A special Montex gas powered stenter line with heat recovery for added efficiency has been supplied to Germany’s BWF Protec by Monforts.
Based in Hof, Germany, BWF Protec is involved in so many industrial niche markets its range of needlepunched materials is perhaps the widest available from any single source. As a consequence, a very versatile and unique Montex stenter solution was needed to meet all requirements.
The advantages of situating modern spunmelt nonwoven lines in the Middle East – such as that installed recently by Mada Nonwovens in Saudi Arabia – have been emphasised by Germany’s technology leader Reicofil.
EDANA has published a new testing recommendation for the detection of formaldehyde in nonwoven-based personal care wipes.
The recommendation is intended as advice on choosing the correct methods of analysis, both for regulatory compliance and to determine actual free formaldehyde levels under real in-use conditions.
Following the first test launch for incontinence care by SCA in southern China with its Tena range in 2009, training for nurses in the use of such products has been carried out at hospitals in 12 Chinese cities, including Guangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing.
Packaging – which already accounts for over 2% of all nonwoven applications – is experiencing growth of more than 5% annually, suggesting it will rapidly become a major application field.
Winner Medical Group has been granted the Cotton USA trademark by Cotton Council International (CCI) for its PurCotton nonwovens and medical and consumer products – a first for a Chinese company.
Kimberly-Clark is to establish a new Global Innovation Centre in Colombia where there is currently a strong focus on the development of nonwovens and hygienic disposables.
The UK’s Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) is at an advanced stage in the development of a proprietary processing system for the manufacture of specialist nonwoven webs.
FET’s system is a new adaptation of the meltblowing process specifically developed for biomedical applications and has led to the production of resorbable nonwovens for the first time.
The volatility of the cotton market during the first half of 2011 has resulted in an unprecedented demand for cellulosic fibres for both nonwovens and conventional textiles, reports Lenzing.
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