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John Mowbray

John Mowbray is the owner and founder of MCL News & Media and the brains behind Ecotextile News, which he launched back in 2006. His primary aim for MCL is to provide inspirational content that motivates key textile industry stakeholders to make a positive difference to their global supply chains, through innovative, sustainable and responsible sourcing policies and practices.

He is an award-winning Environmental Biology graduate from The University of Manchester, and since 1992 has become a well-known environmental journalist who has been quoted in national and international media outlets. He doubles up as an FA qualified soccer coach, a mountain bike enthusiast and a part-time builder.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfmowbray/

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Features
- INDEX to showcase raw material and finishing innovations
  
  Wednesday, 25 February 2026
  GENEVA - A comprehensive programme of company presentations will take place across the three days of the INDEX 26 exhibition at Geneva Palexpo this May, reflecting many aspects of the ongoing transition to sustainable materials through polymer and additives design,...
  
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- INDEX to set the agenda for the future of nonwovens
- Navigating the future of sustainable nonwovens

- Lenzing positions Veocel at heart of bio-based transition
  
  Thursday, 12 March 2026
  BRUSSELS – The Lenzing Group, the Austria-based producer of regenerated cellulose fibres and owner of...
  
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- Indorama Ventures outlines three-year ro...
- Essity to advance superabsorbents from a...

- BW Converting expands in Asia
  
  Wednesday, 18 March 2026
  GREEN BAY - BW Converting is strengthening its presence in Southeast Asia through new agency...
  
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- EDANA urges EU to extend PPWR reuse exem...
- China acquisitions drive Autoneum growth

- Pampers launches ultra-absorbent diaper range
  
  Tuesday, 17 March 2026
  CINCINNATI - Pampers has launched Pampers Amore, a new premium diaper line positioned as the...
  
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- Galcare to build Kenya plant
- Biom launches quat-free disinfecting wip...

Editor's Pick
- The Secret to Better Absorption
  
  Friday, 04 April 2025
  Technical Absorbents is a trusted name in the superabsorbent and nonwovens industries. Super Absorbent Fibre (SAF™) technology innovation has been the focus of our business for over 30 years. Today, we not only produce these specialist fibres, but also design and...
  
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- Opportunity: Partner with Spill Defence for a Carbon-Neutral Future
- Hempitecture awarded $8.4m from Department of Energy

Sponsored Content
- The BTMA’s specialists in retrofitting
  
  Wednesday, 03 September 2025
  In addition to new machinery, members of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) are extremely active in the retrofitting of existing machinery for nonwovens manufacturers. “While new technologies shown at events like ITMA + CITME in Singapore this year are...
  
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- Potential environmental risk from bio-based fibres
- Technical Absorbents Ltd celebrates 30th anniversary