Nonwovens

10th Jan 2019

The Lenzing Group is expanding its offering of solutions for the cosmetics, hygiene, and medical sectors. Heiko Arnold, chief technology officer of the company, and Jürgen Lehmann, president of Hof University of Applied Sciences in Saale, Germany, have signed a cooperation agreement to utilise a new spun-lacing line for nonwoven applications.

9th Jan 2019

Avgol, a global leader in the manufacture of high-performance nonwoven fabric solutions, will showcase its Forward Innovative Thinking (FIT) family of nonwoven technologies at IDEA 2019. IDEA is a leading event drawing world’s premier professionals in nonwovens and engineered fabrics. It will take place from March 25-28 at Miami Beach Convention...

2nd Jan 2019

Arkansas Department of Labour has honoured Rockline Industries’ Springdale campus for exceptional safety, achieving 10 million safe work hours without a lost time accident (LTA). This puts Rockline Industries – Northwest Arkansas (NWA) in elite group as this has been achieved only six other times since Arkansas began recognising workplace safety in...

28th Dec 2018

Freudenberg Performance Materials, a leading global manufacturer of innovative technical textiles, will be exhibiting at Domotex - the world’s leading trade fair for floor coverings. The company will present high performance backing materials for textile flooring under the headline, ‘Sustainable Backings’ in Hannover, Germany, from January 11 to 14,...

26th Dec 2018

As manufacturers continue to shift their production to other countries, the output of nonwoven fabrics in Japan decreased by 5.5 per cent year-on-year to 27,202 tons in September 2018, according to the revised statistics released by the country’s ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI). Production fell in all types except needle-punched and...

20th Dec 2018

Suominen Corporation, a globally leading supplier of nonwovens for wipes, hygiene products and medical applications, has appointed Petri Helsky as the new president & chief executive officer of the company. Helsky was the CEO of Metsä Tissue Corporation until September 2018, and will assume charge as the president & CEO of Suominen on January 7, 2019.

19th Dec 2018

Emilia Peltola has been named as the vice president, corporate communications & IR at Suominen, supplier of nonwovens for wipes, hygiene products, and medical applications, as of February 11, 2019. She will be located in Helsinki, Finland and will report to the president and CEO (interim). She will succeed Anu Heinonen, who resigned in October 2018.

17th Dec 2018

Monadnock Non-Wovens LLC (MNW) has announced the appointment of Ray Whitby as technical sales manager effective January 2, 2019. Ray will be joining MNW after working for nearly 20 years with Transweb developing and marketing some of the most sophisticated and evolved surface charged enhanced media for the HEPA, respirator and filtration markets.

12th Dec 2018

Edana, on behalf of the nonwoven producers amongst its membership, has issued a pledge to significantly increase the use of recycled PET in nonwoven fabrics. As the voice of nonwovens and related firms, Edana’s mission is to create the foundation for sustainable growth of the nonwovens and related industries through active promotion, education and...