The New Business Development Division at Freudenberg New Technologies has developed a nonwoven fleece technology which opens up new possibilities in operations, the wound healing process and regenerative medicine.
In exploring the development of a gelatin fleece for medical applications, Dr Denis Reibel. project manager for New Business Development projects purchased a perfectly ordinary candy floss machine for the first experiments.
The first plant housing patent-pending new technology capable of making extremely high-value composites from waste – potentially even hygienic disposables and other nonwovens – has been installed in Poland.
P2 technology has been developed by Protamax, a UK-based plastics engineering specialist with machine building facilities in Piesendorf, Austria, to start where recycling finishes – what it calls upcycling.
Consumers will increasingly drive industrial businesses to manufacture products with acceptable end-of-life solutions and made increasingly from renewable resources and recycled materials, Low & Bonar believes.
As part of the festivities to mark the 75th anniversary of Kelheim Fibres GmbH, Bavaria’s president Horst Seehofer officially opened two new environmental facilities – a sulphuric acid plant and a third Biohoch reactor, as part of the organic waste water purification facility at the cellulosic fibre production site.
As a leading wet-wipes manufacturer producing 9,000 tons of nonwovens each year, Israel-headquartered Albaad says its German plant is reaping essential benefits with the new Mako saw cutter.
Developed by PCMC (Paper Converting Machine Company), the two-bladed, high-speed rotary cutter allows operators to adjust cut lengths with the push of a button.
Having actively explored the use of new biopolymers for some years – and as a pioneer in the development and use of corn-based PLA (polylactic acid) – nonwovens leader Ahlstrom believes third generation bioplymers could be a long-term sustainable alternative to synthetic fibres.
Autoneum – formerly Rieter Automotive Systems – is introducing a new range of vehicle insulation products called Hybrid Acoustics.
What do 15 billion square metres of advanced nonwovens break down into? This is the amount of product – the equivalent to 315 million kg – that Polymer Group (PGI) shipped to its customers in 2010. In its recent Stakeholder’s Report, the company provides an analysis of the raw materials that went into this product, providing a clear picture of the state of the art.
Procter & Gamble is extending the use of its Environmental Sustainability Supplier Scorecard to around 600 of its suppliers and agencies. For 2011, the company has upgraded the scorecard – designed to track and encourage improvement on key environmental sustainability measures in its supply chain – following its initial use for a year. The first indications are that most suppliers are able to track the requested key sustainability measures and that the process of innovation sharing is proving productive.
Following its acquisition in May of Tubex – the largest European producer of tree shelters which dramatically improve the survival and growth rates of broadleaf saplings and vines – Fiberweb is investing €6 million in a new geotextile line.
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