extremely well on Kickstarter with its distinctive new footwear which is based on the pocket spring technology of mattress maker Harrison Spinks.

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 CNITA
China’s leading nonwoven companies

The China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA) has published a list of the top nonwovens manufacturers in China and those companies who have achieved the highest growth between 2012 and 2013.
 

 Bostik
Arkema looks to buy Bostik
 
French chemicals major Arkema is seeking to acquire Bostik to further strengthen its position in speciality chemicals and to continue developing its High Performance Materials business, which would account for 42% of its total sales if the deal goes ahead.  

 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.


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