Machinery

9th Dec 2021

Austria’s Andritz has received an order from Liansheng Pulp & Paper to supply two tissue machines, including stock preparation equipment, to its mill in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China. Start-up is planned for the second quarter of 2022. Andritz offers a broad portfolio of plants, equipment, systems, and services for the pulp and paper industry.

6th Dec 2021

SDL Atlas has introduced a redesign to the HydroPro Hydrostatic head tester. The HydroPro tests the water resistance to fabrics, determining the waterproof properties of fabrics such as canvas, coated fabrics, hood fabric, tarpaulin, rain-proof fabrics and geotextiles. SDL Atlas is a supplier of textile testing equipment and laboratory products in the...

26th Nov 2021

China’s Suntech has launched new products for the nonwoven fabric machinery market. New products such as the Suntech self-developed product STair SMS spunmelt nonwoven machine, which produces premium quality spunmelt nonwovens applied in hygiene and medical industries, successfully passed the appraisal of scientific and technological achievements.

16th Nov 2021

International technology group Andritz has received an order from Welspun Advanced Materials, India, to deliver a complete neXline spunlace line for the production of nonwoven roll goods and wipes for their new plant in Hyderabad, Telangana. The line has a capacity of up to three tons per hour. Start-up of the line is scheduled for Q4FY21.

10th Nov 2021

United Kingdom-based Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) is celebrating a successful INDEX20 nonwovens exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland, which closed on October 22. Although the company has a long history in supplying melt-spinning equipment for the nonwovens sector, INDEX20 represented the company’s first participation at a dedicated nonwovens show.

10th Nov 2021

China’s Suntech textile machinery has developed a new generation of nonwoven equipment equipped with a PLC control system. The programming control system adopts a modular design idea. During debugging, problems are detected and have to be adjusted for a certain module. It reduces the workload of operation and is essential to realise automated operation.

6th Nov 2021

Austria-headquartered international technology group Andritz saw good business development in the third quarter of 2021 and EBITA and profitability increased significantly compared to the previous year’s reference period. However, due to the lack of large-scale orders, order intake was just under €1.5 billion and thus below the level of the previous...

29th Oct 2021

Sweden’s hygiene and health company, Essity, is launching a pilot project to run a paper machine CO2-free with green hydrogen in the company’s production facility in Mainz-Kostheim, Germany. The project is the first of this magnitude in the paper industry. Essity’s investment in the pilot project amounts to €4 million (approximately SEK 40 million).

21st Oct 2021

Curt G. Joa, Inc has introduced its new, patent-pending ESC-8 technology, the latest innovation in product size change flexibility. It increases product and insert combination capabilities, electronic size change capabilities, and speed. The technology can be integrated into existing machines, regardless of the original manufacturer, with minimal...