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BTSR

Andritz needlepunch

Hightex

Bostik

EDANA Outlook

Careers in Textiles

Andritz neXline needlepunch

Andritz needlepunch line to Autotech

Andritz Asselin-Thibeau, part of international technology group Andritz, is to supply a complete needlepunch line for flexible production of nonwovens for automotive, filtration, and coating substrate applications to Autotech Nonwovens, India.

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Diaper

New applications to boost SAPs

The market for super absorbent polymers (SAPs) is expected to witness significant growth between now and 2022, according to a new report.

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ICE Recycling

New baling system for ICE Recycling

ICE (Industrial Conservation Engineering) Recycling LLC, a Leigh Fibers company, has invested more than $1 million in a new custom baling system and electrical supply upgrades at its Lake City, South Carolina, facility.

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Innovation Takes Root

Speakers announced for biopolymers forum

Representatives from BASF, fibre extrusion technologies company Hills Inc., and IKEA will join delegates from throughout the bioplastics value chain at biopolymers forum Innovation Takes Root 2016.

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 Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute

JOB OPPORTUNITY - NONWOVENS INNOVATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

A Technical Project Coordinator position is now available at NIRI, with responsibility for supporting multiple commercially focused R&D projects.

The role involves research, experimentation, testing, analysis, scientific report writing and client interaction.

Find out more at Careers in Textiles

.Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

End-of-Life

Circular thinking about bioplastics, fibres, fabrics and the future.

The regeneration game

Old clothing for new cellulose.

Serious about solutions

New technology at ITMA 2015.

Cost is central

Effective water filtration for India.

Polymer pockets

A new absorbent core technology for diaper converters.

Movers and shakers

Review of 2015.

Taking technology moonshots

EDANA's 2015 Nonwovens Innovation Academy.

The soft option

Taking the guesswork out of fabric feel.

And much more..

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 
 
RISE
BTSR

Andritz needlepunch

Hightex

Bostik

EDANA Outlook

Careers in Textiles

Energy storage

Record breaking energy storage

An extraordinary new material based on nanocellulose and a conductive polymer has achieved four new World Records for its ability to store energy and is a development that could be of major interest to the nonwovens industry.

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P&G

P&G favours recycled PP

Following an exploration of routes to produce bio-derived Polypropylene (PP) at a lab-scale, P&G says it will instead pursue its use of recycled PP, as "the economics of this [the recycled PP] process are extremely challenged."

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Freudenburg

Freudenberg weighs up Evolon

Technical textiles manufacturer Freudenberg Performance Materials has widened the range of available weights and mechanical properties, special finishes and protective features of its patented Evolon technology.

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Ontex

New plant for Ontex

Disposable hygiene products producer Ontex, is to build a new plant in Dourges, in the Pas-de-Calias region of northern France.

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 Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute

JOB OPPORTUNITY - NONWOVENS INNOVATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

A Technical Project Coordinator position is now available at NIRI, with responsibility for supporting multiple commercially focused R&D projects.

The role involves research, experimentation, testing, analysis, scientific report writing and client interaction.

Find out more at Careers in Textiles

.Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

End-of-Life

Circular thinking about bioplastics, fibres, fabrics and the future.

The regeneration game

Old clothing for new cellulose.

Serious about solutions

New technology at ITMA 2015.

Cost is central

Effective water filtration for India.

Polymer pockets

A new absorbent core technology for diaper converters.

Movers and shakers

Review of 2015.

Taking technology moonshots

EDANA's 2015 Nonwovens Innovation Academy.

The soft option

Taking the guesswork out of fabric feel.

And much more..

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 
 RISE 16
BTSR

Andritz needlepunch

Hightex

Bostik

EDANA Outlook

Careers in Textiles

Fitesa

New Fitesa line in Germany

Fitesa is to invest €20 million in a new spunmelt line at its plant in Peine, Germany.

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EDANA INDA report

Nonwovens production set for growth

Nonwovens production is to increase 5.7 percent annually through to 2020, with China leading the growth, according to new research from nonwovens industry associations INDA and EDANA.

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DiloGroup

'Successful' ITMA for DiloGroup

Machine manufacturer for the nonwovens industry DiloGroup has reflected on its 'successful' exhibition at ITMA 2015 in Milan last month, noting the company obtained several new orders for machinery.

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Ahlstrom wallcovering

Ahlstrom adds filter media capability

Ahlstrom, the producer of high performance nonwovens, is to make a sizeable investment in its Binzhou wallcoverings production line in China.

