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A revolution for blood banks?
The UK’s Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute – formed as a spin-out from the University of Leeds – is involved in one of the most exciting – and potentially explosive – new developments as a partner in the Sanguis Project, which is being partially-funded by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.
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PGI to proceed with Fiberweb buy-out
Private equity group Blackstone, the owner of nonwovens Polymer Group (PGI), has agreed to buy Fiberweb for an increased price of £183 million.
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Factoring-in the fracking at Dornbirn
Speaking at last week’s Dornbirn MFC in Austria, Giulio Bonazzi, president of CIRFS, the European Manmade Fibres Association, observed that as recently as 2005, the price of natural gas in the United States was almost three times higher than it was in Europe.
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Do not flush #3
Nonwovens association INDA is now working with the US National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the Water Environment Federation and the American Public Works Association to reduce the burden of non-flushable disposable products in the wastewater system.
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Exploring alternatives at INSIGHT 13
At the very first INSIGHT Conference, Henning Skov Jensen of ES Fibervisions detailed the early efforts then being made to commercialise the short fibre airlaid nonwovens process.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITY – Development Manager • NIRI, Leeds – UK.
As nonwoven materials specialists we help organisations develop commercially-viable nonwoven fabrics and products. This involves improving the performance of existing nonwoven components or developing completely new materials and technologies.
As Development Manager, you will apply your scientific knowledge, technical skills and initiative to help deliver new or improved products. Working in close cooperation with our customers and managing an experienced technical team, you will help ensure projects are delivered to a very high technical standard, on time and to budget.
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 ADVERTISE with Sustainable Nonwovens
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