Recently added articles from Nonwovens Industry:
Leader of the pack.(Editor's Page)
Oct 01, 2009; McIntyre, Karen ... After two straight quarters of declines, Procter & Gamble expects its business to turn a profit for the final quarter of the year, or so said the company last month at a Boston conference. The announcement soon after helped propel the company's stock prices and more importantly restored ...
P&G unveils thinner diaper design.(Top Of The News: All the News That's Fit to Print)
Oct 01, 2009; ... As part of a recently announced sustainability commitment, Procter & Gamble has unveiled a new diaper design that is 20% slimmer than before without sacrificing performance. The new design features reduction in key environmental indicators like global warming potential and will reduce the ...
SCA opens diaper plant in Malaysia.(Top Of The News: All the News That's Fit to Print)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... SCA opened its second hygiene production site in Malaysia in July with an opening event attended by 1300 associates, partners, suppliers and invited guests. The new site is located in Selangor and makes baby diapers ...
Mogul to expand into spunlace.(Top Of The News: All the News That's Fit to Print)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Turkish nonwovens producer Mogul will begin operating a new spunlace line by March 2010, marking the company's first entry into fiber technologies and hydroentanglement. The new line will be able to make 6000 tons of 3.2 meter, 30-80 gsm nonwovens from fibers including Tencel, viscose, ...
Winner to add fourth spunlace line.(Nonwovens News: A look at What's Going On In The Industry)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Winner Medical Group has entered into a contract with a Chinese machinery producer to purchase a new production line for its PurCotton products. The new line is the company's fourth for the manufacture of PurCotton nonwoven fabrics; it will be installed in Winner's Huanggang site and is ...
Medline expands with U.K. acquisition.(Nonwovens News: A look at What's Going On In The Industry)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Medline Industries, the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies in the U.S., will acquire the business and assets of healthcare distributor SunChoice Europe Limited from the Southern Cross Healthcare Group. SunChoice, located in Warrington, U.K., ...
Mogul expands meltblown for face masks, filtration.(Nonwovens News: A look at What's Going On In The Industry)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Turkish spunbond/meltblown producer Mogul will add a 1.6-meter meltblown line with ultra fine fiber capabilities by November 2009. This new capacity will target the filtration and face mask markets and will be Mogul's fourth meltblown line. In addition to pure ...
INDEX 11 will be held in Geneva.(Nonwovens News: A look at What's Going On In The Industry)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Preparations for INDEX 11, the World's Leading Nonwovens Exhibition, have begun. The last event in 2008 achieved record results with 520 exhibitors from 37 countries present, attracting almost 12,500 visitors from around the world. The next edition, taking ...
Ahlstrom to cut jobs in Karhula.(Nonwovens News)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Ahlstrom will start cooperation procedures at its plant in Karhula, Finland eliminating about 70 blue-collar and 30 white-collar employees next week. Also, about 80 employees will be laid off temporarily. The actions will adapt the production volumes of specialty reinforcements and glass ...
Swedish distributor gains rights to Tyvek.(Nonwovens News)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Stockholm, Sweden-based Bong has entered into an exclusive agreement with DuPont for the manufacturing, marketing and sale of Tyvek branded envelopes and pockets and postal packaging solutions in Western Europe. The Tyvek envelopes and postal packaging products is a well-established ...
Lydall opens needle facility.(Nonwovens News)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Lydall Performance Materials has officially opened its new needled fiber product operation at its Green Island, NY facility. The investment gives Lydall a new manufacturing capability to enhance its portfolio of high performance apply Mat needled glass mat products. These products were ...
Ingeo fibers now right for meltblown.(Nonwovens News)
Oct 01, 2009; ... NatureWorks has made two grades of its low-carbon footprint Ingeo bioresins commercially available for the production of meltblown nonwovens, fabrics widely used in such products as wipes and filters. "As interest grows in polymers made from renewable resources, equipment ...
K-C honored for sustainability.(Nonwovens News)
Oct 01, 2009; ... For the fifth year in a row, Kimberly-Clark Corporation is leading the personal products category of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI). Only the top 10% of the world's largest 2500 companies qualify for this prestigious list, which is based on an evaluation of the economic, ...
PCMC acquires high performance printer.(Nonwovens News)(Paper Converting Machine Company )(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has acquired F.L. Smithe Machine Co., a specialist in the design and manufacture of high performance printing and converting equipment solutions. The acquisition further strengthens PCMC's commitment to the flexo-graphic printing industry, ...
Elsner names U.K. field office.(Nonwovens News)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Elsner Engineering Works, Hanover, PA, announced that Calder Packaging Machinery, located in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in the U.K. has recently been appointed as its newest contract field service office for Elsner's U.K. and European customer base ....
UTNRL adds nanofiber to melt blowing.(Nonwovens News)
Oct 01, 2009; ... UTNRL has added nanofiber melt blowing capabilities to its six inch melt blowing line. Nanofiber meltblown webs were first produced in August 2009 using a spinneret incorporating technology developed by Nonwovens Technology Incorporated and manufactured by the Arthur G. Russell Company ....
Monadnock media combats H1N1.(Nonwovens News)
Oct 01, 2009; ... News about H1N1, commonly known as human swine flu virus and the approaching flu season adds to the urgency to provide low cost and effective barrier filtration to prevent or delay the spread of flu-like illnesses. Mount Pocono, PA-based ...
Plans underway for filtration.(Nonwovens News)
Oct 01, 2009; ... With slightly more than two months before it opens its doors to the global filtration industry, the Filtration 2009 International Conference and Exposition is more than 70% sold out. INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry and organizer of the annual trade show, expects the ...
Status update: Rayon Supply, Lacey Act and CPSIA: a look at how several sea change proposals are faring on their way through Washington.(Capitol Comments)(Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act )
Oct 01, 2009; Franken, Jessica ... During the last several months, Capitol Comments has profiled several "sea change" policy proposals now moving through Washington including global warming and health care reform. While these big-ticket issues made a splash when they were introduced, like so many matters in Washington, they ...
The industrial wipes market: more effective, less expensive, more flexible: nonwoven wipes are revolutionizing the industrial markets.(Cover story)
Oct 01, 2009; McIntyre, Karen ... With many of their key market areas under pressure, makers of wipes and wipers for the industrial mar et--including manufacturing environments, the food service industry, hospitality and industrial specialty areas--have felt the effects of the economic downturn, perhaps even more sharply ...