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 Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute

JOB OPPORTUNITY - NONWOVENS INNOVATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

A Technical Project Coordinator position is now available at NIRI, with responsibility for supporting multiple commercially focused R&D projects.

The role involves research, experimentation, testing, analysis, scientific report writing and client interaction.

Find out more at Careers in Textiles

.Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

End-of-Life

Circular thinking about bioplastics, fibres, fabrics and the future.

The regeneration game

Old clothing for new cellulose.

Serious about solutions

New technology at ITMA 2015.

Cost is central

Effective water filtration for India.

Polymer pockets

A new absorbent core technology for diaper converters.

Movers and shakers

Review of 2015.

Taking technology moonshots

EDANA's 2015 Nonwovens Innovation Academy.

The soft option

Taking the guesswork out of fabric feel.

And much more..

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 
 RISE 16
BTSR

Andritz needlepunch

Hightex

Bostik

EDANA Outlook

Careers in Textiles

Indorama

Indorama to acquire Micro Polypet

Indorama Ventures is to acquire a 100% stake in PET manufacturer, Micro Polypet (Micropet) and its subsidiaries. Indorama says the company will gain traction in the fast-growing Indian market as a result of the deal.

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Berry Plastics

Berry Plastics partners with Delstar

Berry Plastics Group has partnered with DelStar Technologies on sales and marketing distribution for speciality materials for the liquid filtration market.

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Spunlace

Spunlace savings

At a press conference held during ITMA 2015 in Milan, the textile machinery branch of Germany's VDMA presented a number of case studies under its Blue Competence initiative, illustrating the savings that can be made with the latest technology of its members compared to machines of just a decade ago.

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 Roofing diagram

Winning combination for roofing

Chomarat and Norafin have jointly developed a new generation of reinforcements for roofing felts called Rotaflam Neo.

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 Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute

JOB OPPORTUNITY - NONWOVENS INNOVATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE

A Technical Project Coordinator position is now available at NIRI, with responsibility for supporting multiple commercially focused R&D projects.

The role involves research, experimentation, testing, analysis, scientific report writing and client interaction.

Find out more at Careers in Textiles

Sustainable Nonwovens
LATEST ISSUE: OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015 - SUSTAINABLE NONWOVENS

Heavyweights in Milan

The leading manufacturers of nonwovens machinery at ITMA 2015.

Bio!CAR 2015

Increasing the acceptance of natural and bio-based materials by the automotive industry.

Further charges

The performance-enhancing needling of nonwovens for today's battery separators.

Single-use purification

Nonwovens for the processing of therapeutic proteins.

Smog harvesting

Turning carbon dioxide into cheaper carbon fibres.

Sticking to purpose

The latest investment in product development by adhesives leader H.B. Fuller.

And much more...

 
The 2016 media kit for Sustainable Nonwovens is now available.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 
 
 RISE 16
SNW 6 issues

Bostik

Andtritz

IK

Detox

Eco Composites


 

Toray

Toray doubles capacity in Indonesia

Toray Industries is to add another spunbond polypropylene line at its subsidiary Toray Polytech Jakarta (TPJ) in Indonesia, as demand for absorbent hygiene products shows no sign of abating in the ASEAN region. 

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 Landfill

Few options to landfill

The biodegradation of suitably-treated plastics in landfills makes sense.

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 Plant

No water – or plasma

The dry finishing of textiles and nonwovens has received much attention recently, due to its potentially game-changing promise of cutting water consumption out of the equation,  but while the benefits are compelling and significant, most dry finishing techniques to date involve atmospheric or vacuum-based plasma.

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 Filter media
Meeting demand with filter media

The global market for nonwoven filter media is expected to increase to a value of $5.7 billion by 2019, according to a new report from BCC Research, with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%. 

 Nonwovens
Four innovators at RISE
 
Finalists for the fourth annual RISE Durable Product Award have been named by organiser INDA.

 Sustainable Nonwovens
NEW ISSUE: DECEMBER 2014
 
‘Agrofacturing’ and methane manipulation. Developments in the field of biopolymers – and particularly those that could serve as the components of absorbent hygiene products – continue at a rapid pace.
Why the nonwovens industry should further disentangle itself from its association with the general textile industry.
How Northern Italy is about to become a test bed for a unique new recycling scheme.
A big need for cleaner fuel is demanding more of nonwoven filter media, but can the automotive industry continue to grow as expected?
Why a holistic approach is now necessary in absorbent core construction.
And much more.

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